SUSTAINABILITY

How much does your building weigh, Norman?

Buckminster Fuller

The beauty of a Nomax kitchen doesn’t just lie in its aesthetics.
Our frame-based design considerably reduces the amount of materials needed. No more idle panels and boards, no more extra bits just because we made them.
Every panel fitted, is a panel with a purpose. Glue is not invited to the party, as all elements of a Nomax kitchen hold together mechanically.
At the end of its life cycle, everything can be easily dismounted, separated and properly recycled. And during its long and happy life, broken bits can easily be replaced without reconstructing entire parts of the kitchen.



‘Our Nomax system continues to evolve.
Step by step towards a circular construction economy.’



CURRENT CRITERIA


COMPATIBLE

Building elements with compatible dimensions can be easily combined, as well as replaced by other components.

DEMOUNTABLE

Reversible connections allow a building element to be dismantled without damage. This allows reuse, as well as maintenance, repair and replacements.

MOVABLE

An independent building element can be removed or replaced without having to remove or damage the adjacent building element.

PACE LAYERING

By physically separating different building components or layers within a building component or element, one component or layer can be modified, removed or replaced at any time without touching the others.

FUTURE GOALS


RETURNABLE

With a buy-back guarantee, the producer or seller undertakes to take back a product after use, possibly at a previously negotiated price.

RECYCLED CONTENT

Recycling waste or residual streams to produce new high-performance building components reduces both waste production and the extraction of new raw materials.

BIO-BASED

Many natural building components can be biodegraded under the right conditions and if no artificial additives were added.

TRACEABLE

A circular identity pools all relevant information about a building system or element and keeps it available online throughout its lifetime.

EXTENDABLE LIFE

The manufacturer remains responsible for maintaining the product during use. Thus, quality and performance of the building element remain guaranteed.
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︎The NOMAX sustainability catalogue