The Flexbuild product is unique globally and a giant leap beyond the state of the art. The "state of the art", i.e. typical, approach to temporary enclosure of buildings during the construction phase is to use large sheets of plastic and wooden frames and/or plywood. The disadvantages of the old-fashioned approach are exactly what Flexbuild either eliminates or reduces significantly.
When the old-fashioned / traditional approach is used:
- You lose work days due to weather, delay projects, increase costs
- You burden the environment with CO2 emissions when burning the plastics (never re-used)
- You burden the environment with diesel particles, when diesel engines are used for heating of the building
- You waste energy for heating that could be used by society for other purposes
- You have a high risk seeing mold and fungus in the building due to moisture
- You create a poor working environment in the building for the construction team
In short, the traditional approach is a burden on the construction company, the developer, the work team, the environment, the local air quality, and the users of the building post-construction.
The flexible Flexbuild product significantly reduces or eliminates the issues above.
M21, Feb 2021. The environmental specialist company Viegand & Maagoe (viegandmaagoe.dk) who works for the EU, cities, authorities, businesses on environmental impact assessment, has November 2020 completed a life cycle analysis of the Flexbuild product compared to alternative solutions. The results are clear: The Flexbuild product reduces CO2 emissions by 49% (materials life cycle and use of heating (electricity, fuels/diesel, natural gas)). A 300 m2 temporary enclosure will reduce CO2 emissions by 8 tons (!!!) over a four-month period compared to alternatives. All in all the potential for CO2, particle and other emissions - not mention waste of heat - is enormous. The Viegand&Maagoe report is available on request.
The Flexbuild product has proven to deliver a significant contribution to the reduction of green house gases!
M32, Dec. 2021. Final conclusion: The Flexbuild product is a unique product that contributes to a significant decrease of CO2 emissions at construction sites. 49% of energy for heating is saved. This amounts to tonnes of CO2 per construction site.
