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Troy Carter of Rizome, winner of the 2020 Tech Innovation Award at the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit, shares his team\u2019s climate-positive alternative to steel and concrete, both environmentally harmful materials<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur internal goal is to draw down 10 gigatons of carbon or 10 billion tons of CO2 by 2050, which means planting more than a million hectares of bamboo,\u201d shares Troy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We currently live in a digital\u00a0era with cities growing at rapid speeds, particularly in low-income countries like Asia and\u00a0 Africa. According to the Overseas Development Institute, two-thirds of the predicted\u00a0world population or about 6.5\u00a0 billion people will reside in\u00a0urban centres by 2050.<\/p>\n

It is widely accepted, without doubt, that urbanisation has changed and lifted living standards of many residents by producing more jobs,\u00a0higher per capita incomes, innovation\u00a0opportunities, and more.<\/p>\n

However, urban living, especially growing at a high-speed, comes\u00a0with consequences to the environment and the world that we inhabit.<\/p>\n

As much as we love urbanisation and the comfort that comes with it, our world is suffering from that same process that is making our lives easier and more convenient.<\/p>\n

The<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>reality<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>of<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>urban<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>living<\/strong><\/p>\n

As reported by World Wildlife Fund, forests cover 31 percent of our planet\u2019s land, purifying air and water,\u00a0providing people with jobs, and most importantly, a home to most of the world\u2019s biodiversity.<\/p>\n

But forest\u00a0degradation and deforestation from agriculture, illegal logging, and construction are jeopardising these benefits.<\/p>\n

Consequently, we are living in a world with reduced biodiversity, increased greenhouse gas emissions, disrupted water cycles, increased soil erosions, and more.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0rate\u00a0of\u00a0construction\u00a0across\u00a0the\u00a0globe\u00a0would\u00a0eventually\u00a0lead to an\u00a0ecological disaster, with concrete and steel producing 17 percent of global CO2<\/sup>\u00a0emissions\u00a0and wood\u00a0harvested unsustainably all around the world causing further deforestation.<\/p>\n

Data from ResearchGate indicate that countries\u00a0with the highest deforestation rates in the world include Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, and those in Sub-Saharan Africa. All these nations have fast-growing populations and cities, meaning that more buildings will be constructed out of concrete and steel unless there is a viable construction material alternative.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>too<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>late<\/strong><\/p>\n

What if there was a viable alternative that could be the answer we were looking for?<\/p>\n

To many people, the first thing that pops into their mind when they hear bamboo is pandas. This plant is well-known to be eaten by one of the world\u2019s cutest, fuzziest animals. But little did we know that bamboo is hypothesised to be one of the only viable construction materials that can grow in a climate-positive, built-in environment.<\/p>\n

Troy Carter, the co-founder and chief strategy officer at Rizome, shared his company\u2019s ambition in pioneering the use of engineered bamboo lumber as a climate-positive alternative to wood, steel, and concrete at the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit 2020.<\/p>\n

Bamboo is not only the fastest growing plant on land, it is also the fastest carbon sequestration technology on earth. \u201cIt sequesters carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, puts it into biomass, into soil, and we harvest it and put it into the built-in environment,\u201d explained Troy.<\/p>\n

Bamboo is\u00a0incredibly regenerative\u00a0and consumes 12 times less land than wood, which means that\u00a0the\u00a0same amount\u00a0of building material\u00a0can be harvested on less than 10 percent of the land, reducing the\u00a0level of\u00a0trade-off\u00a0between\u00a0building more and reserving native\u00a0forest.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0plant\u00a0is\u00a0also\u00a02.5\u00a0times\u00a0the\u00a0strength\u00a0and\u00a0weight compared to steel, making it an incredible alternative. On top of that, bamboo is fire resistant. In\u00a0the past, large skyscrapers have never been built\u00a0with wood for this very reason. Bamboo is the only\u00a0Class-A fire rating of any biological product out\u00a0there, so with this material, developers would be able to design huge, exposed beams that won\u2019t burn.<\/p>\n

Engineering<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>our<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>future<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rizome is currently most active in the Philippines and the lumber is nearly all exported to the US and production has been growing significantly. \u00a0In a couple of years, the company expects to be shipping globally, while also planting forests all around equatorial regions.<\/p>\n

In producing engineered bamboo lumber, Rizome will first source these from local farmers who supply large poles of bamboo. Following is the \u201cprocess\u201d (split, plane, treat, and dry slats), which turns the poles into stable and long dimensions. The bamboo is then glued together to form any type of configuration.<\/p>\n

