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PEB & ROOFING
LEAD STORY
Fast Facts
Sustainable building works to reduce
the environmental impact through
eco-friendly building materials, energy
efficiency, innovative building design,
and a good indoor environment.
From conception to erection throughout
its entire lifecycle, metal buildings prove
time and time again why they are
leading the industry in sustainability.
Pre-engineered steel buildings of today
use the latest in insulation technologies.
When used for both domestic or
commercial purposes, they need lesser
energy used for heating and cooling. Not
only does it help companies save money,
it is also easier on the planet.
The other green benefit of pre-
engineered steel buildings is the ease of
transportation and scaling up.
The global roofing market size was
valued at $102.4 billion in 2020, and
is projected to reach $156.0 billion by
2030, registering a CAGR of 4.3% from
2021 to 2030.
As Architecture 2030 CEO Edward Mazria, puts it, “By 2040, all Pre Engineered Steel Buildings are recyclable: Steel is one material
building products should require no carbon to create.” That’s where that can be quickly disintegrated from other waste materials by
we need to get on to embodied carbon : real zero by 2040. It’s using electromagnets. Steel also has the inherent capability to be
time for more radical innovation in building products and materials recycled multiple number of times without losing strength. Recycled
technology.” steel also finds wide usage in production of new steel materials.
In this regard, as featured by Sustainable Brands, COP26 House, steel.
designed and built for the Glasgow summit by Beyond Zero Homes, It saves landfill space: Waste from construction sites are one of
provides a great demonstration of what can be achieved using the major pollutants to the environment. Pre Engineered steel
lower-embodied-carbon materials within the context of circularity buildings last longer as compared to most traditional brick and
and reuse. The single abode places a greater thrust on lower- mortar structures. Thus, waste from construction sites, is reduced to
embodied-carbon building products, especially timber, which acts significantly lower proportions. Steel also recycles quickly. Most of
as a carbon store as well as a renewable material. Altogether, this the times steel materials end up at recycling hubs rather than on
achieves a 59% reduction in embodied carbon emissions, averting dumping grounds causing environmental pollution.
78 tons of embedded CO2, compared with a conventional house, Steel buildings save energy: A correctly insulated prefabricated
or 22% reduction, when measured against the most stringent steel building reduces heating and cooling expenses enormously.
carbon target. This radical leap in performance is achieved by This significantly decreases energy cost over the lifetime of the
careful selection of timber products all through the house — even building. Pre-engineered buildings that are properly insulated
the roof covering is timber! Maximizing low-embodied-carbon reduce additional costs of heating and cooling to a large extent.
design implies much less reliance on offsetting in our quest for In the long run, this reduces the total energy otherwise invested in
net-zero status. the life span of a building.
Such example points towards the rising demand for Pre-Engineered Steel lasts longer: Pre-engineered buildings are low on maintenance
buildings (PEB) globally. As offered by Epack Polymers, some of the as compared to other traditional structures. Once it has outlasted
reasons that make PEBs eco-friendly are: its life span, steel can be recycled again. This recyclable property
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