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Green Brick Saves You More than Your "Green"1/31/2011

Green brick has with some extra advantages above ordinary conventional brick. Both bring excellent temperature retention and add an ascetically pleasing architecture to any building. Green brick includes an environmentally responsible cladding process that re-uses waste, maintains a focus on environmental stewardship, and reducing energy cost in making or used by building with green brick installed.

Illinois Brick has identified key manufacturers that have this mindset; Using green brick also has these benefits such as...

  • low embodied energy costs – less energy to manufacturer than most other cladding materials
  • low life-cycle costs – life cycle is measured in centuries instead of decades
  • enhanced water management – permeable green brick pavers allow effective drainage with minimal erosion

Stop by one of our 7 showrooms and have your green brick ordered and on its way to your jobsite today. Contact Illinois Brick for all your brick, masonry, and tool needs.

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Green Brick Saves You More than Your "Green"
Green brick has with some extra advantages above ordinary conventional brick. Both bring excellent temperature retention and ascetically pleasing...
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