Kenoteq

Kenoteq is a Scottish company producing ultra-low carbon building materials from construction and demolition waste. It was spun out of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh in 2019, following conversations between cross-disciplinary experts there and waste management specialist Hamilton Waste & Recycling, and its patented process combines recycled aggregates with a proprietary non-toxic binder.

Its K-BRIQ brick is made from over 95% recycled material and cured at low temperature with minimal water, giving it the lowest embodied carbon of any commercially available brick; it is BBA certified in the UK and certified for the US market, with European and Canadian patents pending. The range also includes K-SLIP, developed for surfacing applications.