20/05/2020
It is likely that anthropogenic influences driven climate change has elevated our island nation Sri Lanka as a major global hot spot (according to report of the World Bank) affecting 4million people severely by 2020, and more as we know now (with the recent Covid 19 outbreak). Sri Lanka predominantly engage in agriculture-weather base, plantation and food production, which uses 30% of countries labor force, and is the livelihood of 70% of the rural population, which utilizes 43% of total land area of the country. Further 40% of countries energy is supplied through hydro power which is directly affected by climate change. This is why ICC DURRA has taken an initiation long before, with a moral sense of corporate social responsibility and obligation towards reducing Sri Lanka’s carbon foot print and to contribute to countries goals of moving toward a carbon neutral economy. DURRA is committed to environmental responsibility and assist the construction industry of the country to be develop environmental sustainable design in building construction.
DURRA building panel is manufactured using rice straw fiber, a renewable resource is a waste by-product in abundance in rice consuming Sri Lanka and is in plentiful in supply as its being grown three times of the year. Some of this waste is used as fertilizer sum are burned after the grain harvest which releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
And a country like ours with large agricultural sector has considerable impact on the environment year after year. DURRA is smart waste conversion system to reduce pollutants from the manufacturing of building panels and is a unique technology from Australia.
DURRA’s unique dry extrusion process locks this harmful carbon away in the form of highly fire resistant building materials with exceptionally low embodied energy (Very little energy used in production of the panel in comparison to other building panels a like) it results zero toxic waste, and is bio degradable.
In other words, specifying ICC DURRA Panel as dry walls in building projects will help in some way, to our island nation, which will help save our eroding river banks, reduce carbon emission and global warming, help control rising sea water, change of unpredictable weather patterns, improve salinity level of water and soil, be use full in landfills after its intended years of use. Improve indoor air quality, Help our framers, our small scale contractors, and average laborer. It Help our buildings be light weight and have a huge sustainable foot print. These are the changes the future of construction industry is looking for, ways to act environment friendly and responsible for our actions to leave minimum impact so that our future generations will have some of the limited resources. This is why ICC DURRA is relevant…………………………………..
