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<h3>Calculating the impact</h3>
CalStar worked with leading architectural firm <a href="http://www.perkinswill.com/" target="_blank">Perkins+Will</a> to perform an ISO-compliant life cycle assessment (LCA) for our brick, the results of which were third-party verified and published in the industries only <a href="http://calstarproducts.com/epd/">Environmental Product Declaration</a> (EPD) for brick. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) <a href="http://www.nist.gov/el/economics/BEESSoftware.cfm" target="_blank">Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability</a> (BEES) online database lists the average embodied energy for a common fired clay brick at 6,251 BTUs and CO2 emissions at 0.81 lbs. Our EPD shows that <strong>an equivalent CalStar brick requires only 1,203 BTUs of energy, a savings of 81%</strong>, and emits only 0.13 lbs. of CO2, a savings of 84%.

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