INVEST
in OPENLY
“To achieve Paris 2050 net zero, negative emission technologies are necessary. OPENLY sees buildings as a C-sink and is on its way to megacorn. ”
The building that started
it all
Proof that net zero construction is possible. Valley Widnau attracts crowds of local and international trade visitors who see, understand and marvel at the pilot project.(OPENLY/visit)
Patents for components have been registered, the first consultancy mandates are underway, two further OPENLYs are in the implementation planning stage and a further 14 OPENLYs in 4 countries are in the pipeline.
Our global ambition, which we emphasized at MIPIM on the Road to Zero, is 100 OPENLYs per year that are planned and built with our construction system. Worldwide.
Global thinking -
planned and built regionally
This would make us a megacorn through carbon capturing in the building's construction materials. This capturing is underpinned in part by new CO2 certificates with ICROA recognition, which are currently being created on behalf of OPENLY.(More information here)
What drives us is climate change, because the construction industry is responsible for 25% of global CO2 emissions. Every OPENLY means a CO2 avoidance of approx. 70%. There are huge construction projects such as Schwamendingen Zurich (+100,000 inhabitants by 2040), Berlin Tegel Schumacher Quartier or the l'inhesto project in Milan. Cities such as Copenhagen and London are preparing large investment volumes that will flow into net zero buildings.
On the other hand, there are clients who choose OPENLYs because of their outstanding building ecology, as OPENLYs are constructed without pollutants and with diffusion-open walls as plus-energy buildings. OPENLYS probably have the highest long-term yield in any portfolio. (see offer)
Vision: To become a kind of
South Pole of buildings
OPENLY is particularly exciting for around 50,000 companies that are subject to EU taxonomy reporting. The operational CO2 balance can be improved with the company's own construction activities (insetting). Our LCA & life cycle assessment specialists support corporations.
"In an unedited conversation with Peter Richner, Andy Keel talks about how surprisingly little buyers care that their future home was built CO2-neutral, how he uses CO2 certificates to co-finance its construction - and what the floppy disk has to do with carbon capture.
Buildings as carbon sinks: Empa is not the only organization dedicated to this project with its latest research initiative "Mining the Atmosphere"; there are already pioneers on the open market who are implementing CO2-neutral buildings."