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Case Study of the Day: Carbon-Negative Bricks – Decarbonization of Construction Industry

Context:  A Visakhapatnam-based construction firm has manufactured a carbon-negative building brick called Agrocrete, from crop residues and industrial by-products.

About Carbon Negative Bricks

  • Manufacture: The Agrocrete Blocks are carbon negative as they are made of crop residues and industrial by-products, and can be molded into various forms and shapes such as blocks, tiles, decorative, plaster etc.
  • Potential benefits: Agrocrete can potentially replace conventional bricks and lower the construction cost by up to 50% and operational costs by 30%.
    • On an estimate, with annual production of 900 million cubic meters of Agrocrete, around 100 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide can be captured to prevent 350 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.
  • Conclusion: Such measures by private innovators become essential, to support the Government’s ‘Carbon Emission’ targets and work towards achieving ‘SDG 13’ to mitigate the impacts of Climate Change.

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What is Agrocrete?

 A Visakhapatnam-based construction firm has manufactured a carbon-negative building brick called Agrocrete, from crop residues and industrial by-products.

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