The first residential complex in Spain with 100% recycled aluminum in Marbella.

real estateAedas Homes said it has built the first housing development in theSpain, built exclusively from recycled aluminum after use, in collaboration with Technal, which has been using 75% recycled aluminum for several years. This sustainable material, originating from the circular economy, will be used in the Soul Marbella Sunshine residential complex, consisting of 50apartmentswith two, three and four bedrooms ranging from 180 to 420 square meters.

More precisely, 100% of the recycled aluminum will be used in the profiles of the facade joinery after use.

Aedas Homes Chief Operating Officer Luis Garcia Malo de Molina said that with this initiative, the company is “taking another step towards our ambitious goal, set out in our ESG Plan 2021/23, to neutralize 50% of the carbon footprint of its developments by 2030, promoting, in this case, the use of environmentally friendly materials.” “We continue to make progress towards AEDAS Homes' ambitious goal of becoming a leading developer in sustainability,” he added.

The property developer explained that the material provided by Technal - a brand within the international Hydro Building Systems group - called Circal, is the world's first certified 100% recycled aluminum and a new manufacturing process in Spain.

The three advantages highlighted by Aedas Homes are that it reduces CO2 emissions by 95% compared to aluminum produced in Europe and 40 times compared to aluminum imported from China; it offers the same quality as primary aluminum; and its production means low energy consumption.

Applying these calculations to the residential sector, the company estimates that its use in the Soul Marbella Sunshine residential complex is equivalent - in terms of CO2 reduction - to taking 30 cars off the road over their entire lifetime (100,000 kilometers, average emission of 10,300 tons of CO2, according to Europeanagencyenvironment).

Sustainable material to reduce carbon footprint Technal's director in Spain, Ferran Shipell, said that this project “puts a tipping point in the development sector and strengthens Technal's social commitment by prioritizing the use of sustainable and circular material with a very low carbon footprint to fight climate change.”

According to a companion to the group's subsidiary Hydro Building System, “aluminum can be recycled an infinite number of times without losing its properties, so this is a great opportunity for the building sector to reaffirm its commitment to caring for the planet,” given that the sector produces about 40% of the world's CO2 emissions.

“Today, for example, we have after-use aluminum in circulation that was generated in the late 19th century,” Shipell said, explaining that Technal extracts its aluminum from buildings that are being renovated or dismantled when their life cycle is over and returns it as raw material, which it calls ”urban mining.”