Embodied carbon – the emissions released from materials during the construction of buildings and infrastructure – will be responsible for half of the planet’s total carbon footprint of new builds between now and 2050.
When it comes to cutting carbon, current commercial building standards simply don’t go far enough. If we’re to escape catastrophic climate change, we need to embrace measures that will cut carbon to zero - without increasing costs.
Marine biomaterials like seaweed and shells, and repurposed industrial waste materials found in the ocean have the potential to reduce embodied carbon emissions in the construction industry.
A new network led by Arup - The Nordic Blue Building Alliance - will work towards the overall goals of filling the knowledge gap about marine biobased building materials and lowering carbon emissions in the construction sector, outline alternative ways to market and explore concrete business models for marine based building material.
This calls for marked dialog and increased knowledge on what and where we build, and on how biobased materials are made, recycled and utilized within the construction sector.
This session will discuss the marked barriers of accelerating use of marine biobased building material and how low carbon construction needs to invest more in alternative building material. The session will be facilitated by Arup, with input from two Nordic material suppliers, the Danish Green Investment Foundations, Dark Matter Lab and Architects.
The session aims to highlight investment initiatives that can promote the use of marine-based building materials and thereby reduce embodied carbon across the global construction sector.
Please join the session and share your thoughts on how biobased building material can improve the carbon footprint of the built environment.
The panel
Tobias Øhrstrøm, Co-founder, Head of Products, Design & Creative Direction, Søuld
Indy Johar, Executive Director, Dark Matter Labs
Sara Færch Hansen, Investment Associate, Danmarks Eksport- og Investeringsfond (EIFO)
Carlo Volf, Capital Region, Built Environment, New Interventions in Depression
Moderator
Peter Vangsbo, Associate Director for Climate and Sustainable Services at Arup
More info
Read more about Nordic Blue Building Alliance at: Arup announced as the lead partner in a Nordic Consortium to create the Nordic Blue Building Alliance - Arup
Please contact Peter Vangsbo, Associate Director for Climate and Sustainability in Arup if you want to be a part of the Nordic Blue Build Alliance or learn more about marine biobased building material:
E: peter.vangsbo@arup.com
M: +45 29778981
This event is part of The Nordic Pavilion at UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen. Learn more about all the events and the pavilion here»