A new network - 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 an environmental impact survey in the production supply chain and explore concrete business models for marine based building material.
The Alliance will also create and deliver a Technical Playbook on Marine based Low Carbon Construction for cities including the following elements:
- Highlight environmental consequences in the marine environment and map key technical principles in the Nordic building codes (alternative building material, re-use, substitute)
- Typologies of building, material and application types
- Context regulations, legal and technical issues (Acoustics, Durability ect.)
- Practical check lists during procurement processes, insight of concrete business models and relevant case studies
The Playbook will be developed to support Nordic stakeholders, researchers, policymakers and planners to overcome technical challenges, explore business models and grow the opportunity for cities to access and utilize marine bio-based building material. The Playbook will be designed as “a technical guidance that is not too technical".
Project partners
The project consortium consists of 10 partners, covering both private companies, universities, knowledge institutions and municipalities, working closely together throughout the project period. The project is led by Arup.
Background
This project is financed under the Sustainable Construction program which is one of the eight initiatives launched by the five Nordic Ministers of Trade and Industry. The aim of the Sustainable Construction program is to make the Nordics a leading region in sustainable and competitive construction and housing with minimized environmental and climate impact.
