Ecological bricks in social projects
Local governments, NGOs, universities and community build days use the soil-cement brick to build better homes, with the community itself making the bricks.
Example
Sustainable Community Project, by UnB
The University of Brasília created a public housing project in which the community makes the bricks and helps build the houses.
Award finalist
The project was a finalist for the Fundação Banco do Brasil Award.
The community produces
Residents make the bricks and take part in the build, which cuts cost and creates jobs.
Other examples
Like UnB, other university projects, local governments and NGOs reach similar results.
Results
What the ecological brick brings to the project
- Savings on materials
- Less environmental impact
- Bricks made by the community
- People trained to produce and build
- Less spending on labor
- Better houses than conventional public housing
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