Recycled GreenLine insulation from BEWI positively contributes to climate requirements

Since September 2023, HHM A/S has been working on the first construction project in the so-called ‘Coop City’, which includes a residential block with a total area of around 2,300 m².

As part of an ongoing improvement to the construction’s CO2 footprint, the choice of ground slab insulation was recycled GreenLine EPS insulation from BEWI. So far, foundations and ground slabs have been cast for three of the residential block’s four buildings, and work on the remaining is ongoing.

“Our supplier brought to our attention that it was possible to use recycled EPS insulation in the ground slab. We were naturally interested to learn more about this, as the ground slab has a significant impact on the CO2 accounts. All documentation was sent to our project department, which investigated the figures. There is, naturally, a small extra cost in using GreenLine instead of regular white EPS, but when you take in the total economy into account, the additional cost is minimal,” says Morten Gerber Larsen, Construction Manager at HHM A/S.

In the first phase of Coop City, three housing complexes will be constructed, including apartments, terraced houses, and a housing community. Additionally, a community house building, a parking facility, a childcare institution, and also a city park will be built in the area. The entire phase’s building mass will be DGNB Gold-certified and labelled with The Nordic Swan Ecolabel. The new attractive district is owned and developed by PensionDanmark.