Bringing Circularity into Construction Industry

Half of the Earth’s raw materials are used for construction and demolition and construction waste accounts for about a third of waste generated. Buildings are also a major source of energy consumption as 40% of energy is consumed in buildings.

This makes it obvious that there is large potential for circularity in all phases in the life cycle of buildings; manufacturing of building materials, design, building, usage of buildings and repair and demolition. Existing buildings and infrastructure also form an important materials bank.

To transform the construction industry, new innovations are needed. We have chosen 5 Nordic circular startups to demonstrate you what kind of concrete solutions exists for the different parts of the building’s life cycle; design, production of building materials, building, use and repair and demolition.

Our expert panelists Ismo Tiittanen, YIT Vice President, Strategy and executive support and Amanda Borneke, an advocate for sustainable construction practices in Sweden, will be adding their input to these startups.

TIME & PLACE

9th December 2020

9:00 to 10:00 CET

online

AGENDA

Circular construction startups to watch:

New Materials: Betolar – Janne Rauramo, Managing Director

Turning industrial waste streams into eco-friendly construction materials

Design: Again X – Daniel Tabacaru, CEO

Developing sustainability KPI’s for real estates with artificial Intelligence & human understanding

Build: Iso-Timber – Håvard Jegerstedt, CEO

Building insulating & load-bearing walls made of only wood and air

Usage: Enjay – Jesper Wirén, Founder & CEO

Recovering and recycling energy from ventilation

Repair & Demolition: NetLet – Tomi Lehtinen, Founder & CEO

Collecting and reusing building & demolition materials

Panel and Q&A

• Ismo Tiittanen, YIT
• Amanda Borneke, CS Riv och Håltagning
• Una Myklebust Halvorsen, Asplan Viak