PROFOUND IMPACTS Nexii Sustainability & Impact Report 2021
People: Create a Diverse and Empowered Workforce 34
About Nexii Building Solutions 07
Sustainability Commitments at a Glance 09
Nature: Protect and Support Healthy Ecosystems 25
People: Develop a Culture of Safety, Ethics, and Integrity, and Expect the Same of Our Partners 30
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Circular Economy Innovation: Design for Building Reuse 42 Advocacy 43
UN Sustainable Development Goals 13
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Table of Contents
Sustainability Governance 10
Sustainability Commitments 16
A Letter from the Nexii Team 04
Stakeholder Engagement and Materiality Assessment 13
Climate: Innovation and Industry Leading Carbon Reduction 17
Product Performance Tracking: Green Metrics 39
Community: Partner with, Develop and Invest in Our Communities 37
Project Innovation: VersiCharge 41
2021 2022 Key Sustainability Milestones 08
Profound Positive Impacts 12
Acknowledgements 45 46
Charters, Awards and Partnerships 43
Why do we exist if not to make the planet better?
we focused on creating our Sustainability Blueprint our targets and commitments that ensure we are leading our industry and creating the buildings of the future
The science tells us that we have until 2030 to reduce our climate pollution by 50% and we won’t get there without dramatic decarbonization of our buildings. Governments and leading companies are responding with more stringent building codes and bold commitments to net zero buildings. The building and construction industry needs to keep pace with breakthrough innovation to ensure we get
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This was our Nexii brand promise from the beginning, and it’s what inspires us to reinvent how the world builds. Most people don’t know that buildings and construction are the world’s largest source of both climate pollution (39% of global GHG emissions) and solid waste to landfills. How the world builds will determine whether humanity has a livable future.
A Letter from the Nexii Team
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Big thanks to our Board of Directors and Sustainability Council, the two bodies charged with governing Nexii on sustainability. Strong governance structure is important, and our Sustainability Council includes leaders from every department. Ultimately our success hinges on the dedicated work of our whole team at Nexii.
Council led the charge, doing research, benchmarking other companies, and crafting targets, goals and commitments for rigorous debate. Our working groups and Board of Directors then spent many hours reviewing, debating, and approving.
Change the Blueprint. Change the Planet.
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We focused on creating our Sustainability Blueprint – our targets and commitments that ensure we are leading our industry and creating the buildings of the future today.
Last December our Board formally approved our Blueprint including 14 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals that encompass the depth and breadth of our commitments to people and Theseplanet.goals and commitments are aligned with global ESG standards and we are attuned to this rapidly evolving landscape. To ensure we stay on the leading edge we also developed more aggressive internal goals that can take us farther and faster and a robust set of KPI’s to measure our progress.
Our purpose is to be a world leading company delivering benefits at scale to climate, nature, health, equity, diversity, inclusion and giving back to our communities. We will strengthen and deepen our goals from here forward, and challenge everyone we work with to lead the change we want to see in the Steve,world.Gregor and Zosia
Zosia Brown PHD, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP Vice President, Sustainability
Ultimately our success hinges on the dedicated work of our whole team at Nexii.
Stephen Sidwell Chief Executive Officer
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Gregor Robertson Executive Vice President of Strategy and Partnerships
Our purpose is to be a world leading company delivering benefits at scale to climate, nature, health, equity, diversity, inclusion and giving back to our communities.
We are committed to inclusive dialogue, learning and evolving to become aligned with Indigenous led Reconciliation frameworks. We will be flexible and accountable while engaging, listening, and growing.
With our sustainable building technology, bolstered by our team’s focus on creating a vibrant future for people and planet, we are committed to supporting the goals of Indigenous Peoples.
We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish, specifically the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɁɬ / selílwitulh (Tsleil Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam) Nations, as well as the Treaty 4 Territory the original lands of the Cree, Ojibwe (OJIB WĒ), Saulteaux (SO TO), Dakota, Nakota, Lakota and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.
Our work spans many territories and treaty areas and we are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are with us today, those who came before us, and the next generations that inspire us.
