People tour the the CalStar's new fly ash brick and paver plant Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, during the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of the plant at 2825 Four Mile Road in Caledonia.

Use of fly ash bricks for construction of large buildings and residences is becoming visible in and around Erode. Fly ash bricks are being utilised for construction of new building of Tamil Nadu ...

This means that fly-ash bricks could potentially replace clay bricks, which require 10 times more energy to be produced, Liu told LiveScience.

Calstar’s bricks and pavers are competitive in price to standard products. And according to Karen Righthand, Calstar’s Director of Marketing, masons love the fly ash products.

To execute the plan, the chief secretary has directed the housing and urban development department to come up with necessary building by-laws that will make use of the fly ash bricks mandatory for ...