_Cradle to Cradle® Stadt & Infrastruktur
Solving today's tasks for the conversion and construction of cities and infrastructures requires the cooperation of various disciplines. As EPEA, we have therefore set ourselves the goal of developing holistic concepts to create sustainable solutions for cities and their infrastructures.
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The big picture cannot exist without the very small; everything is interconnected. In order to create sustainable and livable cities, we need circulatory buildings and products whose materials and chemicals are healthy for people and the environment. We are rethinking what already exists in order to develop innovations from molecular to urban planning scales together with our partners — and to digitally connect everything.
_The difference with Cradle to Cradle®
More health or less energy consumption?
Sustainable buildings after Cradle to Cradle® Design principles aim at a positive footprint. This is achieved through a healthy indoor environment, high biodiversity, recyclability of materials and positive CO2 — Balance over the entire usage cycle. More health or less energy consumption? We question solutions instead of perfecting wrong approaches.
Nature is our role model. All components of a city should create the best possible benefits for the surrounding area — whether through promoting biodiversity, sustainable mobility concepts or development recyclable buildings. With the Cradle to Cradle® design principle, buildings are created like trees — and cities like forests.
“How can cities contribute to
Creating added value for people and the environment? ”
Infrastructure is at the heart of our cities and urban centers. This includes water and sewage supply or a food supply close to the city for example through urban gardening. At the same time, it is about functioning transport routes. Bicycle highways, road and parking space design, and urban rail transport must be rethought. Cities are constantly changing — together we want to develop economic, ecological, functional, social and aesthetic solutions for the cities of the future.
_How does EPEA support the implementation of Cradle to Cradle® Design principle in cities?
For over 35 years, we have been working as an innovation partner with cities and municipalities, private project development experts and owners. Innovative sustainability approaches that go beyond saving energy are in demand more than ever before. Air-purifying or particulate matter binding building facades, residential and commercial quarters with closed material cycles or new approaches to handling waste are just a few examples.
Buildings are not just homes for people. They have already stored huge amounts of raw materials in their buildings, the value of which is increasing more and more. Under the term “urban mining,” we understand buildings and infrastructure as “raw material mines.” These raw materials should be returned to cycles, provided that no pollutants are contained.
An overview of our approaches:
_Urban Mining_Material Cycles
_Resources energy, water, land, raw materials instead of waste
_Biodiversity
_Mobility
_Digitalization
_Circular Economy
_What added value does Cradle to Cradle® offer in cities?
Cities and infrastructures serve as raw material repositories, use renewable energy and actively promote biodiversity. Cities are made for people, but take nature as a model. With every new project, the city becomes part of the solution. Together, we achieve:
Together, we achieve:
_A healthy environment for people
_Cities as raw material depots
_A positive footprint
_Circulatory system
-And sustainable cities
_Create unique selling points
