C-CUBE Sustainable and Smart Solutions for Life Science Production
Christophe Mermaz
Co-Founder and CEO
C-CUBE
What makes C-CUBE more sustainable than standard construction?
CUBE offers modular facilities for life sciences industry: BSL2/3 laboratory, biotech and pharmaceutical production units.
C-CUBE, founded in 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam, has made remarkable strides in the development and promotion of our modular concept. Our dedication and hard work have paid off, as we recently secured our first round of funding with a significant investment from the renowned Saint-Gobain group. This milestone has opened doors for us, leading to our first major project: a 250m² biotech production facility for vaccines, which is scheduled to be installed in Europe this summer.
Our modular concept is based on an industrial approach for building life sciences facilities. It means:
Less engineering required due to the fact that our solution is pre-engineered
Faster implementation time as the concept is standardised
Less material waste thanks to offsite manufacturing
Better construction quality achieved by industrial manufacturing
Better interchangeability of components (industrial and standardised concept).
C-CUBE industrial and modular concept optimises efficiency and reduces carbon footprint compared to standard construction for manufacturing highly sophisticated biotech facilities.
How does C-CUBE integrate circular economy principles into its concept of modular construction, particularly in industries like pharmaceuticals and biotech?
First, this is during the designing phase that we build the durability of a product or a concept: easy to modify, easy to dismantle, easy to repurpose. C-CUBE modular building can be easily adjusted for responding to new customer need (enlarge, reduce, move the facility to another location) or recommissioned for another purpose (other type of production with different layout, different requirements).
Second, this impact can then be further enhanced by choosing the right material for the construction: a material with low carbon footprint to manufacture, a material with long durability and a material which can be easily recycled at the end of its life.
The structure of C-CUBE modular facilities is metallic which is 100% recyclable at the end of the building life. Having Saint-Gobain group as a shareholder of C-CUBE helps us to select also materials with lower carbon footprint and with enhanced recycling capacity.
On the metallic structural frame, we apply different type of elements which can be removed or exchanged during the building life with more durable and sustainable material. This way of constructing a facility like a lego gives versatility and the ability to upgrade the facility with the latest technology available on the market.
The buildings and construction sector is by far the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. To reduce as much as possible this impact on the medium and long term we shall build more durable buildings, using low=carbon footprint material and in priority the most recyclable one. We are working on those three directions at C-CUBE.
We will transition our mindset from focusing solely on creating products that are good for customers to prioritising products that are beneficial for the planet.