We are committed to advancing the path of Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and are dedicated to fulfilling our roles and responsibilities to this movement. We believe in taking accountability for constructive actions moving forward and recognize that reciprocity is the foundation of respectful relations.
Engaging with Indigenous Peoples
Nexii Building Solutions Inc. (Nexii) is a green construction technology company that designs and manufactures high performance buildings and green building products that are sustainable, cost efficient, and climate resilient. Nexii’s whole building solution enables the rapid assembly of high quality builds with reduced end to end carbon emissions, near zero waste and less disruption overall to the community. Sustainability is core to Nexii’s mission, shaped by a strong governance structure at all levels of the company. The construction industry urgently needs innovative and scalable solutions that accelerate the transition to net zero carbon and energy buildings. Nexii is providing this breakthrough solution.
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About Nexii Building Solutions
Our Mission
Nexii’s mission is to build a vibrant future for people and planet. This dedication to sustainability is evident in all aspects of our business, from orienting our business towards net zero carbon pollution, and eliminating waste across our product’s life cycle to providing sustainable, healthy environments for all through building retrofits, affordable housing, and disaster relief. And the reason we are laser focused on sustainability is that the building and construction industry is a critical player in the transition to a low carbon future. With buildings and construction responsible for 36% of global energy and 39% of carbon dioxide emissions annually, innovative, scalable solutions are urgently needed to accelerate the transition to net zero carbon and energy buildings.
Sustainability is core to our mission to build a vibrant future for people and the planet. We are committed to driving towards eight long term impacts across environmental, social, and economic realms.
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• 100% employees, NCMs & major suppliers sign Nexii’s Code of Conduct 2022
• Up to 40 paid volunteer hours/employee/yr in Sustainability aligned areas 2022
People: Create a diverse and empowered workforce
• Net zero operational carbon achieved by Nexii buildings2 by 2025 2025
• Equal pay for work of equal value across genders 2022
Nature: Protect and support healthy ecosystems
People: Develop a culture of safety, ethics, and integrity, and expect the same of our partners
• 100% employees & NCMs complete Ethics and Compliance training 2022
• Net zero carbon across our operations and value chain3 by 2030 2030
• 50% less embodied carbon in Nexii products1 by 2025 2025
• Zero Waste certified manufacturing within 2 years of opening each plant 2022
• Restore equal amounts of habitat as the land footprint of our corporate projects by 2025 2025
Climate: Innovative and industry leading carbon reduction
• Ensure no use of materials known to pose serious risks to human and ecosystem health 2022
Community: Partner with, develop and invest in our communities
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Sustainability Commitments at a Glance
• Increased sustainability engagement at all levels, with senior leadership compensation linked to ESG outcomes 2022
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• Develop green education & career pathways targeting >25% uptake by URC4 2022 Versus 2021 conventional construction baseline, such as steel stud and high performance tilt up concrete Nexii ‘buildings’ means our standard whole building delivered with Integrated Technology Partners (excluding process loads) Value chain refers to the full range of activities required to create a Nexii product from start to finish Underrepresented communities (URCs): groups whose representation has been historically low Black, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian, Multiracial, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ Senior Leadership: Director level and above EDI Audit & Strategy in progress, targets spring 2022
• Maintain a TRIR & LTIR of 50% below industry average; target 85% below industry average by 2025 2025
• >20% non male and URC4 in our Senior Leadership5 and Board by 2025; target >35% non male and URC by 2030 to be validated by EDI Audit & Strategy6 2025
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Sustainability Governance
Coordinating implementation to achieve our commitments
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Shaping Nexii’s sustainability vision, impact and aims
Driving sustainability innovation through business functions
Reporting progress against goals over time
The Council meets bi monthly and reports progress twice annually to the Board of Directors.
Our Sustainability Council and working groups include leaders from every department who define and lead our sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts. The Council is responsible for:
We work with external Advisors and Thought Leaders to ensure we are addressing critical and material issues within our product development and corporate strategy. In 2021, we undertook a Materiality Assessment to review and refine sustainability impact areas of greatest importance to our stakeholders.
