Our Green Credentials
BuildGreen
At BuildGreen, our vision is to create a sustainable and harmonious future for our planet. We aspire to be a leading force in transforming the built environment into a model of environmental responsibility, innovation, and wellness.
Our commitment is to design, construct, and advocate for Eco-friendly, energy-efficient, and socially responsible spaces that enhance the quality of life, foster community well-being, and preserve the natural world for generations to come.
We envision a world where every building, every project, and every decision contributes to a greener, healthier, and more resilient world for all.
To build our vision we have partnered with Kerakoll, the leader in international green building products from Europe. We have also partnered locally with KeraTrade to provide products which equally espouse green credentials but manufactured closer to home.
WHAT MAKES US GREEN ?Using the leading provider in the category our partnership with Kerakoll allows us to harness Kerakoll’s vision to interpret Green Building as a new way of building that is kind on the environment, promoting higher quality homes around the world and helping people to live better.
This is achieved by;
- The use, recovery and recycling of natural minerals;
- The reduction of CO2 emissions into the air;
- The reduced reliance on substances which are hazardous to human health and the environment;
- The quality of indoor air
- The improvement of energy efficiency; and
- The recyclability at the end of life.
Kerakoll has adopted the most rigorous set of qualification aimed at certifying product performance (CE marking, CE MED, CSTB) and quantifying its environmental sustainability (CFP, EPD, ISO 14021 GreenBuilding Rating, offering the customer the possibility to transfer quality and sustainability to the ‘building system (CAM, LEED & other protocols) in order to build a truly green building system
Kerakoll Makes The World A Better Place.
Kerakoll has been a global leader in innovative building materials since 1968.
Kerakoll is a leading world manufacturer of GreenBuilding solutions, with:
- 1,700 eco-friendly items and production of over 950,000 tons/year;
- $1B global revenue
- Invests 5.4% of its turnover into Green Technology
- Employs 1,500 people across the globe
- Exports 40% of its products to 100+ countries.
Kerakoll has created a new way of making buildings healthier through construction based eco-friendly, breathable, extremely energy efficient, acoustically comfortable & anti-seismic security technology.
Thanks to the enormous investment in green research and in Green Building, Kerakoll transforms the building enclosure from a simple architectural element to a new safe habitat to live better and in harmony with nature.
The Kerakoll GreenLab is the most important research and innovation centre in the world for developing GreenBuilding solutions.
Today, Kerakoll is recognised as a GreenBuilding Company worldwide, the reference point in the advanced eco-sustainable research and development of new green technology that drastically reduces the impact of construction on the eco system contributing to the physical well-being of people.
Keratrade is involved in the manufacturing of products using sustainable sourced minerals using the best local knowledge and leveraging facilities in Australia. KeraTrade uses innovative solutions for the construction and building materials sector, particularly products related to green building, such as eco-friendly adhesives, mortars, and grouts.
KeraTrade plays a crucial role in producing and distributing products in the Australian market, contributing to the promotion of sustainable and environmentally responsible construction practices. KeraTrade uses the best technology to help advance the use of green building materials.
Kerakoll is the main partner for those who believe in Green Building
Forest Stewardship Council
The FSC Certification is an international recognition, independent and third party, for timber and non-timber products derived from forests. It supplies the tracking of its forest products, providing for the identification of the material and its separation from non-certified materials throughout the entire chain of custody. Etiquetage des émissions en polluants volatils (Labelling of volatile pollutants emissions) Choosing FSC certified products means protecting natural forests while respecting the social and enviro
Forest Stewardship Council
Etiq etage des émis ions en polluants volatils (Labelling of volatile pollutants emissions)
The label is essential to market building and decorative products on the French market according to Decree No. 2011-321 published in the French Official Journal. The label certifying the VOC emissions class, informs users and consumers on the level of emissions of organic compounds and other chemical
substances under observation in indoor environments: from the desirable class “A+” for a product with low or zero emissions to class “C” for a high-emission product The use of this label guarantees to our customers maximum transparency and the conformity of our products to the current regulatory standards.
Etiq etage des émis ions en polluants volatils (Labelling of volatile pollutants emissions)
EMICODE – GEV
EMICODE – GEV Developed by GEV (Association for the control of the emissions of covering, adhesive and building materials),
The EMICODE classification system is a voluntary environmental certification that qualifies products based on their VOC emissions, thus defining their different emission levels. In order to respond to the ever-increasing concerns about the Volatile Organic Compound emissions of building materials, Kerakoll has adopted the EMICODE system. It helps architects and designers, contractors and end users as well as craftsmen to choose the most suitable materials for “green building” with the aim to protect both consumers and the environment.
Minergie — eco-bau
Minergie — eco-bauMinergie-ECO is a building-dedicated certification promoted by the eco-bau Association,featuring a list of products selected according to restrictive criteria. It has become the standard for healthy and ecological building and it identifies facilities that ensure an excellent quality of living. In order to facilitate the construction of Minergie-ECO-certified buildings, eco-bau manages a list of eco-friendly products assessed in accordance with the Eco-Devis method and the exclusion criteria of Minergie-ECO The publicly available eco-bau information platform is a project that guides the design, construction and sustainable management of buildings and systems
Environmental
Product Declaration
EnvironmentalWidespread all over the world, the International EPD@ System is the most established program for the management of Environmental Product Declarations according to the international standard ISO 14025.
Kerakoll has obtained the EPD@ Process certification and independently manages Life Cycle Assessment data for the registration of new EPDs@ and the complete and reliable communication of the environmental performances of the product
GreenBuilding Rating
GreenBuilding RatingThe GreenBuilding Rating@ is a tool created in 2010 by Kerakoll and independently certified by SGS Italia
Using objectively-measurable indicators, it evaluates the most relevant characteristics of environmental sustainability. It evaluates the building materials rating of sustainability and indoor environmental quality
It represents today’s Eco-Design most important and complete tool to design and build in harmony with the environment and to provide healthy living spaces.
FDES – Fiche de Déclaration Environnementale et Sanitaire
FDES – Fiche de Déclaration Environnementale et SanitaireFOES is an Environmental and Health Declaration borne out of the analysis of the entire life cycle of products according to standard ISO 14025. It informs the user of the environmental and health impacts of any specific product, analysed in compliance with European Regulation EU 305/2011 and French regulatory standards. FOES is verified by an independent third party and is publicly available on the INIES government database; it helps architects and project managers in their choices, and facilitates the selection of suitable materials to design HQE-approved buildings
CE mark
CE markThe European CE Conformity mark can be displayed on construction products only if the manufacturer provides the Factory Production Control System (FPC) or permanent internal production control to ensure that the product is manufactured in accordance with the harmonised technical specifications.
The Kerakoll Quality System systematically documents and traces every step of the process, from sourcing of raw materialse to production and quality control of the finished product.
