Biotwin’s vision is to see the fabric of every building and structure in the world to be made up of less carbon intensive materials. From wall studs to plasterboards, beams to joists, corrugate to cladding and even screws – building every type of structure with a zero-carbon footprint.

Biotwin’s first innovation is a carbon neutral wall stud made of natural biomass. This unique combination of carbon sequestering plants and bio-resin is the key to achieving carbon neutrality. By using this recipe, we can replace light gauge steel studs in any building project, reducing the embodied carbon across the entire industry.

Natural Building Systems is combining low embodied-carbon materials with modern construction methods to transform the industry. Its comprehensive construction system is made exclusively from climate-neutral materials. It’s a breathable, high-performance thermal envelope, floor, roof and internal walls, where all parts are individually demountable so they can be adapted, reassembled and reused.

Building with regenerative materials such as hemp and timber means the carbon captured as they grow exceeds the embodied carbon created from harvest, processing and production. Natural Building Systems’ buildings remove more carbon from the atmosphere than it takes to make them, and are more energy efficient, healthier and comfortable.

Natural Building Systems has developed a systemized construction solution, combining climate neutral materials with cutting edge digital technologies, to create an expanding library of manufactured SIPs and building components.

Natural Building Systems uses digital tools to standardise parts and reduce lead times, cost, and waste, without compromising design flexibility.

The panels and components are made from non-toxic, climate-neutral materials. Using hemp as primary insulation encourages local production of short-cycle carbon capture crops, and factory-controlled production reduces waste. Individual panels are demountable so they can be repositioned and reassembled in different configurations, allowing buildings to be adapted without waste. Following circular economy principles, there’s no waste when the building reaches the end of its life either, because panels can be disassembled and reused elsewhere.

Snugg is a consumer-focused web tool that helps home owners decarbonise their homes. Using data science in the background, Snugg builds a profile of the home, creates a personalised plan to decarbonise, finds grants and other funding, connects with relevant installers and helps monitor ongoing benefits.

Snugg uses data science in the background to make the process of decarbonising homes as simple as possible. Snugg is working closely with banks to help build the finance and supporting business case to enable this.

Carbon Neutral Homes delivers net-zero energy bill homes that are constructed using an ‘island mode’ micro-grid (not requiring a National Power connection). The micro-grid will self-generate its energy and trade surplus energy to other buildings through a community peer2peer trading platform. The grid will also use a green hydrogen fuel cell as a secondary generator.

Carbon Natural Homes’ product provides a balanced outlook on thermal performance and airtightness to ensure a healthy home and environment, mitigating fossil fuels and energy provision with moving parts, such as heat pumps, to eliminate responsive maintenance, and with the right fabric and energy generation it is a solution for a net zero energy bill home.

The innovation behind Carbon Neutral Homes’ product is the self-sufficiency of the development and the zero-carbon energy provision in the micro-grid. It is also in the community energy trading platform allowing surplus energy to be traded throughout the grid to balance out the demand curve.