Meet the world’s most sustainable, low carbon brick, available to order now

The K-BRIQ® is a premium brick product combining a competitive technical specification with superior sustainability and an ultra low carbon performance.  Every K-BRIQ® tells an ethical story from the use of recycled materials to calculated carbon savings.

Made using compression technology from near 100% recycled construction, demolition and excavation waste, it retains its own character and offers an elegant solution and versatility as an architectural façade or interior surface material. A fully circular solution from the construction sector to the construction sector.

The K-BRIQ is coloured using recycled pigments. It has been tested for UV colour fastness in accordance with BS EN 20105-A02:1995/ISO 105-A02:1993.

The colour range tested, including all colours in the  K-BRIQ® palette, indicated that the product goes through slight to no colour change when exposed to UV conditions.

Draft Technical & Sustainable Specification

FORMAT

SOLID / Perforated

WEIGHT (SOLID / PERFORATED)

2.4 / 2.2 KG

EMBODIED CARBON

<20g CO2e/unit

RECYCLED MATERIALS

2.3 / 2.1 KG

DURABILITY

F2

SIZE

205 X 102.5 X 65 MM

SIZE TOLERANCE

T2 R1

COmpressive strength

29 N/mm2

S2

active soluble salts

Water absorption (% WEIGHT)

<5%

thermal conductivity

0.74 W/mk

*BBA Certification due late 2024

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Contact our sales team to discuss the requirements for your project. We would love to send you a sample fit for your project.

  • Kenoteq sells directly, we do not sell through distributors or merchants at the current time. Contact us to find out current lead times and to place an order.

    Minimum Order Sizes - in the early stages of our business, we prioritise building a diverse portfolio of reference projects, irrespective of their size.

    Therefore, we welcome discussions regarding smaller order quantities. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us to explore project requirements for orders under 5m2 (equivalent to 300 K-BRIQ®s).

  • Our current product formulation uses over 96% of recycled materials. Our recycled input materials are processed by our waste management partners to strict standards overseen by the Environmental Protection Agencies.

    Our products are made from certified inert recycled construction and demolition aggregates (old bricks, old rubble, old mortars etc), recycled plasterboard (gypsum) together with recycled pigments. Our goal is to produce products made from 100% recycled materials.

  • Speak to us directly about any projects outside the UK so we can better understand your applications and any relevant certification requirements, together with shipping options and embodied carbon considerations. We aim to roll out international manufacturing and distribution operations over the next few years.

  • Yes our products are 100% recyclable and can be repurposed to make new products at the end of their life cycle.

  • Draft specification details are in the section above, with a full specification available on BBA certification, due in late 2024. Contact us if you have other questions.

    Installation guides are available on order and on request.

  • The K-BRIQ® can be used in interior applications and self-certified applications currently. The K-BRIQ® is in its final stages of certification in the UK allowing its commercial exterior certified use. European and US certification is underway.

    The K-SLIP™ can be used in interior applications and self-certified applications currently. The K-SLIP™, together with a façade fixing system, will commence certification shortly with a certified system product expected to be available in 2025.

    Our Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certificate and Design Guide will also be available in late 2024.

  • Yes, we host a monthly virtual lunchtime (GMT) CPD, open to everybody, bookable via Eventbrite

    Contact us if you would like to book a CPD hosted specifically for your organisation.

  • For larger scale projects, we do offer a bespoke development service for both colour and shape/size development. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

  • We collaborate closely with you to evaluate the suitability of on-site waste for recycling into K-BRIQ®s or related products. Depending on the demolition site's location, we may engage local regulated waste partners to handle and transport the waste to the nearest Kenoteq factory.

    We work closely with regeneration sites in their masterplanning to ascertain the suitability for K-BRIQ®s factories to be established on-site to convert the regeneration site waste into façade and interior surface products for re-use in the new builds on the site.

in use

  • COP26 Innovation Centre Feature Wall for BE-ST

    Glasgow, UK

  • Custom Coffee Shop Counter at Gail's Bakery

    Manchester, UK

  • Feature Wall within Heriot Watt University Dubai

    Dubai, UAE

  • COP28 Exhibition Installation - Dubai Holding

    Dubai, UAE

  • Frogged Bricks for Tuk Tuk Indian Street Food Restaurant

    Edinburgh, UK

  • Sustainable Meeting Room Dividers for CBRE

    Berlin, Germany

  • Industrial Shed Base Course for Hamiltion Waste & Recycling

    East Lothian, UK

  • Build Awards 2023 for Hub South West Scotland

    Scotland, UK

“K-BRIQ® is an opportunity to have an impact at scale, a thorn in the side of an industry that is largely static and crying out for disruptors."

Master Jury, Dezeen Design Awards 2022