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Climate: Ecosystems + Housing

Easy Housing

Easy Housing is a circular and biobased building technology. We operate in the Global South. Our concept is carbon neutral and climate resilient, using sustainably sourced timber and local value chains.

Team Leader
Wolf Bierens
Easy Housing is a circular and biobased building technology. We operate in the Global South. Our concept is carbon neutral and climate resilient, using sustainably sourced timber and local value chains.

The Problem

The global housing deficit is one of the biggest challenges of this century – projected at 300 million homes by 2030. Sustainability is another major challenge: buildings account for 37% of global CO2 emissions. When we continue to provide housing with mainstream building methods, this will have a devastating impact.

The Solution

Easy Housing is a 100% circular and climate-smart building technology, based on FSC-certified timber. The concept is scalable and standardized, yet has a flexible design that can be tailored to local requirements. Value chains are fully localized. By working together with local stakeholders and using local materials, Easy Housing stimulates the local economy, creates green jobs and facilitates the transition of the building sector towards circular and carbon neutral building.

Easy Housing's biobased homes are climate resilient. Timber homes realize a large carbon reduction through construction-stored carbon and by avoiding cement and steel. This makes the homes carbon negative. Furthermore, the system is flood, earthquake, and hurricane resistant and has integrated sustainable energy and water cycles.

Stats

Easy Housing has provided safe, affordable homes to 345 individuals and their families through 69 completed builds.

What is the name of your organization?
Easy Housing Concepts B.V.
What is the name of your solution?
Easy Housing
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
Easy Housing is a circular and biobased building technology. We operate in the Global South. Our concept is carbon neutral and climate resilient, using sustainably sourced timber and local value chains.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Kampala
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
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What type of organization is your solution team?
For-Profit
Film your elevator pitch.
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What specific problem are you solving?
The global housing deficit is one of the biggest challenges of this century – projected at 300 million homes by 2030. Sustainability is another major challenge: buildings account for 37% of global CO2 emissions. When we continue to provide housing with mainstream building methods, this will have a devastating impact.
What is your solution?
Easy Housing is a 100% circular and climate-smart building technology, based on FSC-certified timber. The concept is scalable and standardized, yet has a flexible design that can be tailored to local requirements. Value chains are fully localized. By working together with local stakeholders and using local materials, Easy Housing stimulates the local economy, creates green jobs and facilitates the transition of the building sector towards circular and carbon neutral building. Easy Housing's biobased homes are climate resilient. Timber homes realize a large carbon reduction through construction-stored carbon and by avoiding cement and steel. This makes the homes carbon negative. Furthermore, the system is flood, earthquake, and hurricane resistant and has integrated sustainable energy and water cycles.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Easy Housing serves vulnerable populations in emerging economies who are currently trapped in a cycle of housing insecurity and climate vulnerability. By replacing unsafe, overcrowded, and poorly ventilated dwellings with climate-resilient homes, the solution fundamentally transforms their quality of life, providing safety from natural hazards like floods and hurricanes that traditional concrete structures often fail to withstand. Beyond physical shelter, the impact extends to the entire community: the use of local labor and materials fosters economic stability and creates jobs, while the sustainable design directly addresses 16 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Ultimately, this approach moves families from the margins of survival in slums to stable, dignified living environments that are built to endure the escalating challenges of the climate crisis.

Organization Type:
For-Profit

Headquarters:
Kampala, Uganda

Stage:
Growth

Working In:
Uganda, Mozambique, Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya

Solution Website:
www.easyhousing.org

Solution Team:
Wolf Bierens
Wolf Bierens
Founder
Max Heidelberg
Max Heidelberg