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Our Board of Directors is responsible for Nexii’s highest level of corporate governance, and strategic and operational planning. Our Board monitors progress against ESG impacts and commitments and oversees risk management. Climate related risks are addressed by our business and legal teams, from supply chain to plant level decision making.
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Our Sustainability Council and Working Groups includes leaders from every department who define and lead our sustainability and ESG efforts. This key governance body shapes strategy, manages and reports progress against targets, and drives sustainability innovation and actions for each commitment.
Our IMPACTS team defines Nexii’s sustainability strategy and builds key partnerships to support our mission. Encompassing integrity, marketing, partnerships, altruism, communications, transparency, and sustainability, the IMPACTS team is responsible for embedding sustainability throughout the company, reviewing sustainability management processes, and communicating our performance year on year.
Defining our ESG efforts Board of Directors
Our People are Nexii's greatest sustainability asset. Our Genius program empowers staff to generate innovative ideas to create value and manage our impact. Genius ideas are reviewed on an on going basis by the Sustainability Council and integrated into corporate strategy where appropriate.
Nexii Offices, Plants and Nexii Certified Manufacturers (NCMs) track facility level sustainability metrics for reporting centrally and drive programs and initiatives at the local level.
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Profound Positive Impacts
Sustainability is core to our mission to build a vibrant future for people and planet. We are committed to driving towards eight long term impacts across environmental, social, and economic realms. These are long term changes we hope to see in the world as a result of Nexii’s work and partnerships.
As we grow our business and operations, we will do so in a way that actively supports leading global frameworks such as the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Our Blueprint is aligned with the highlighted global challenges below:
The visual representation of the ESG issues of most interest to stakeholders relative to their impact on the business provides a powerful lens on our sustainability strategy. The materiality matrix enables us to determine which ESG issues are the most material to our stakeholders and our business and their relative level of importance. To further understand business impact, we assessed differences in perceived short term (less than 3 years) versus long term (3+ years) impact. We then use this deep understanding to refine our strategy and prioritize our sustainability commitments.
Stakeholder Engagement and Materiality Assessment
UN Sustainable Development Goals
We interviewed a range of stakeholders from within the company, including workshops with Nexii’s leadership and Board of Directors as well as external stakeholders. Results helped us identify and prioritize those issues of greatest stakeholder interest and business impact, as well as Nexii’s perceived preparedness on each issue.
The Appendix includes additional details on how Nexii is helping achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
In 2021, Nexii conducted a Materiality Assessment to review and refine sustainability impact areas of greatest importance to our stakeholders and prioritize our ESG commitments.
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The materiality matrix maps business impact vs. stakeholder interest, based on stakeholders’ identified issues
Some ESG issues were considered by stakeholders to have more of an impact in the short vs. long term, and vice versa
A mix of environmental, social, and governance/economic issues rank high in materiality, with eight topic areas viewed as the most critical to our business in the short and long term: embodied carbon, economic performance, climate impact of business, product innovation, eliminating waste, business ethics and integrity, diversity and equal opportunity, and training & education. Several ESG issues were identified by stakeholders as missing from the prioritized list. These, and all prioritized topics, remain an essential part of our sustainability strategy, and we will regularly evaluate their materiality as the companies grows.
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How do we measure and manage our progress? How do we bring our long term impacts to life in our everyday work? This is where our Sustainability Commitments come in industry leading commitments shaped by our Sustainability Council with stakeholder input that demonstrate Nexii’s promise to walk the talk Our commitments are focused in four strategic pillars: Climate, Nature, People and Community.
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Sustainability Commitments
Current Performance
third party Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Nexii walls are estimated to have an average of 31% lower embodied carbon than conventional construction such as precast and tilt up concrete equivalent designs. Our proprietary material Nexiite itself has up to 36% less carbon emissions during production than Portland cement concrete due to lower manufacturing temperatures and less CO2 released from the calcination of limestone 2 Further emissions reductions can be attributed to the quantity of material used and reduced weight in transportation
Embodied carbon is the GHG emissions associated with extracting, manufacturing, assembling and end of life treatment of buildings. Embodied carbon used to be considered a much smaller piece of building whole life impact, with the bulk of CO2 emissions occurring during the use phase.
