Low-carbon ambition applied to construction.

The decisions with the greatest impact are made in the earliest stages of a project, when its carbon trajectory can still be shaped. This is where we come in.

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The Arch, Brussels · the planted terraces and the city at sunset

The materials reference:
from data to specification.

First-hand expertise · technical data, impact calculation, methodology and taxonomy. We support construction professionals in making design choices that reduce the carbon footprint of construction projects.

The Arch, Brussels · B2Ai · Jami Productions

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Experts & ambassadors of sustainable materials.

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Expertise backed by tools, from data to specification.

Measure the impact, weigh up the choices, specify. Every service produces a deliverable you can use as it stands.

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Interior enfilade, the steel structure repainted and the floor cleared

The ecosystem of low-carbon construction.

Producers, projects, stakeholders, materials · an interlinked reference database, fed by fieldwork since 2020.

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Build expertise in low-carbon materials.

The Master Class · 8 modules at the Materatek, from method to trade-offs. And resources to take away.

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Our network

BesixEiffageAG Real Estate51N4ECohabsASSARArtbuildBPI Real EstateLouis de WaeleBC MaterialsLithothermArte Constructo

600+

Materials listed

300+

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6 years

Fieldwork

The Magazine

Where low-carbon construction plays out, as it happens.

The participants of the Embuild day in front of Gramitherm's production line, under the glass roof of the Auvelais factory

Sector watchBelgium is more than readySector watchBelgium is more than ready

Belgium is more than ready for the transition in construction, and it is not talked about enough.

Close-up of recycled cork granules made by grinding bottle corks

Material focusRecycork · loose-fill corkMaterial focusRecycork · loose-fill cork

Granules of recycled cork stoppers, laid as loose fill with no supporting structure: circular utopia or genuine technical advance?

View from the interior under construction towards the courtyard, with the secondary building clad in expanded cork at the back

Material focusExpanded cork as claddingMaterial focusExpanded cork as cladding

At a time when buildings still too often tend towards an accumulation of technical systems, some projects take the opposite approach.

The living room opening onto the forest through a corner window, with exposed CLT ceiling and column and a built-in bench beneath the sill

ProjectsBeersel · biobased and comfortableProjectsBeersel · biobased and comfortable

In Beersel, this single-family house illustrates a coherent approach to sustainable construction, in which the choice of materials helps both to reduce environmental impact and to improve indoor comfort.

Steel sections removed and gathered on site, before sorting and reinstatement

On siteCampus Odoo · deconstruction as a sourceOn siteCampus Odoo · deconstruction as a source

In Louvain-la-Neuve, the renovation of the Odoo campus looks first to the existing building for its materials: the steel, the bricks and the glazed partitions are dismantled to be reused in the project.