Vision

A natural industrial revolution creating global positive impacts on the climate, communities and the environment.

Mission

To innovate and manufacture bio-based construction systems on an industrial scale.

Fabric First

• Prioritise insulation, specialised materials, air tightness and good design

• Limit high carbon, energy intensive technological solutions for heating, cooling and air quality. Smart materials like IndiBreathe® can regulate these passively

• Emphasise high quality and detailing

Climate Crisis Mitigation

• Minimise cradle-to-cradle carbon.

• Minimise carbon embodied in materials (harvesting, manufacturing, transport)

• Sequester carbon efficiently in materials (e.g. fast growing hemp captures carbon at 5x the rate of timber per hectare)

• Use locally sourced materials

• Minimise carbon in operations 

• Minimise carbon at end of life (avoid landfill or energy intensive recycling)

Climate Crisis Adaptation

• Adapt to increasing trend of overheating (with smart materials which store excess heat in the day - and release at night - like our smart IndiBreathe® system, rather than air conditioning)

• Adapt to heavy rain and flooding - in buildings and in resilient crops like hemp

Circular by Design

• Minimise cradle-to-cradle environmental impacts.

• Use fast-growing, renewable and abundant materials

• Use materials which can be reused, reprocessed, recycled or composted at the end of life rather than ending up in landfill

• Design for disassembly (easy to take apart at end of life)

• Encourage renewable energy systems

• Use no toxic processes or chemicals

• Use no petro-plastics

• Replicate globally to maximise impacts

Comfort and Health

• Create excellent air quality

• Create steady indoor temperatures with smart materials (warm in winter, cool in summer)

• Create steady humidity with smart materials (no condensation, no mould - our smart IndiBreathe system passively regulates temperature and humidity)

• Remove toxic Volatile Organic Compounds off-gassing into buildings

• Reduce pulmonary risks indoors (e.g. black mould, dust, asthma)

• Make materials healthy for builders and electricians to handle, cut and install - no carcinogenic dusts, no lung or skin irritations

Community Impacts

• Reduce risks of fuel poverty by providing affordable, healthy and high-performing building systems for all

• Offer local manufacturing, distribution and agricultural supply chain jobs 

• Locate production facilities in areas in need of regeneration

• Revive historic textile industries and traditional crops

• Establishing a closed-loop self-sustaining circular economy

• Become a B-Corp company upholding social values

• Replicate globally to maximise impacts