How Businesses Can Reduce Their Carbon Footprint Using Sustainable Fabric Building Solutions
Every business needs to take steps to reduce its carbon footprint. Government organizations, corporate CEOs, and the general public are urging businesses to do so. Consider sustainable fabric building solutions for your next project. You might find that reducing your business’s carbon footprint is far easier than you realize.
The benefits of a fabric building are numerous, and at Britespan, we know they contribute to improving space energy efficiency while also reducing overall environmental impact.
Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing: The Foundation of Eco-Friendly Fabric Structures
The materials used in Britespan fabric buildings provide the foundation of sustainability. Reducing carbon emissions with fabric buildings starts with using our sustainable materials. For example, the durable steel frames that dominate the overall durability of these structures are made from recycled content. That is an immediate benefit.
Additionally, the fabric membrane itself has a long lifespan, often decades. As a result, it is far less likely that you will need to replace it often, reducing the amount of material that ends up in a landfill. Not to mention at the end of it’s lifespan, the fabric is recyclable too.
The energy efficiency of the manufacturing processes used by Britespan is also beneficial to the planet. They reduce the overall impact on the production of greenhouse gases. Traditional building materials require a much more expensive manufacturing process that expends more energy and adds a higher level of pollution to the environment.
These material choices inherently contribute to the building’s lower initial carbon footprint. With our Cradle2Cradle certification, you know that you are using a sustainable product that is directly contributing to environmental health. These eco-friendly fabric structures directly contribute to your business’s ability to meet your sustainability goals.
Energy Efficiency in Operation: Leveraging Natural Light and Insulation in Sustainable Fabric Buildings
Whether you invest in our equipment storage or waste management solutions, you instantly gain the benefit of energy efficiency. Britespan fabric buildings contribute to reduced energy consumption during the building’s use. This is done to several key factors that can optimize the way you manage your business’s energy use:
The translucent fabric allows natural daylight to light workspaces. There is so much of it that most buildings do not require electrical lights during daylight hours, drastically reducing operating costs. This lowers the need for artificial lighting.
The effectiveness of insulation options for fabric buildings helps reduce carbon footprints by lowering heating and cooling demands. Unlike metal roofs, fabric structures don’t trap heat inside, which can minimize the need for extra ventilation or cooling systems, resulting in lower energy consumption and operational costs.
Reduced Construction Impact and Faster Build Times: Minimizing the Environmental Footprint from Project Start to Finish
As you consider how fabric buildings help reduce environmental impact, consider the importance of the construction process itself. Traditional buildings take two or three times as long to build, and that means onsite construction and destruction of the environment. Comparatively, sustainable fabric building solutions allow for a much faster installation time because they are prefabricated. That allows for these structures to go up faster, leading to less onsite waste and damage to the surrounding environment. Ultimately, it also contributes to reduced energy consumption during construction – the sooner the project wraps, the less money is spent on the construction process.
Ultimately, this helps contribute to energy-efficient fabric buildings because it creates a smaller overall construction footprint. That is one of the most effective and straightforward ways for your business to contribute to carbon reduction efforts. Consider that a warehouse fabric building can go up within a matter of weeks, with minimal damage to the environment and limited expenditures on energy costs to fuel that production process.
Turn to Britespan to Find the Solutions That Help You Contribute to the Planet’s Better Future
Learn as much as you can about us. What you will find is that our products are designed from the ground up to be the best they can be at supporting the environment and the businesses that operate within it. Take a closer look at our Apex building series, for example, to see just how diverse the range of use is while also noticing the numerous ways in which these structures can directly reduce your energy consumption and support carbon footprint reduction.
To learn more about how Britespan can help you, contact us for a free consultation or a quote. As a company dedicated to supporting the environment in any way possible, we encourage you to take a closer look at how the upgrade to a fabric building can change the way you operate your business. Contact our team now.