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Exciting news from Widnau, Switzerland

Exciting news from Widnau, Switzerland! Andy Keel, a visionary multi-entrepreneur, is constructing a groundbreaking multi-family home, marking a Swiss premiere for Stahl Gerlafingen, AFV Beltrame’s Swiss plant.

The project features the new carbon neutral steel, #Chalibria, a first in Switzerland.

Keel’s multi-family home exceeds the Paris Climate Agreement’s 2050 targets as a net-positive energy house. It boasts a timber frame with hemp concrete insulation and non-load-bearing hemp brick interior walls, designed to generate more energy than it consumes, as the leading newspaper in the Widnau region, “Der Rheintaler” reported.

Hélène Smagghe, Marketing and Sales Manager at Stahl Gerlafingen applauds the site’s remarkable innovation, Keel’s project and Stahl Gerlafingen’s carbon neutral steel usage.

Stahl Gerlafingen supplies #steel to half of Switzerland’s construction sites, with a substantial portion remaining in the country.
Gerlafingen employs a #circulareconomy approach, producing new steel from smelting scrap metal.

Switzerland processes 1.3 to 1.4 million tons of steel scrap annually.