Loga sámegilli. The greenhouse gases we emit mean that less heat escapes through the atmosphere. The world must become greener. Mikkel Ole Sokki (32) will contribute to changes so that future generations will experience a healthy Mother Earth. But making changes is not without its challenges. The fourth time the building was moved – This building has really done its job. The fact that we are able to reuse such a building is incredibly tough. With enthusiasm, Sokki shows his latest construction project. A kindergarten building – assembled from 16 used Moelven modules from 2010. According to him, this is the fourth time the building has been moved. Sokki has worked as a civil engineer for around 10 years, and he also has practical experience as a carpenter. Photo: Dragan Cubrilo / news A sustainable construction industry is being researched (external link). They account for some of the largest emissions in business. Worldwide, the construction industry accounts for 40 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions and in Norway for around 16 per cent. You cannot use a material 100 per cent, so you have to calculate that 7–10 per cent is wasted as waste. – Far fewer materials enter the construction site when you have finished modules. Here we use few materials, so there will be less competition, says Sokki. It contributes to less construction waste. Sokki estimates that they have delivered approximately 100 cubic meters of construction waste, which, according to him, corresponds to approximately ten such containers. Photo: Dragan Cubrilo / news On a similar project with remodeling and new construction, Sokki estimates a reduction of construction waste of up to 60 percent. – We are very proud to build so environmentally friendly. In several rooms, the wall is broken with different wall panels, such as in the children’s entrance area: Mikkel Ole Sokki shows the different bathroom panels. – A bit unfairly easy If more facilities are to be made for reuse, then the regulations must be changed. Senior researcher at SINTEF, Petra Rüther, thinks so. – There are strong limitations when it comes to obtaining technical documentation. New products from the factory have documentation, used ones do not – but both must meet the requirements. – On used goods, you don’t have that security yet, because there are no guidelines on how to do it. Rüther says that she is exclusively positive about Sokki’s project. Photo: SINTEF It can therefore be difficult to get someone to vouch for the products. According to Rüther, there is a lot of will and knowledge about reuse in the construction industry, but there is a lack of political commitment. – Politics makes it easy for itself, by leaving everything to the industry itself to solve. I think that is a bit unfairly easy. – It is about both political and financial incentives, and support to get this market up and running. There is little of that today. Rüther says that she is exclusively positive about Sokki’s project. – I think it is very positive that you set it as a goal. It is not the easiest road today. Sokki says that it is challenging to obtain technical documentation. For example, if those who have delivered the goods have gone bankrupt or if the goods have reached their useful life from their origin. Photo: Dragan Cubrilo / news Sokki has the same experience as Sintef, and he misses a “carrot” for those who choose reuse. – There should have been a support scheme that motivates the industry to practice recycling. As it is now, it is still too unpredictable for the industry to fully adopt it, says Sokki. Follows a use-and-throw way of thinking – We need this type of project that shows that it is possible to work with reuse in this industry. We need more such projects, and on an even larger scale. That’s what Marte Forland Meland, regional manager of the environmental organization Framtiden i våre hands in Trøndelag, says. Photo: Knut Neerland They collaborate with vocational lines at upper secondary schools on reuse, and believe that not enough is happening in the construction industry. – Today it follows a use-and-throw way of thinking. Our aim is to make it circular, which means that we have to use the resources we have already taken from nature. Fordal Meland registers that some actors are testing reuse, but believes that it is too little and it is too late. – We have to get legislation, regulations and intensives changed in an appropriate way, so that the industry is pushed in a circular direction. Right conversion to right building Since 1950, Moelven has produced “Moelven barracks”. It is not often that they hear about modules being converted into permanent buildings, but feel that it is a growing trend. Modules are basically a construction method that facilitates reuse. – But if the distance from what the building is, to what it will actually be, is too great, then it can be a cost-benefit question whether it pays to reuse or build new, says director of Moelven ByggModul, Frode Killi. Killi thinks it sounds very right that a school module is converted into a kindergarten. Photo: Moelven Killi believes that you have to think about the right reuse for the right building and at the right time. – If a school module becomes a kindergarten, then it is so familiar and requires so little adjustment to meet the various technical regulations. Precisely there, Sokki has hit on the right use, says Killi. Since the modules are essentially built like a school for the first grade, no major adaptations were necessary. It only took nine weeks from the time the first sod was laid until they were able to welcome the children to the nursery. – We have had an exceptionally short construction time, and I have never been involved in such a process before. Therefore, they have also been able to focus on internal reuse. – Parts of the material on the construction site are surplus material from previous projects. These have the potential to be thrown away. – It is a principle in Sami education. Don’t take more than you need and take care of nature, because you will harvest from it, says Sokki. Hello! Do you have thoughts about the case you just read or do you have tips for other cases we should talk about? Send me an email. Published 23.11.2024, at 16.48 Updated 23.11.2024, at 17.02
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Built a Sami kindergarten in Kautokeino with used Moelven barracks – news Sápmi
