The Sustainability category is seeking entries that highlight the positive and sustainable affect that the use of clay brick has had on a project and the environment.
The Award is open to low or zero carbon buildings or built projects in the UK, which are wholly or mainly built of clay brick, and which highlight innovative capabilities and achievements across the entire project, including:
1) Design
2) Build (including fabrication, assembly or construction)
3) Operation of the building
4) Impact on the local community or environment.
Projects must have been completed within the last two years, and either: substantially use BDA-member bricks or; substantially use reclaimed brick if, they are reasonably suspected of being originally manufactured in the UK.
Sponsored by Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC
Michelmersh strives to be a well-invested, long-term, sustainable and environmentally responsible business, dedicated to delivering quality products.
Michelmersh Brick Holdings PLC Group owns seven market-leading premium brands, Blockleys, Carlton, FabSpeed, Floren.be, Freshfield Lane, Michelmersh and Hathern Terra Cotta. These divisions operate within a fully integrated business, combining the production of premium, precision-made bricks, pavers, special shaped bricks, bespoke Terra Cotta products and prefabricated brick components. The Group also includes a landfill operator, New Acres Limited, and seeks to develop future landfill and development opportunities on ancillary land assets. Michelmersh remains at the forefront of industry innovation being the first UK clay product manufacturer to offer intuitive Building Information Modelling files, hosted on its dedicated platform bimbricks.com. Michelmersh also conducted the World’s first 100% Hydrogen fired clay brick trials in a feasibility study named HyBrick, to complement its innovative decarbonisation strategy.
