Super pleased to announce that Innovate UK Global Alliance Africa has now launched the UK-Nigeria Sustainable Construction Global Innovation Network.
The network is a dynamic platform dedicated to inspire and connect key stakeholders and industry leaders across the building and construction sector value chain in the UK and Nigeria.
It is aimed at fostering a dynamic bilateral UK-Nigeria collaboration by exploring emerging technology and knowledge transfer solutions to facilitate transformative environmental impact and amplify sustainable best practices for both countries.
The Innovation Network will center on three key pillars;
- Affordable housing with a focus on prefabrication, modular prefabrication, and on-site assembly.
- Sustainable construction materials, safety, and energy efficiency with a focus on low-carbon building/alternative materials for building, construction, finishings (e.g painting, insulation), and the integration of already existing solutions into the value chain/market saturation, certifications and licensing for alternative materials, safety of labor and human capital, policy and regulations and responsible use of energy.
- Construction waste management with a focus on reuse and circularity and end-to-end waste management across the building and construction value chain.
The stakeholder groups for the Network include (but are not limited to Construction Companies in the UK and Nigeria, Building and property developers, Government, Academia, Policy and regulatory bodies, R&D, Innovators.
Want to join? Learn more on how to get involved? Meet the team? Visit: https://lnkd.in/eDkEzFix
