bridgethegap.info

Lowering the environmental footprint of construction projects

Today, we published a website that provides extensive information on how to transform the way we build to pursue a sustainable built environment.  

Almost 40% of the worldwide CO₂ emissions are from buildings, and the construction sector accounts for 30% of all European waste. Lowering the amount of CO₂ emissions and eliminating demolition waste will profoundly affect the achievement of the UN's sustainable development goals.

Off-site construction – often also referred to as industrialized construction, prefab, or modern methods of construction -provides the fastest way forward to circularity and CO₂ reduction. Pre-manufactured building elements can be designed for disassembly and reuse, and the construction process requires less energy and concrete than traditional methods.

The Bridge the Gap website hugely simplifies the process of finding, selecting, and comparing new European building technologies and technical installations and provides detailed information about the implementation and use.

On the website you will find three types of information:

‍

Building systems and Technical installations

An overview of well-documented products and suppliers to help find, compare, and select sustainable off-site building systems and technical installations, focusing on circularity and CO₂ reduction.

‍

User guidelines

A set of clear manuals for product use, organisational setup, and the general process to help your organisation make the transition.

‍

Knowledge bank

Concise and actionable introductions to the why, what, and how of sustainable solutions to help decision-makers embrace new technologies.

‍

Bridge the Gap is aninitiative of Home.Earth, in collaboration with the DTU - Technical Universityof Denmark and the Delft University of Technology, made possible by a grantsupport from the Aase og Ejnar Danielsens Fond.

‍