
CARBONLAB
Climate positive design strategies
To face thé challenge of our era GROUP A has launched CARBONLAB. This think tank investigates how we can reduce the CO2 footprint of our projects. The goal is to flip the coin and turn designs into carbon sinks: Climate Positive design, construction and living.
CO2 emissions are the trigger for a series of interrelated challenges such as climate change, declining ecosystems and decreasing food security. There is a direct link to how we design a sustainable living environment: approximately 38% of global CO2 emissions are the result of the built environment. This puts a significant responsibility on the entire construction sector to achieve CO2 reduction. The transition is inevitable but requires customized solutions.
With CARBONLAB we anticipate upcoming regulations and incentives. From sketch phase to user phase, we investigate how we can reduce the CO2 footprint of our design proposals. The goal is to flip the coin and turn designs into carbon sinks: Climate Positive design, construction and living. Using CO2 reduction and storage as a benchmark results in possibilities for responsible construction, regeneration of ecosystems and new business models. With an integrated view on the CO2 component of projects we can motivate clients to make fundamentally sustainable choices.
Starting as a think tank within GROUP A, CARBONLAB focuses on developing and applying knowledge of technologies, materials, (anticipating) regulations and incentives. Both internally and in collaboration with knowledge partners, in order to formulate project-driven solutions. GROUP A invites parties that share this mission and want to exchange knowledge and experience to contact CARBONLAB via carbonlab@groupa.nl.
We recently shared our Timeline of Environmental Legislation for the Construction Industry. Download the latest version here.








The makers of this project
Willem van Genugten
Adam Visser
Folkert van Hagen
Maarten van Bremen
Bailey Gardien

Bas Cuppen

Boris van der Staak

Brigitte van der Tuin

Chris Woltjes
Clara Yoanika Gunawan

Dennis Berger
Denny Chan

Edwin van Thuijl
Federica Padovani
Fieke Poelman

Frank Deltrap

Greetje van den Nouweland
Hala Abi Saad
Jakub Wysocki

Laura Onnis
Katarzyna Plonka

Lolke Ket

Maarten Lever
Maria Opłatek

Mary Lou van den Berg

Perry Klootwijk
Pia Fischer
Raymond Leentvaar

Sophie Dogterom
Sven Schouten
Thijs Meijer

Aiham Melhem

External stakeholders
DGBC
