Recycled Bricks For Retaining Walls

Transform Your Landscape with Durable Recycled Bricks for Retaining Walls

Recycled Bricks For Retaining Walls: Durability Meets Aesthetics Let’s talk about something we’ve all faced: that moment when you stare at your backyard slope and think, ā€œHow the heck do I stop this dirt from sliding into my veggie patch?ā€ Retaining walls are the unsung heroes of landscaping, but here’s the kicker—they don’t have to […]
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Melbourne’s Green Architects: Top Recycled Brick Projects for Sustainable Architecture | The Brick Pit

Melbourne’s Green Architects Share Their Favorite Brick Projects Okay, let’s be real: when you think of “green architecture,” bricks might not be the first thing that pops into your head. Solar panels? Sure. Rainwater tanks? Obviously. But bricks? Trust us—Melbourne’s top eco-architects are flipping the script, turning humble bricks into sustainability superstars. We’ve chatted with […]
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Living Building Challenge: Australia’s First Certified Sustainable Building

The Brick Pit is proud to be the specified recycled brick supplier for Australia’s first ā€œLivingā€ Certified Building – one of only 24 buildings in the world to have achieved this certification at the time. The University of Wollongong’s Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) achieved full marks under the world’s toughest sustainability standard for buildings, the Living Building Challenge (LBC). The certification process has been a long and difficult journey and the result confirms the SBRC as arguably the most sustainable building in Australia.
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Achieving 6 Star Green Star Certification: SBRC at UOW

The first 6 star green star rated building in Australia to be fully certified under the LBC, arguably the most stringent green rating tool in the world, is the prestigious Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) at Wollongong University. The Brick Pit was specified by Cox Architecture and supplied all recycled brick, internally and externally, for […]
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