Use Less
Use Alternative
Reuse
- The building sector is responsible for 39% of greenhouse gas emissions.
- Construction and demolition produce 30% of the world's waste.
Sustainable Digital Construction
Humankind is building at a rapid pace. To accommodate the largest wave of urban growth in human history, we expect to add 230 billion m2 of new floor area to the global building stock – the equivalent of adding an entire New York City to the world – every month, for 40 years.
ETH Zurich presents projects that tackle these environmental challenges in the building sector.
Three pathways can help us lower the embodied carbon of building structures.
Use Less Material
Reducing the material intensities through optimisation with the help of digital technologies.
Use Alternative Material
Lowering the impact of the materials themselves through the choice and development of alternative materials.
Reuse Material
(Re-)Introducing reuse strategies in the building sector with computational algorithms and digital fabrication.