Innovators in Fly -Ash Bricks and Pavers

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Have you innovated with Fly-Ash bricks, would you like to tell us more?

Fly-ash bricks are perfectly comparable to burnt clay bricks in that they can be utilised interchangeably in all types of building construction

By utilising industrial waste materials that would otherwise become landfills, Fly-Ash bricks and pavers help create the way for a greener future.

India recognizes affordable housing development as created by private developers or non-profit organizations ideally priced at lower market costs through subsidized schemes or through embedded low-cost innovations. When produced locally, Fly-Ash bricks can cost less than 1/6th of the cost of clay bricks thereby reducing upto 30 percent of the construction costs.

In 2024, a staggering 1.77 million people in India remain homeless. Imagine the impact of helping each of them build a low cost environmentally conscious home!

We hereby invite all construction industry professionals to envision a tool-kit for the use of Fly-Ash bricks and pavers in a typical affordable housing setup.

Register your application below in accordance with the brief attached. Refer to the website to learn more about the work we do.

Why Fly- Ash Brick ?

72 percent of India’s power plants are coal based and produce 40 million tons of fly ash annually. Clay is typically entrapped during the formation of coal.

When coal is burnt, the incombustible clay particles are left behind as ash. In today’s energy efficient pulverised-coal technology, the ground clay escapes along with other flue gases that are collecting as ash in a bag filter or in electro-static precipitators.This gives rise to the name 'fly ash'.

India has a long industrial tradition of coal plants since pre-independence. A vast majority of them continue to power the country’s development.

Did you know ?

Coal dust has historically been collected as a waste product from homes and industry. During the nineteenth century, coal ash was taken by 'scavengers' and delivered to local brick works, where the ash would be mixed with clay to make ungraded bricks.

By utilising industrial waste materials that would otherwise be used to fill landfills, Fly-Ash bricks help pave the way for a greener future.

Transitioning From Clay to Fly-Ash

In an R.C.C structure, bricks constitute 18 - 25 percent of the construction cost and about 60 percent of the volume of its components.

The smooth faced finish and unbroken edges of the Fly-Ash brick allow building professionals to replace water intensive cement based plastering with gypsum plaster.

This makes the shift to Fly-Ash bricks considerably more eco-friendly and cost- effective.

In a Small Fly-Ash Manufacturing Unit

Fly ash‐lime bricks are generally manufactured by inter‐grinding or blending various raw materials which are then molded into bricks and subjected to curing cycles at different temperatures and pressures.

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Who can register ?

Architects , Contractors and local business owners who are a part of any Fly -Ash initiatives.

What

should my toolkit look like?

Toolkits are a base document used by social workers or activists to expand any outlined method of work to ensure impact at scale.

The Innovation Tool-Kit - 2024

Present your work for evaluation

Compete for prizes and recognition with an expert panel of jury members

Present your ideas with us to regulatory bodies for large scale impact.

The tool-kit can highlight interventions in any step of the Fly - Ash process from procurement, manufacturing design and construction in furtherance of Fly-Ash bricks

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