WHAT DOES C2C MEAN?

 

Cradle to Cradle is a pioneering, innovative platform for creating products, processes and systems with a positive impact on people and their environment, and on entrepreneurship. Cradle to Cradle was developed in the nineties by Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart and architect William McDonough. In contrast to traditional “sustainable” design, that was aimed at reducing the negative impact by making it “less bad”, Cradle to Cradle is aimed at creating positive impacts for users and other interested parties. The creation of continuous cycles of materials into a ‘circular economy’ forms part of this.

 


CRADLE TO CRADLE CORE TOPICS

 

Cradle to Cradle product certification is both wide-ranging and demanding. It requires a radical change in the way you think about how a product is designed, what it is made of and what happens to it after it is used. It is a system that functions as a guideline both for product developers and producers and that inspires them to create products in which quality, beauty and innovation are reinvented. The quality aspects are subdivided into 5 core topics.

The lowest core topic score determines the final level of the product. When a product obtains a platinum certificate in four categories, but a bronze certificate in the last one, the product thus obtains the bronze certification level as the final Cradle to Cradle level. In this way, manufacturers of materials are encouraged to strive for a high quality of the product in all areas. NOFISOL® products are therefore certified at SILVER level despite scoring gold and platinum in various core topics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAFE AND HEALTHY MATERIAL USAGE

The ingredients of products are listed in the entire production chain and assessed for the impact that they have on the health of people and the environment. The criteria for the various certification levels work towards replacing all toxic and non-identifiable ingredients so that products and their components can endlessly be reused safely. This prevents the release of unhealthy chemicals from building materials. This ensures a healthy climate, which in turn ensures healthier builders, installers, users, employees, service fitters and anyone who comes into contact with a building.


 

REUSAGE OF MATERIALS

Designing products for biological cycles that are safely biodegradable. Products for a technological cycle are designed so that their components can be reused simply and endlessly at the same quality level. The producer is encouraged always to recover more primary materials and use them again. This produces a higher adaptability of the building and lower costs of maintenance and renovation, by using removable structures and re-usable materials. Furthermore, Cradle to Cradle provides for a high residual value of a building instead of demolition costs by making use of such structures and materials.
 

 

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CO2 MANAGEMENT

The criteria at every level work towards CO2 positive operations where 100% renewable energy is produced, preferably more than was consumed. Using renewable energy also results in lower energy costs.
 

 

 

 

IMPROVEMENT OF WATER QUALITY

Processes are designed in the knowledge that clean water is important for all living organisms. At each certification level, steps are set out to clean process water to drinking water levels. Cleaning and buffering water flows leads to improved water quality both inside and outside the building.

 

 

 

SOCIALE ASPECTS

Business operations are designed to encourage people in their work and make a positive contribution to nature. Work is done on creating a positive impact to humanity and the environment.

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Tel : +31 (0)162 431 231
Mail : europe@nofisol.com

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