Robert Pol is 62 years old, married, and the father of thirty-year-old twins. He works as a senior innovator at Van Aalsburg, a family business now in its third generation. “A wonderful title,” he calls it himself. His work? Developing new products based on willow. “When I was six years old, I already wanted to…
Entrepreneurs · Materials · Trees · Willow · Carbon storage · ONCRA · Nature based solutions · Biobased construction
Woody Builders creates commercial buildings that work with nature instead of against it. Using wood, technology and bio-based materials, they design structures that store CO₂, reduce emissions and offer healthier, more inspiring places to work and live. Thanks to their Oncra certification, their wooden designs are not only environmentally sustainable, but also financially sound and future-proof, giving…
Construction Stored Carbon · ONCRA · Biobased construction · Mass timber · Carbon storage · Commercial buildings
Last week, our Construction Stored Carbon lead Sacha was in Brussels to attend the EU Expert Group on Carbon Removals. Under the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) Regulation, the EU will enforce certification methodologies for permanent carbon removals (1), carbon farming (2) and carbon storage in (building) products (3). These methodologies are developed in…
Agroforestry · Construction Stored Carbon · ONCRA · Rock Stored Carbon · Carbon accounting · Policy · Biobased construction · Carbon storage · CRCF
To maximise the amount of carbon your store in a biobased building, it is key to calculate the carbon storage of different designs quickly, easily and accurately. Having an accurate and understandable calculation method also enables everyone in the value chain, from developer to tendering municipality, to set clear goals. These two worlds, of design and goal-setting,…
Construction Stored Carbon · Carbon accounting · Biobased construction · Carbon storage · Construction · Policy
Sacha Brons on LinkedIn: “Waaa ik won gisteravond bij de Klimaattop Gebouwde Omgeving de Young Professional Award 2024! Ik sta op #10 van de Duurzame 50 in de Nederlandse bouwsector en ben daarmee de hoogst geplaatste jongere onder de 30. Gefeliciteerd aan #1 Andy van den Dobbelsteen en alle andere genomineerden. Wat een eer om…
Uncategorized · Biobased construction · Carbon accounting · Built environment · Founders · Carbon storage
The construction sector can be made regenerative with transitions in roughly three areas: energy, materials and social. On May 22 we gathered with about 80 frontrunners in the game to make the construction industry more regenerative. The main takeaways. For Day 1 of the Double Nature Summit, on Constructions, we partnered with Gideon Building Transition…
Climate Cleanup · Event · Biobased construction · Carbon storage · Construction stored carbon credits · Material transition · Carbon accounting
Embodied beauty is what Interface calls its carpet tiles which store more CO2 than ever before. This global flooring company creates interior spaces with a positive impact on people and planet. How does Interface double nature and when is the company going to be climate positive? The recording of our online Double Nature Talk by…
Since the ONCRA kick-off on September 9th 2020, a lot has happened. We’re delighted to have told you more about our progress at the Double Nature Talk Wednesday February 17 at 8 pm CET. Together with our partners Province of South-Holland, Holland Houtland and NIBE, we’re developing a tool to account for the carbon stored in bio-based buildings….