CLEVA POD® SUSTAINABILITY
The CLEVA POD® is a patented forming system for concrete slab foundations made from recycled and waste plastic. The CLEVA POD® offer designers, installers and homeowners a more sustainable foundation option.
The CLEVA POD® foundations are fully recoverable, recyclable, uses renewable resources that are locally produced, is energy and thermally efficient, has a low environmental impact, is very durable, eliminates waste, and has a very positive social impact and compared to the traditional polystyrene has an affordable life-cycle cost.
A CLEVA POD® foundation is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout the building’s life cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition.
The CLEVA POD® supports the green design strategy of building construction and has great potential to provide the solution for lot of environmental challenges. Residential building foundation systems incorporating the CLEVA POD® provide the basis for sustainable building design. The careful and responsible selection of sustainable building materials such as recycled polypropylene and construction methods such as waffle pod foundations minimise the environmental impact in all parts of the life cycle significantly.
The CLEVA POD® GREENSLAB™ is a completely recyclable foundation, significantly reducing construction waste to landfill which can be fully recovered, recycled and reused. The properties of polypropylene allow the plastic CLEVA POD® to be fully recovered from a foundation slab at the end of its life. This provides opportunities to recover/recycle/reuse the foundations concrete, steel and plastic pods from a GREENSLAB™ at the end of its life.
Winner of the 2024 Zero Waste Innovation Award
Innovation Award - Anga whakamua
Andrew Minturn and Grant Brown of Clevaco. Photo by Logan West for EcoMatters
CLEVACO® would like to extend our appreciations and thanks to the Eco Matters Environmental Trust and the Auckland Council for organising and supporting the 2024 Zero Waste Awards.
After a 10-year research and development journey, CLEVACO® was truly honoured to win the Innovation Award and humbled to be included with so many talented organisations and individuals accomplishing many remarkable waste innovations and initiatives.
The CLEVA POD® is a game changer for the building industry, heralding in the opportunity for the construction industry to embrace sustainable practices. We are developing leading-edge innovations with a focus on environmental practices. Customers are embracing circular construction, demonstrating their commitment to protecting the environment and implementing sustainable practices.
