Sustainability

Veerhuis concept and Sustainability Building Practices

EPS

  • Relatively cheap
  • Light but strong
  • Recyclable
  • Reusable
  • No disintegration
  • Not hygroscopic
  • Perfect Insulator
  • Fire retarding
  • No rot, bugs, rodent, termites
  • No mould or humidity
  • No hazardous gases
  • No smell
  • No dust
  • No corrosion by cement, chalk or gypsum
  • No CFC’s, no fibres, no asbestos
  • Non carcinogenic, no allergies

Light weight steel

  • Easy transport, save energy
  • Less occupational health problems
  • No need for heavy and expensive machinery
  • No eed for expensive sophisticated tools
  • No need for heavy foundation

Homes

  • Earthquake resistant
  • Hurricane category 2 proof
  • Eco-friendly
  • Reduction in use of water, sand, cement
  • Stops the depletion of natural resources
  • Energy savings up to 70%
  • Decreases the CO2 emission
  • Ozone friendly
  • No solid waste generation
  • Low maintenance
  • a safer, better and healther home
  • Fire retarding
  • Fits all climates and architecture
  • Adaptable and scalable homes

Technique

  • Simple
  • Fast (3-4 times faster)
  • Flexible in design
  • Energy saving
  • One week training
  • Easy to handle

Benefits of local production

  • Investment
  • Job creation
  • Transfer of knowledge
  • Training of skills
  • Reduces poverty
  • The produced materials have other applications in different industries
  • No competition with the existing overloaded market