Watch: Building future cities with bamboo
In this case study, Troy Carter presents bamboo as a viable alternative to concrete, steel, and wood, current construction materials that are worsening ecological disaster. Bamboo is the fastest carbon sequestration technology on Earth, hypothesised to grow a climate-positive built-in environment. He also discusses how bamboo can become more widely available for use.
The 2021 PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit will be held on 8 December 2021, focusing on the Data Revolution and sub-themes on sustainability, green building, and innovation. More details will be announced soon.
This article originally appeared in asiarealestatesummit.com
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