Prof. Michael Braungart

DIGITALIZATION – A BUILDING AS MATERIAL BANK

Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart

Building Green Aarhus © 2017 Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart

18-04-2018

MUSIKHUSET AARHUS

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Aarhus_musichouse_%2811834397843%29.j pg

ON YOUR PLATE, BUT NOT ON THE FIELDS? Content 2,3 mg Cd/kg TS

Spinach

Limit value 0,4-1,6 mg Cd/kg TS

https://www.lebegesund.de/spinat-1wvmeiltqur.html

RAINFOREST VS. OIL PALM PLANTATION - MALAYSIA

7.000 t C/ha

70 t C/ha http://www.etawau.com/Life/Gallery/OilPalm_Plantation/OilPalmPlantation3_small.jpg

OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY

Theguardian.com 12.05.2016

INDOOR AIR QUALITY

http://theairqualityexperts.ca

OFF-GASSING: CARPET (SYNTHETIC FIBER)

OFF-GASSING: CARPET (NATURAL FIBER)

ANALYSIS: STYROFOAM

4,700

EFFICIENCY THINKING

PREVIOUS DESIGN PARADIGM FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE

CIRCULAR ECONOMY 1.0 – MATERIALS?

CIRCULAR ECONOMY 3.0 – MANAGEMENT?

http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/publications /Ellen-MacArthur-Foundation-Towards-the-Circular-Economy-vol.1.pdf

CIRCULAR ECONOMY 2.0 – NUTRIENTS!

http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/publications /Ellen-MacArthur-Foundation-Towards-the-Circular-Economy-vol.1.pdf

PRIMITIVE RECYCLING

Mobile phones contain 41 elements Only 9 are being recycled

PRIMITIVE RECYCLING

A car has at least 40 different alloys

PRIMITIVE RECYCLING

NON-FERROUS METALS

Nickel, Cobalt, Manganese, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Palladium,

Chromium, Copper, Titanium, Bismuth, Antimony, Tungsten

LOW QUALITY BUILDING STEEL Earthquake Turkey 17. August 1999

CRADLE TO GRAVE TARGET IS ZERO HARMFULNESS

Resources Materials Water Emissions Energy

Reduction Avoidance Minimisation Prevention

ECO-EFFICIENCY

CRADLE TO CRADLE® ALL-ENCOMPASSING QUALITY AND USEFULNESS ECOEFFECTIVENESS Product Quality

Time

ECO-EFFECTIVENESS & ECO-EFFICIENCY Eco-effectiveness

Eco-efficiency

CRADLE TO CRADLE® - DESIGN PROCESS

CRADLE TO CRADLE® PARADIGM Nutrients are nutrients

Using renewable energy

Celebrating diversity

Innovation

Quality

Beauty

EPEA

PRODUCT EXAMPLES

PAPER

TEXTILES

HEALTH & BEAUTY

HOME & OFFICE SUPPLY

FLOORS

FURNITURE

BUILDING MATERIALS

CRADLE TO CRADLE - BUILT ENVIRONMENT

BUILDINGS LIKE TREES, CITIES LIKE FORESTS

C2C ARCHITECTURE

Biodiversity Clean Water Beauty

Positive impact Fresh Air Quality of life!

LIUZHOU - GUANGXI

CITY HALL – VENLO, NETHERLANDS

CITY HALL VENLO

BUILDINGS AS MATERIAL BANKS (BAMB)

BUILDINGS AS MATERIAL BANKS (BAMB) Get involved in the stakeholder network for special interest groups and visit: www.bamb2020.eu

SERVICE PRODUCTS

BIQ ALGAEBUILDING HAMBURG

RAWMATERIAL - ALGAE

http://bbi-biotech.com/en/service/news/032015-neue-photobioreaktoren-bbi-biotech-fuehrt-diemodelle-von-igv-biotech-fort/

NUTRIENT RECOVERY

Oia Instituto Ambiental Latin America

www.oia.org.br

CITY TREE

ARTIFICIAL TREES

ARTIFICIAL TREES - SINGAPORE

LIFE IN SYNTROPY

LAND RESTORATION

A NEW ORGANIC

We need more than just sustainability. Let’s go beyond the current organic labels.

BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2016

A Cradle to Cradle Economy…

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