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To achieve net zero in
buildings and infrastructure

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we need to think beyond best practices.

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It will require deep collaboration
across the entire value chain

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and a transformation in the way

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buildings are designed, built, powered
and ultimately deconstructed.

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In this series, we speak to senior executives
from leading Nordic companies

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about what they believe are the biggest
green growth opportunities.

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I’m Esben.

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Welcome to Nordic Net Zero

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At present, buildings and infrastructure

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accounts for up to 40 percent of all
greenhouse gas emissions in the Nordics.

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With the right kind of investments
and a switch towards greener alternatives,

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we have a 54 megaton reduction potential.

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Looking into partnerships to succeed
in the green transition,

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if I want to give one concrete example,
I would like to see new players

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that get into the circularity value chain

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that helps us to get our materials
back to the factories,

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and that separates the waste streams
from the construction site

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so that we can get our materials back

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and also other material
that we can use to upcycle.

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One of the biggest challenges with the circularity
in the building industry for building materials

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is the huge amount we are dealing with
and that we tend to mix these products.

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So I think there are public / private
partnerships needed

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where governments, companies, industries

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and even between countries
you look at waste streams

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Today about 1/3 of waste on the planet
arise from the construction industry.

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That needs to be solved,
because we have only one planet

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and we have more and more people.

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And if we are just going to tear
everything down and rebuild it

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it is simply not big enough.

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So we need to take care of what we have,

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renovate it and we need to use circular materials,

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so when we build new energy efficient buildings,

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we use materials, that at end of life
can be used again.

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So, we don’t waste this planet.

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Obviously our handprint, support and
decarbonization of the planet is super important,

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but we have an important homework
as we are a big emitter,

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we are a manufacturing,
deep processing company,

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we need to reduce our footprint
and the way we do that

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is that we have to put in quite some
R&D resources to develop new technologies.

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We dropped our CO2 Absolute emissions
with more than 70%

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and also per ton produced with more than 70%.

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We started off with testing
to melt with natural gas,

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that is better that using any other fossil fuels,

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and once we felt comfortable with that process,

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we took the step
and now we are doing it with biogas,

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which means we are CO2 free
on that part of the energy equation.

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If we look at the solutions to decarbonize
buildings and construction industry,

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they're actually all there.

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We often talk about new technologies and that,

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but isolation has been here for 80 years,

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heat pumps,

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better windows -

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It all exist.

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It is actually just a matter of
getting the work done.

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To take on climate leadership
and help others decarbonize,

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we have to decarbonize our own house first.

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It will require use of sustainable alternatives
such as green steel and cement,

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as well as thinking recycle
and waste management

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across the lifecycle of the building.

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We have to improve energy efficiency

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and cut down on energy consumption
overall as well.

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Abandon fossil fuel boilers

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and move towards district heating
and heat pumps to heat our houses.

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But going green is not only good for the climate.

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It’s good for business too.