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Building Investment (September - October 2019)

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Concepts & Designs<br />

Rendering of Hyperion.<br />

(Source: Jean Paul Viguier et Associes)<br />

Rendering of HAUT.<br />

(Source: Team V Architectuur)<br />

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clocking in at 27 kg of CO 2<br />

and 290<br />

<br />

<br />

a wooden beam only emits 4kg of CO 2<br />

and<br />

requires only 80 megajoules of energy.<br />

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would reduce carbon emissions to one-<br />

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<br />

found the life-cycle emissions of wood<br />

houses to be 74% lower than those of<br />

steel houses and 69% lower than those of<br />

concrete houses.<br />

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material: not only is it a renewable<br />

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which can be decades.<br />

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60 <strong>Building</strong> & <strong>Investment</strong> | www.b-i.biz

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