{"id":12448,"date":"2022-12-26T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1392926"},"modified":"2022-12-26T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T10:00:07","slug":"how-to-make-our-homes-and-buildings-more-sustainable-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=12448","title":{"rendered":"How to make our homes and buildings more sustainable in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to the International Energy Association<\/a> (IEA), the buildings sector in 2021 was responsible for around one-third of global energy and process-related CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n

Specifically, 6% of these emissions resulted from the manufacture of cement, steel, and aluminium used for construction; 8% from the use of fossil fuels; and 19% from the generation of electricity and heat needed to maintain them.<\/p>\n

This makes one thing clear: more attention needs to be paid to making our buildings greener and more sustainable.<\/p>\n

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Thankfully, 2023 will be the year when we start taking some significant steps towards this goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe building sector has not received nearly the amount of attention that it deserves given the havoc it wreaks on the environment,\u201d Talia Rafaeli<\/a>, Partner at KOMPAS<\/a>, a Copenhagen-based early-stage VC firm, told TNW.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext year, I think that the quicker we provide financing to scale sustainable technologies for the built environment, the faster we reach economies of scale to allow for widespread adoption,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Rafaeli specified that the investments should focus on the following: lower-emission concrete, green steel, cooling technologies to improve HVAC systems (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), and heat pumps.<\/p>\n

Optimistically, we\u2019re already seeing European companies developing projects on lower-emission concrete and green steel production.<\/p>\n

Among them, is the Finnish Betolar<\/a>, a business is creating an alternative to cement-based concrete. There are also Swedish manufacturers H2 Green Steel<\/a> and SSAB<\/a>, which are developing hydrogen-based green steel solutions.<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/a>Betolar\u2019s Geoprime solution has up to 80% lower carbon footprint. Credit: Betolar<\/figcaption>