More than 150,000 bamboo poles have been used to build safe and affordable houses with the Hilti Foundation’s innovative Cement Bamboo Frame Technology.
A house built in this manner lasts up to 60 years and has 60% less environmental impact compared to a conventional concrete house.
This translates to a reduction of 9 tons of CO2 equivalents over the life of the bamboo building.
The Hilti Foundation established the BASE Bahay Foundation and Innovation Center, in Manila, to apply and promote the safe, affordable and sustainable construction solution.
So far, more than 1,200 houses have been built, mainly in the Philippines and Nepal. “Adequate housing is a human right, and yet an estimated 1.6 billion people worldwide—that’s one in four—live in substandard housing,” said Werner Wallner, CEO of the Hilti Foundation. “Experts predict that this number will nearly double, to 3 billion, by 2030.
Creating new affordable and sustainable housing for these people is a major task that impacts not only their safety and health but also their economic and social opportunities.”
