Fuel for Free?: Waste Materials in Brick Making

by Kelvin Mason

This book covers the use of wastes in firing clay bricks via case studies in Zimbabwe, Sudan, Sri Lanka, and Peru. With respect to both livelihoods and the environment, energy efficiency in brickmaking is critical. Not only does increasing energy efficiency serve to reduce brickmakers' fuel costs and hence increase their income, it also reduces the emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants per brick produced. This book demonstrates that if...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853396257
• ISBN13: 9781853396250
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"