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Enviroblock – ‘Sustainability Built In’

Masterblock’s Enviroblock range is a new generation of environmentally engineered building block products designed to meet the needs of today’s society.
Produced from selected waste raw materials, manufactured in ISO 14001 compliant factories and certified by the BRE Environmental Profile Scheme, this comprehensive range of products enables architects and specifiers to design sustainable buildings with confidence.
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Enviroblock Data/Specification
Composition and Manufacture

The Enviroblock range is manufactured on modern automated plants and produced from specially selected recycled aggregates and secondary aggregate materials, maintaining quality throughout.


Masterblock is a member of both the British Precast Concrete Federation and the Concrete Block Association.

All Masterblock products are manufactured under the quality procedure of BS EN ISO 9001 2000. The high level of quality exercised at all stages of production ensures compliance with BS 6073: Part 1. (BS EN 771-3:2003)


The blocks also satisfy the special category requirements as laid down in BS 5628: Part 1 and in BS6073:Part 2.

Key Features


Through the Environmental Profiles Scheme Masterblock are the first lightweight and dense block manufacturer to be certified and listed in the list of Approved Companies and Approved Construction Products, Red Book Volume 2.

· Enviroblock surpasses the generic product data within the Green Guide to Specification. Enviroblock is therefore setting new standards within the construction industry.

· The Enviroblock range has exceeded the generic data within the Green Guide to Housing Specification, achieving an A rating for its traditional cavity wall specification.

· The Enviroblock range can give additional credits towards both BREEAM and EcoHomes schemes.

· The raw materials used within the product are specially selected for their environmental performance and the products comply with all European and UK technical standards.

· Enviroblock provides a complete range of sustainable products assisting the specifier to achieve the highest rating in sustainable construction, without requiring any change in construction technique.

· Enviroblock is manufactured by the Masterblock division of Aggregate Industries UK Ltd, to environmental standard ISO14001 and quality assurance ISO9001.



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