Biogenic materials for the decarbonisation of the built environment
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| Title: | Biogenic materials for the decarbonisation of the built environment |
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| Authors: | Francesca Thiebat, Fiamma Morselli |
| Source: | Techne, Vol 29, Iss 1 (2025) |
| Publisher Information: | Firenze University Press, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Subject Terms: | biogenic materials, whole life carbon, climate neutrality, prefabrication, sustainable architecture, NA9000-9428, whole life carbon, sustainable architecture, prefabrication, Architectural drawing and design, climate neutrality, Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying, NA2695-2793, biogenic materials |
| Description: | This contribution highlights the need to reflect on the environmental, cultural, and social value of biogenic construction materials and their role in the roadmap towards climate neutrality. Based on a mapping of European case studies, the essay investigates the diffusion of biogenic materials in architecture, questioning whether their use is limited to experimental cases or if it can be at the base of a decarbonisation strategy. The analysis conducted reveals the urgency of adopting technologies and practices that promote the diffusion and scalability of biogenic materials to respond to energy and environmental regulations, as well as to contribute effectively and sustainably to the demand for net-positive materials, as alternatives to conventional ones. This contribution highlights the need to reflect on the environmental, cultural, and social value of biogenic construction materials and their role in the roadmap towards climate neutrality. Based on a mapping of European case studies, the essay investigates the diffusion of biogenic materials in architecture, questioning whether their use is limited to experimental cases or if it can be at the base of a decarbonization strategy. The analysis conducted reveals the urgency of adopting technologies and practices that promote the diffusion and scalability of biogenic materials to respond, on the one hand, to energy and environmental regulations and, on the other hand, to contribute effectively and economically sustainably to the demand for net-positive materials, as alternatives to conventional ones. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| ISSN: | 2239-0243 |
| DOI: | 10.36253/techne-16598 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/0f04a8f66ba246a18b7bd57bbbd155d1 https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/libraryFiles/downloadPublic/172 https://hdl.handle.net/11583/2995970 |
| Rights: | CC BY |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....7b548c01a555807bbb31ac1657bcae96 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | This contribution highlights the need to reflect on the environmental, cultural, and social value of biogenic construction materials and their role in the roadmap towards climate neutrality. Based on a mapping of European case studies, the essay investigates the diffusion of biogenic materials in architecture, questioning whether their use is limited to experimental cases or if it can be at the base of a decarbonisation strategy. The analysis conducted reveals the urgency of adopting technologies and practices that promote the diffusion and scalability of biogenic materials to respond to energy and environmental regulations, as well as to contribute effectively and sustainably to the demand for net-positive materials, as alternatives to conventional ones. This contribution highlights the need to reflect on the environmental, cultural, and social value of biogenic construction materials and their role in the roadmap towards climate neutrality. Based on a mapping of European case studies, the essay investigates the diffusion of biogenic materials in architecture, questioning whether their use is limited to experimental cases or if it can be at the base of a decarbonization strategy. The analysis conducted reveals the urgency of adopting technologies and practices that promote the diffusion and scalability of biogenic materials to respond, on the one hand, to energy and environmental regulations and, on the other hand, to contribute effectively and economically sustainably to the demand for net-positive materials, as alternatives to conventional ones. |
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| ISSN: | 22390243 |
| DOI: | 10.36253/techne-16598 |