CONTAINER HOUSES

Container houses represent the new caravan and mobile domain 

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Container Houses

In the rush to market, there are often claims that projects or materials are ‘green’ and the question really is ‘are they’ in fact as green as they seem.
Container reuse and repurposing, especially for containers that have served at sea for several trips and are not a single use passage items, do significantly and tangibly have a claim to be a ‘green alternative’. Some of the key considerations in container reuse are –
  • The numbers of reuse cycles the containers have served at sea for
  • Extending the life cycle of any building material significantly reduces its embodied carbon
  • Minimal site disturbance in preparing the site to receive the containers
  • Minimal waste generation on site and less green field environmental degradation during the construction phase
  • Recognition of the value of ‘mobility’ in the evolving climate crisis
The initial exploration was to provide accommodation on a Highveld farm, but the project is being revived now as a real option for climate mobility.

Containers represent a “new caravan and mobile domain” able to be transported to new sites with little or no damage to the main body of the home.  This contributes to less embodied carbon in the structure, a measure of the green quality and sustainable opportunities in an evolving climate scenario.

But another real benefit experienced by the Clients is the nestled sense of the workshop environment felt by all who attend events there.  This experience is felt intuitively by participants, rather than intellectually – it offers a settled emotional environment for people to feel ‘grounded’.

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Climate change requires integrated innovative solutions for governance, design and the science-policy interface. Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals is an absolute imperative – it is changing the way we design and develop new initiatives – we need solutions that are designed to meet our needs without harming the planet.

We need new narratives that can guide policy which is sufficiently flexible to meet an uncertain future. We need meaningful compliance with existing and new laws.

Enviromer has been created for this purpose. Our team offers expertise in marine and environmental governance and policy, international award winning sustainable architecture and planning and a specialist scientific expertise.