Building Homes And Prosperity For All
At UTTE, Resin8 is exciting because it proves that the future of affordable housing and the future of sustainability can, and must be the same conversation. We are taking one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges and quite literally embedding it into safer and more dignified homes in creating resilient urban communities.
Benjamin Kollenberg
Architect @ UTT South Africa
At UTTE, Resin8 is exciting because it proves that the future of affordable housing and the future of sustainability can, and must be the same conversation. We are taking one of the world’s biggest environmental challenges and quite literally embedding it into safer and more dignified homes in creating resilient urban communities.
PROJECT STUDY - KHAYELITSHA CAPE TOWN
PROJECT INFORMATION
Developer
UTTE
UTTE
Manufacturer
DUKATHOLE & CIOLLI READYMIX
Eco - Aggregate
RESIN8™ / 6mm
Products
FOUNDATIONS, M140 & M90 BLOCKS
Location
KHAYELITSHA CAPE TOWN
CONTRACTOR
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
BAMBANA CONSTRUCTION
DVH
ARCHITECTS
Concrete products made with a percentage of RESIN8 test within the technical requirements of the relevant SABS specification.
M140 BLOCKS
21 925
RESIN8™ BY VOLUME
10%
RESIN8™ PER BLOCK
181 Grams
TOTAL RESIN8™
6 230 Kg
M90 BLOCKS
35 650
RESIN8™ BY VOLUME
10%
RESIN8™ PER BLOCK
131 Grams
TOTAL RESIN8™
8 340 Kg
CONCRETE
627 m3 / 30 MPa
RESIN8™ BY VOLUME
2.5%
TOTAL RESIN8™
4 390 Kg
PROJECT PLASTIC SUMMARY
TOTAL RESIN8™
18 960 Kg
mixed plastic
waste sequestered
Total
15 550Kg
mixed plastic
waste sequestered
EQUAL TO
622 000
PET Bottles
*calulated @ 25g per empty bottle
mixed plastic
waste sequestered
EQUAL TO
7 775 000
Chip packets
*calCulated @ 2g per empty packet.
2000 chip packets per m2 of paving
MINED AGGREGATE SAVED
weight of natural mined aggregate saved
Total
66.35 Tons
CO2 SEQUESTERED
Total
30.14 Tons
or 16 767m3
1590 Kg CO2 per ton of RESIN8
Plastic Disposal = 960Kg CO2 per ton
SouRce: South African Journal of Science & CRDC Costa Rica LCA.Mined Aggregate/Sand = 210Kg CO2 per tonX 3.3 (RESIN8 replacement volume)
SouRce: Climate Trace and https://github.com/climatetracecoalitionOne ton of CO2 occupies 556.2m3 of volume
Source:https://www.icbe.com/carbondatabase/CO2volumecalculation.asp
