N1 Circular GmbH

DIGITAL TOOLS FOR A MORE CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN CONSTRUCTION

Material flow management plays a key role on the way to a more sustainable construction world. To ensure that as much construction waste as possible can be recycled, there needs to be more transparency about where which construction waste is generated and where which material is needed. This creates synergy effects that benefit everyone - suppliers, customers and society. With its SaaS solutions (Software-as-a-Service), N1 provides the necessary solutions.

Solution:

The construction industry is one of the most material-intensive sectors of the German economy. In view of dwindling raw material deposits and landfill space, a significantly larger proportion of construction and demolition waste must be reused or recycled. However, the circular economy in the construction industry is being held back by a lack of market transparency with regard to available material sources and requirements as well as complicated legal regulations for the recycling of construction and demolition waste.

Our software offering provides those involved in construction with digital tools to overcome these hurdles. External partners, suppliers and service providers are needed for the comprehensive supply and disposal of construction sites. Our solutions enable the individual parties involved in construction to network directly and communicate from the initial inquiry to the conclusion of the transaction. Free of transaction fees, commissions or other influences on customer-supplier relationships, the software offers the industry a neutral digital environment for the development of a more efficient construction world.

Impact:

By helping our solutions to leave linear production behind and turn waste into the resources of the future, we improve our customers' environmental footprint and help them comply with statutory environmental protection requirements. The basic impact potentials are:

• Increasing the recycling rate of construction waste
• Increasing the proportion of secondary raw materials in the production of building materials
• Conservation of primary resources
• Reducing CO2 emissions by networking regional material supplies and requirements

Goals:

The collection and publication of construction waste and required materials creates transparency regarding regional recycling potential. It also shows that the most ecologically sustainable option is increasingly also the most economically viable. Rising costs for the procurement of primary raw materials and the disposal of construction waste as well as growing pressure from legal environmental protection requirements will reinforce this development. The recycling and upcycling of construction and demolition waste is undoubtedly a future market that will inevitably be tapped into by building material manufacturers as customers and construction companies as potential suppliers of secondary materials.

For ecological and economic reasons, the use of RC building materials must be promoted more quickly. We support the construction industry in this with our software solutions.