Open post Diagram of façade components (brackets, panel, sunshade, sealing) and their carbon potential

Towards a low-carbon envelope

A 40-page booklet (April 2021) on the challenges, methods and levers for reducing the environmental impact of façades. It presents: the life-cycle analysis of envelopes, using the in-house calculation tool OptimEC; a comparative analysis of components (cladding, shading…); the impact by construction type, on project sheets: timber-aluminium curtain wall, double brick wall, ribbon façade,...

Open post Material reuse: table of reusable façade elements

Circular economy

Designing building structures and envelopes with reused materials is one of the challenges of Arcora’s approach. This note (February 2021) presents a map of reuse: the material sources in the trade (metal structures, timber, concrete; cladding, solar shading, window frames, glazing; roof coverings, insulation, roof frames) and examples of reuse in structures and façades....