OPENLY builds first house with its own net-zero construction system
Altstätten/Widnau SG - In Widnau entsteht ein Mehrfamilienhaus, das nicht nur CO2-neutral gebaut wird, sondern im Betrieb auch klimapositiv ist. Möglich wird dies durch das OPENLY-Bausystem. Baumaterialien und Bauteile, die es am Markt noch nicht gab, wurden von OPENLY selbst entwickelt.
OPENLY claims to be setting several records with its first construction project. The company, which is part of Dade Design Holding, is currently completing a building with 19 flats in Widnau using its OPENLY construction system. According to a press release, it is being built net zero. Thanks to building software developed in-house, it will even be climate-positive during operation, i.e. produce more energy than it consumes, thereby saving 300 tonnes of CO2.
Many building materials and components that are not yet available on the market have been developed in-house, such as the automatically opening ventilation flaps in the windows. 400 cubic metres of hempcrete and 2600 square metres of hemp bricks were used, as well as 1000 cubic metres of a self-developed plant-based carbon concrete. 12 tonnes of steel girders came from a demolished building. The reinforcing steel is also 100 per cent recycled.
The 400 tonnes of clay fill in the ceilings form natural heat stores. The specially developed kitchens were also realised in a CO2-neutral way. Thanks to proprietary building software, the use of energy in the building is intelligently automated.
As the founder and CEO of OPENLY, Andy Keel, explains, OPENLY is developing “a bionic building system based on the intelligence of nature”, “which will be used by property developers and architects. At the same time, we advise and support companies and investment funds on the path to ESG-compliant construction projects that not only make bad things better, but also have a genuinely positive impact on the climate.”
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