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On January 23, an inspiring bio-design session took place at the studio of Zantman Architecten in Leeuwarden as the kick-off for the design trajectory of the BBoBB project. The session was led by Bert Vuylsteke from Ghent University, who has developed a method to support designers in creating more s...

The first Biodesign workshops of the BBoBB project started in January. In each NSR region, selected designers were invited to get to know the local crops they will be working with to develop a new product. The crops differ per region, but some examples are hemp, miscanthus, flax and cattail....

(Veje til biobaseret byggeri). Scale - farm to building. Alexandra Wittchen, Smith Innovation. ...

For sustainable building and the role of biomaterials. Lau Raffnsøe, Center for Buildings Climate Impact/Green Building Council Denmark....

Planned and summarized by We Build Denmark and Guldborgsund Municipality. The aim of the workshop was demonstrate that within EU there are mayor regulatory differences and similarities, and that by learning from each other, we may succeed the transformation to more bio based, better and faster.&nbsp...

A week after the project partner meeting took place in Denmark in early October, the Biosintrum worked with about 100 students during the ‘week of the region’ on storytelling about why we should switch to Paludiculture or the cultivation of, among other things, Cattail....

In 2023 four Dutch ministries launched a shared program to promote biobased value chains: National Approach for Biobased Buildings (NABB)....

Peatlands play a significant role in carbon emission sequestration. Through wetland management of peatlands, it is possible to preserve or rebuild the peat body while simultaneously generating agricultural products. Dr. Jan Köbbing presented the paludiculture management system (palus lat. for swamp)...

Eileen Blackmore shared a pitch on how House of Design applied the Local Value Chain model to transform flax into linen and builing material, illustrating how a collaborative, circular value chain can be established....