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The low-carbon aspect of this building is based on a replicable approach in the Center-Val-de-Loire region : the renovation of buildings that have already been partially refurbished. The carbon footprint of this type of operation is much better than a new construction and also allows to participate in the revitalization of existing places.
To continue working in a low carbon perspective, biobased materials have been widely used while remaining in reasonable cost , knowing that it is a demonstrator. The rapeseed insulation experiment is also an initiative to test a material from a short and abundant sector throughout the region. The development of this would also allow farmers to control more the selling price of their production.
This building is therefore part of a low-carbon reflection that perpetuates and energizes the socio-patrimonial landscape of the region. On the structural level, the materials used in the context of the rehabilitation serve as demonstrators: massive wood floors and ceiling , earth and insulation coatings on the walls, glass plates on the floor to see 12 solutions of bulk insulation (cork, hemp, wadding, sunflower bark, rapeseed, sunflower marrow, etc.).
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