IHS is concerned about our environment and wants to minimize the influence of housebuilding materials on climate change!

The extreme pollution during production of fire-burnt bricks in outdated kilns, worries us. And so do the Corrugated Iron (CI) sheets, with their characteristics of both high embodied energy as well as short durability.

IHS researched the use of Compresses Stabilized Earth Blocks (CSEBs) as alternative for the use of fire-burnt bricks and CI sheets in walls. And of Corrugated Cement sheets (asbestos free) for roofs.