SA Affordable Housing September / October 2017 // Issue: 66 | Page 37

PROJECTS
Builders on site using CEBs.
The RamBrick system
creates quality building
blocks for housing and
other buildings.
Soil stockpile in Stellenbosch used to create the CEBs.
In 2015 Use-It CEBs were commended by EcoStandard South Africa for:
• Use of overburden/waste soil and builder's rubble as raw materials reduce
disposal of these materials to landfill.
• Its waste management and environmental policy.
• Low use of resources (water and electricity) during manufacture.
• Thermal and acoustic efficiencies.
• Minimal use of essential packaging.
• Local and on-site manufacturers that use CEB to reduce transport and
minimise packaging.
• The recyclability of CEB due to the nature of materials used and the re-
introduction of broken or waste blocks into the manufacturing process.
complete. Some of the projects are
construction of a 50m 2 dwelling for
orphans for the Mashobane
Foundation and South African
National Civic Organisation
(SANCO); constructing a 300m 2
office building for WildLands
Conservation Trust, storage space
and processing area; as well as
extending existing houses in Lovu,
Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal.
On all its projects, Use-it
provides training for the builders
in varying numbers as well as
technical support to ensure that
the project runs smoothly.
RamBrick is the only five-star
fully certified Eco Standard
building system in Africa. Some of
benefits include that it is 10 to
15% cheaper, three times stronger
than hollow concrete blocks, three
times more thermally efficient as
well having an eco-friendly saving
of half a ton of carbon per square
metre built.
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