GEORGE TOWN: Penang has proposed using interlocking bricks, instead of cement or tiles, for new projects to reduce the heat.According to state environment committee chairman Phee Boon Poh, such bricks allowed rainwater to seep through, thus enabling the bricks to cool down and emanate less heat.
He said the proposal applied to all infrastructure facilities such as walkways, carparks and drainage, as well as other facilities.
