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Sustainable ecology
Only the best quality larch and spruce wood go into making a Baufritz home, logged from sustainable forests to provide resource for future generations. Baufritz undertakes extensive tree planting schemes to mark its active approach to environmental protection. Each home built by Baufritz comes with a unique promise; because the materials used to build it are 100% biodegradable, the home can be completely returned to nature in several generations if required.
As timber is the only renewable building material, it means that owners of a Baufritz house will be helping to preserve nature's cycle. Baufritz is one of the few firms that started building carbon neutral and even carbon positive homes some 15 years ago. Baufritz combines sustainable ecology and the highest energy efficiency in all its buildings.
Fossil fuels and their application are becoming increasingly important with regards to climate protection. Timber for example, is able to store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, which is absorbed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis while the tree is still alive. Every Baufritz house is carbon positive to the extent that each house stores at least 50 tonnes of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of a family saloon car doing 6,200 miles per year, every year for 20 years. The carbon positivity of each house is measured using a recognised independent German system which takes into account carbon emissions from the very start of the process to include the manufacture, construction, transportation of the house as well as the energy required for the running of the house once built. Baufritz was the first German construction company to take the independent 'EU Eco Audit' in 1996, which it has passed four times to date (this audit measures and monitors all emissions resulting from the manufacturing and construction process).
Baufritz believes that contemporary ecology should be economically beneficial too, which is why it uses only the best quality materials to maximum efficiency. All materials used are tested for longevity, functional effectiveness and impact on the environment. Baufritz also implements an environmentally friendly approach to powering its homes by advocating renewable energy sources such as geothermal energy and solar power.