Price is one of the thresholds that bamboo must overcome in order to be globally relevant. Most buildings are built on the fastest, cheaper, and highest quality materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe anticipate bamboo to reach price parity with wood in 2021. For most structural applications, it\u2019s already cheaper for hardwood replacements like\u00a0maple or oak, and it looks gorgeous for wall panelling, windows, etc.,\u201d said Troy.<\/p>\n

Rizome is\u00a0currently\u00a0in its pilot phase, building\u00a0their\u00a0third\u00a0factory in the Philippines. Bamboo has been an\u00a0academic material so\u00a0far,\u00a0and for\u00a0the\u00a0first time in history, the\u00a0company\u00a0is\u00a0turning it into a commodity\u00a0product.<\/p>\n

More\u00a0designers\u00a0and engineers\u00a0are\u00a0going\u00a0to\u00a0discover\u00a0ways\u00a0to\u00a0build buildings\u00a0that\u00a0take advantage of the sophisticated\u00a0mechanical\u00a0characteristics\u00a0of bamboo.<\/p>\n

Rizome\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>carbon<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>sequestration<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bamboo hasn\u2019t yet been developed into a sophisticated supply chain unlike wood as it mostly grows\u00a0in equatorial regions. In order to develop a rigorous supply chain, an abundance of bamboo needs\u00a0to be planted, including advanced manufacturing capacity and the creation of sales channels.<\/p>\n

Rizome is on a mission to draw down CO2<\/sup>\u00a0from the atmosphere, as we are experiencing a climate\u00a0crisis. Plants are the best technology humans have in absorbing CO2<\/sup>, despite all the new technological advancements that have been developed.<\/p>\n

Troy shared that their internal goal is \u201cto draw down 10 gigatons of carbon or 10 billion tons of CO2<\/sup>\u00a0by 2050, which means planting more than a million hectares.\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to achieve this goal, countries undergoing\u00a0high rates of deforestation will need to come forth and restore local ecology.<\/p>\n

Non-invasive species of bamboo are incredibly easy to plant as it\u2019s robust plant that will remain in one area and brings about great ecological benefits such as soil erosion control, nutrient regeneration, and CO2<\/sup>\u00a0absorption.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, bamboo serves as an economic\u00a0interest for local people. Other wood forests won\u2019t generate revenue for local people for 40 to 50 years, but with bamboo, residents will quickly see a turn\u00a0on their land, preventing them from cutting land for agricultural use.<\/p>\n

Looking into the future<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cMore recent data shows that forestry is actually not as sustainable as we may want it to be. It basically has a long-term detrimental impact on forest health and growth rates,\u201d explains Troy during his session at the PropertyGuru Asia Real Estate Summit 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As of 2020, there still isn\u2019t a sustainability initiative that accurately evaluates whether bamboo is sustainable so Rizome has been using internal verification to analyse the plant.<\/p>\n

Despite how sustainable the material is, price and scaling are still the biggest hurdles to overcome, and it will take a few years for bamboo to be widely available for use.<\/p>\n

Collocating plantation and shipping is a method for access to this new alternative, but at the end of\u00a0the day, countries will need to be able to produce\u00a0their own engineered bamboo lumber.<\/p>\n

Ways to approach carbon has changed notably over the years. We see more and more companies like Amazon and Microsoft leading the way with carbon offsetting, but such initiatives aren\u2019t physically removing CO2\u00a0<\/sup>from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Troy\u00a0believes that\u00a0the most holistic way in addressing climate\u00a0change\u00a0is\u00a0using\u00a0the\u00a0available nature-based\u00a0carbon removals\u00a0that\u00a0also have a useful\u00a0end-product.<\/p>\n

There\u00a0are\u00a0numerous\u00a0steps\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0property and construction sectors can do to fight climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u00a0can\u00a0reduce\u00a0at least 90 percent\u00a0of building operational and\u00a0energy costs by doing better installation and renewable\u00a0energy,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0that\u00a0still\u00a0leaves\u00a0about\u00a0half\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0energy in a building unaccounted for, indicating the need to change the building materials we\u2019re using.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding\u00a0with\u00a0wood\u00a0is\u00a0an\u00a0awesome\u00a0technology.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0approximately\u00a0carbon\u00a0neutral, but more recent data shows that forestry is\u00a0actually not as sustainable as we may want it to be. It basically has a\u00a0long-term detrimental impact to forest health and\u00a0growth rates.<\/p>\n

What we suggest instead is using bamboo where you can cut a third of clumps every\u00a0year, so it\u2019s essentially a very efficient machine for\u00a0taking CO2<\/sup>\u00a0from the atmosphere, putting it into a plant, and the plant turns into a building material,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

The original version of this article appeared in\u00a0asiarealestatesummit.com\/<\/a>. Write to our editors at propertyreport@propertyguru.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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