Enhancing wellbeing: the new City Hall of Venlo in the Netherlands draws upon C2C for inspiration
turbines, and energy recovery from educa- tional equipment. Although more expensive than ‘traditional’ energy generation, the addi- tional costs will be recouped within a decade. A third example is a new secondary school in Schiedam. The C2C concept was adopted from the start, inspired by the students them- selves who developed several concepts for a C2C school.
Royal Haskoning and Michael Braungart contributed at various stages to enhance the delivery of innovative, C2C inspired tech-
niques including: n
ing biodiversity; n
Green roof for water retention and enhanc-
C2C certified materials (C2C certified wood and vegetable-based roofing film) that can be
returned to the biological cycle after use; n
Design of interior elements by students of the school reusing materials.
C2C in the UK
Royal Haskoning is hoping that a C2C- inspired approach, potentially incorporating features such as those described above, will become commonplace in the UK too. For developers and end-users to optimise those benefits and maximise the positive outcomes from such ‘green facilities’, environmental and engineering consultants need to be involved from the outset of a project.
With C2C in mind, Royal Haskoning has developed a tool to complement the C2C approach and help develop its adoption in the UK. EDGE (Early Development Green Evaluation) identifies key issues for develop- ments in a matter of hours. It is using the tool with UK companies to assess all the elements of overall site development, building design, construction, operation and decommission- ing, to identify all the areas where positive
outcomes can be achieved – in line with the C2C approach.
The UK is at a very early stage of getting to grips with C2C thinking – although many will already be comfortable with the principles – and such high aspirations will take time and require demonstration to become embedded in our industries. An important part of that will be learning from best practice examples such as those identified by the C2C Network, and share our experiences – good or bad. Only then will the high ambitions of the C2C model become widely acceptable and achiev- able goals for all.
Dr Matthew Hunt is a principal consultant and technical manager for climate change and sustainability at Royal Haskoning. For more information on the Cradle 2 Cradle Network visit >
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