Why AAC Blocks Are Highly Recommended for Construction Projects in Oman Oman features an arid tropical climate with extreme summer heat. Temperatures often exceed 40°C during daytime, creating huge cooling loads for residential villas, commercial complexes, staff accommodation and infrastructure projects under Oman Vision 2040. Traditional hollow concrete blocks transfer massive heat indoors, pushing up long-term air conditioning electricity costs. As Oman’s building code (OBC) enforces strict thermal efficiency requirements for exterior walls, AAC blocks (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Blocks) become a cost-effective, code-compliant masonry solution widely adopted by Omani contractors, developers and architects. Manufactured through high-pressure autoclaving, AAC blocks contain...
