Why Denmark Is CE-Marking Old Bricks

Tina Snedker Kristensen highlights a niche but powerful shift in Danish construction: reclaimed bricks are now being CE-marked and sold back into the market — often at triple the cost of new bricks.

That price premium isn’t nostalgia. It reflects embodied carbon savings, proven durability, and growing demand from architects chasing low-impact materials for DGNB-certified projects.

But Tina points to a fascinating contradiction:

The more valuable reclaimed materials become, the less sense demolition makes.

Circular construction may eventually turn buildings from disposable assets into protected material banks.

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Видео Why Denmark Is CE-Marking Old Bricks канала The Responsible Edge Podcast