Green Solutions Awards 2018: a growing number of bio-based and recycled materials in the competition

Since 2013, Construction21 organises an international competition to highlight sustainable and exemplary projects: buildings, districts and infrastructures. Among builings, implemented solutions are various and innovative.

These solutions demonstrate the breakthrough of new technologies and technics, but also of their generalisation among professionals. The 2018 edition counts numerous candidates who chose to use less carbonated materials, more than in the previous editions: 28 buildings over 103 contestants across 17 countries. IN France, the ratio reaches almost 30% with 18 projects presenting biobased and/or recycled materials over 60 French projects.

You can already browse these case studies and discover their solutions: wood and strawbale construction, local raw earth bricks, wooden wool, cellulose wadding, cork insulation, earth coatings and more.

The competition also counts 4 British case studies, two of them with circular economy materials. That's where we can see a major difference between French and British candidates: on one side of the Channel, a growing use of materials from agricultural coproducts, while on the other side there is a genuine interest for reuse and recycling of construction materials. Discover these two British candidates:

Beyond France and England, other countries present a growing interest for these less carbonated solutions: Belgium, germany, Luxembourg and Italy. 

You can vote for your favorite projects all summer long: buildings, districts and infrastructures. On September 20th, the champions of each Construction21 platform will be revealed. They will then enter the international finals to win an Award at the COP24 in December, in Poland.

The SB&WRC project is supported by the European program Interreg VA France (Channel) England and receives financial support from the ERDF.