Pien Niehe
Europe Press Office,Amsterdam
HAUT became the first residential tower in the Netherlands to reach the highest sustainability score ‘BREAAM Outstanding’ based on the final design.
The new 21 storey tower – which will arise in 2018 at the Amstel riverside – is the highest residential building in the Netherlands with a timber structure. HAUT contributes to the city councils’ objectives towards reduction of carbon emissions, as timber contains a large capacity of CO2.
The highest score was reached mainly due to the timber structure. Trees take up carbon during their growth and as a result of this, the timber of HAUT stores 2,500 tons of carbon. Building with timber reduces the carbon emissions, compared to a similar building in concrete or steel. This equals the emissions of the energy use of the 52 apartments of the building over 10 years.
