CO2- reduction
Go for less CO2- emissions with Duplicor® bio-composite.
Reduce CO2-emissions?
It can be done with Duplicor®
We translate our important desire to produce more sustainably and with greater use of bio-based materials into the unique properties of Duplicor®.
The result: a bio-composite that is not only CO2-saving, but also affordable, lightweight, insulating, extremely strong, fire-safe and multi-applicable.
carbon footprint
2 to 6 times lower
CO2-footprint
We had the carbon footprint of Duplicor® analysed by the renowned research institute CE Delft. They did so using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. The analysis also looked at how the CO2 equivalent of Duplicor® compares with conventional building materials. The results are noteworthy: a 2 to 6 times lower CO2 footprint is achievable for various applications.
With bio-based construction, the construction industry can reduce CO2- emissions quickly and substantially. This is good for the climate and offers numerous opportunities and possibilities for stakeholders within a construction process.
Duplicor® contributes to a bio-based (construction) future.
Processing bio-based raw materials into building materials on a large industrial scale is the future. The natural properties of bio-based materials such as Duplicor®, reduce CO2 , contribute to a healthy and pleasant indoor climate and have a much less negative impact on health than industrial raw materials.
Duplicor® creates a new vision of building; lighter, smarter and bio-based. Looking at developments, the best is yet to come.
Lighter construction and bio-based products for new generations
Together, we are capable of a great deal. We send people to the moon, build a residential community in space, fly non-stop from Europe to Australia and build skyscrapers more than 800 metres high. The commonality between all these amazing structures is low weight. We should apply that much more often. No, we should apply it all the time!
Save weight. Always!
Mankind puts a lot of effort into moving material every day, including ourselves. The heavier all that material is, the more energy we have to put into moving it. Weight saving can therefore be very beneficial to us as humanity. Probably because we have the technical knowledge and know-how to construct and build heavy objects, we leave it that way. Especially when it is not really necessary in our eyes to save weight. If it is really necessary, think of the space, aerospace and, to a lesser extent, automotive industries, we can build much lighter. But when the need is not directly in front of us, we leave it as it is. And that's quite a shame.
Lighter is better, in all respects
In our daily lives, the aircraft industry performs best when it comes to lightweight structures. An average passenger plane, an Airbus A220-300, holds an average of 164 people. Fully loaded, including fuel, the aircraft weighs 55 tonnes before take-off. Or about 340 kg per passenger. With that weight, we move one person over 800 km/h at 10 km height at around -50°C.
Transporting two people over ground, in an average mid-range car, that car with occupants quickly weighs 1,200 kg. That's an average of 600 kg to get one person from A to B by road. But we get really crazy when we want 5,000 people to work in a 50-storey office building. Such a building quickly weighs 250,000 tonnes, or 50,000 kg per person. Just as a workplace. If we want to keep the earth and its resources intact for the next generation, we need to use materials smarter and more efficiently.
Source: Designing Lightness Adriaan Beukers, Ed van Hinte (rewritten into article for brochure and website).
Playing with new principles gives new insights. It's great to see how smartly the market is dealing with a new material like Duplicor®.
Save weight gewicht, build circularly and recycle
It takes 100,000 kg of CO2 to produce 100,000 kg of concrete. That can not only be done smarter, it has to be done smarter. Duplicor® is made of biowaste and old PET bottles. So we make new building material from a vegetable residue and used plastics. On top of that, Duplicor® is superlight and therefore costs a minimum to transport and lift.
Also, all finishing work can be done in advance by plumber, electrician, air-conditioning specialist and carpenter. This ensures that much less travel is required from specialists to the building site and less lifting is needed to realise the building. Duplicor® is long-lasting, reusable or recyclable. After the building's lifetime, much less weight needs to be dismantled and disposed of.
Breaking the cycle
Constantly using raw materials to make new products is out of date. We need to use materials that are available more intelligently and save on our fossil fuels. Wind energy, driving on electricity: these are developments that can no longer be stopped. Low weight plays a major role in all these processes. A 50-storey office building could weigh 2,500 tonnes in the future. When do you break the cycle?
Consider the impact this fantastic building material can have on the environment.
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Constantly using raw materials to make new products is out of date. We need to use available materials more intelligently and save on our fossil fuels. With this in mind, we developed Duplicor®: bio-based, fire-resistant, lightweight and CO2-saving.