Nineteen municipalities in Holland have made agreements on ‘bio-based building and growing’. With this they want to further promote the use of natural building materials and the cultivation of crops for this purpose.
Biobased materials, such as fiber hemp and miscanthus, fit into the transition to sustainable agriculture, focusing on water and soil quality and biodiversity, among other things. In addition, bio-based building materials have the potential to contribute to climate goals on a large scale.
One City Councilor says, “We take the responsibility to stimulate sustainable building, so that this will become ‘the new normal.’”
Due to the economic growth of the region, the changes in agriculture and the substantial housing offer a great opportunity. Growing crops for biobased building materials in construction is seen as an alternative earning model for farmers who want to produce more sustainably.
Another regional administrative leader says, “What could be nicer than that the materials for the homes we build in the region also literally grow in the region? At the same time, the use of natural materials contributes to accelerating the transition to sustainable building and reducing CO2 emissions. Some forms of biobased construction store CO2 themselves. A win-win situation.”
Stimulating biobased construction fits within the national ambition to build at least thirty percent of new homes with at least thirty percent biobased materials by 2030.
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