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Scaling up straw construction in a circular economy model
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ACTIV HOME
Scaling up straw construction in a circular economy model
Label Date
April 8, 2020
By
Activ Home
From
France
Maturity stage
TRL 9 / CRI 3-4 - Commercial Scale Up / Multiple commercial Applications
Addressing two of the main challenges linked with straw constructions - difficulty to scale up the production and poor economic performance - ACTIV HOME uses straw bales to fill wood structures to increase efficiency and avoid costly manual filling. Basing their manufacturing solution on the use of square straw bales of universal size (37cm x 47 cm), ACTIV HOME's machines can be used all around the world with the resources at hand. Although the machines have been designed to be easily operated by inexperienced workers. ACTIV HOME delivers an economic and performant solution for the sustainable construction industry all around the world, targeting small, medium and large enterprises.
The Environmental Benefits
- •Negative carbon balance with a potential storage of 10 Kg of eq CO² per m² of structure
The Financial Benefits
- •Pay back time reached under 1 year
- •Reduces CAPEX costs by 30 %
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Activ Home
ACTIV HOME developped industrial process for bio sourced construction to change scale with economic performance
Headquarters
03190 Vaux, France
Type
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ADEME
ADEME - The French Agency for Ecological Transition- is a public agency under the joint authority of the Ministry for an Ecological Transition and the Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
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