Wings
for OPENLY
"We are looking for an organization that will lend wings to our non-profit business area."
"In the assets area, our doors are open to industrial companies that are getting ready for the construction turnaround and to private equity investors who have understood that you have to invest in physical assets for climate change."
About the Openly Business model:
The proof has been provided by the 20 million pilot project Valley Widnau, which we financed, that net zero construction is possible with bionic building materials. It is now a matter of sharing the knowledge gained "openly" in order to achieve the greatest possible climate impact.
Furthermore, the aim is to scale up bionic building and make it cost-neutral, to certify and monetize the C-sinks and to provide state subsidies and mezzanine capital to get climate-efficient projects off the ground.
These market needs and opportunities have given rise to two lines of business for us, similar to myClimate (non-profit) and South Pole (profit).
Marginal or non-profit-oriented area:
Openly.Climate Gmbh
Education and consulting for building owners, authorities and architects. Sharing knowledge creates the greatest possible climate impact. The more with the Openly building system the greater the climate impact.
Furthermore, the creation of CO2 certificates is purely a service business (C-Sink Manager) that should be carried out at the lowest possible price for the property owner.
We are considering transferring this business area to an existing foundation (e.g. Built by Nature), setting up a Certified B Corp (Openly Climate Gmbh) (see Patagonia) or incorporating Openly into a larger organization.
Profit-oriented area: Openly AG (Assets)
The pilot project has produced innovations that are monetized through patents and spin-off subsidiaries. These currently include
Cancret.com in the field of hempcrete
Valley-Architects.com in the field of realization (focus on multi-family house & office / educational buildings)
Airbox in the area of controlled domestic ventilation
Biocrete in the biochar concrete sector, e.g. CarStorCon
Further global acquisitions are planned in the areas of hemp bricks and clay, straw and cellulose boards (examples include the Spanish start-up Honext and Plantd in the USA).
Our main focus is on physical products & trade but not on the construction industry (processing). For the products, the aim is to strengthen or build up brands and establish global distribution.
Openly.Global AG - Trading with CO2 certificates
Building owners who build with biogenic building materials can have these C-sinks certified from January 2025. Institutional builders use these C-sinks for insetting.
All other building owners can sell these sinks on the voluntary carbon market. The newly founded Openly.Global AG would like to establish itself as a C-sink trader in the future and broker C-sinks from buildings to CO2 offsetting customers.
Examples of this business model include
Carbon Future (DE) in the area of biochar
ACT Commodities (NL) in the area of Bio Fuels & Renewable engergy
Call for Mezzanine
In the current environment, many projects are struggling to finance construction projects using conventional construction methods. If slightly higher construction costs are added, the vast majority of climate-efficient projects die before they even get to the starting line. In Germany, there are at least a few vehicles available on the residential property buyer side in the form of QNG and KfW.
Openly calls on the financial community to set up a mezzanine fund. This should be subject to the condition that the target value of 6kg/CO2/m2 (see Valley Widnau pilot project) is achieved at the time of construction.
Together with the additional monetization through CO2 certificates, climate-efficient construction could be given the boost it needs. #Building turnaround