Our panel assembly process uses ½ ¾ inch layers of Nexiite on interior and exterior panel surfaces. Combined with an EPS insulating core, Nexii panels weigh around ��⁄�� the weight of pre cast concrete equivalent wall product. Average Embodied Carbon Reduction3 31% 1 https://architecture2030.org/new buildings embodied/ 2 Based on third party LCA research, preliminary results (cradle to gate) show Nexiite ST has a possible range of 20 36% lower GWP than equivalent strength Canadian industry average Portland cement based concrete. To be validated by independent critical review during our EPD process currently underway, as required by ISO standards. 3 Determined through third party LCA versus conventional construction baseline, and averaged across projects modelled to date
As new construction becomes more energy efficient by code, and as we make progress in decarbonizing our energy grid, embodied carbon is taking on an increasingly important role. Between now and 2050, it is estimated that embodied carbon will be responsible for almost half of total new construction emissions.1
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COMMITMENT: 50% less embodied carbon in Nexii products by 2025
A large fraction of embodied carbon impacts is released at the front end of the construction process through designing and specifying high carbon building materials and products. Nexii is committed to attaining 50% less embodied carbon in our products than the conventional construction baseline by 2025. To meet this target, we are pursuing a suite of strategies including: zero emission manufacturing plants, innovative materials, innovative panel design, integration with mass timber and design for reuse.
CLIMATE: Innovative and industry leading carbon reduction
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4. Work directly with our major suppliers to better understand and track the embodied carbon of our raw materials.
“Nexii’s quick feedback LCA tool brings embodied carbon right into the DNA of the company. Every project has the potential to improve on the previous design, and a conventional market baseline that’s how you move towards 50% reduction. By keeping an eye on where you came from and working as a team to do better."
2. Advance Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certification for Nexiite and panel products
Our next steps for driving down embodied carbon include:
Rob Sianchuk, M.A.Sc. Principal, Rob Sianchuk Consulting
HIGHLIGHT: Nexii’s quick feedback LCA tool
Left: An example visual output is represented.
In 2021, jointly with our consultants, Nexii developed an internal quick feedback LCA tool to make more informed product design decisions. The tool allows for upfront visualization of embodied carbon impact compared to other design criteria, such as panel weight, cost, and labour
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3. Drive down embodied carbon of our most carbon intensive materials within panels through design or product alternatives.
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In addition to rapid design feedback and optimization, Nexii’s quick feedback LCA tool allows us to compare as build products against conventional baseline and further against the direction we intend to take panel design in the future.
What’s Next
1. Expand the use and applications of Nexii’s internal quick feedback LCA tools, working with third party consultants to validate results.
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Current Performance
COMMITMENT: Net zero operational carbon achieved by Nexii buildings by 2025
Current performance 2021 Average Operational Energy Reduction (TEUI)1 24-32% Average Heating Demand Reduction (TEDI)2 46% Average Operational Carbon Savings (kg CO2/sqft)2 29% CRU 3.0 Operational Carbon Savings (kg CO2/sqft)3 67% Average Heating Demand Reduction (TEDI) 46% 1 Determined through energy modelling of Nexii projects with third party review, with and without industrial/commercial process loads, and averaged across projects to date 2 Determined through energy modelling of Nexii projects with third party review and averaged across projects to date 3 Determined through energy modelling of Nexii's ITP CRU 3.0 with third party review
Reduction in carbon intense heating and cooling loads drives a total overall reduction in building energy use. When paired with high efficiency building systems, controls, windows and doors, and on site renewables, net zero buildings are firmly within our reach.
Thanks to decades of hard work and innovation across the design community, net zero carbon buildings are now possible to build in any climate in the world. Nexii’s high performance envelope is the first step towards slashing operational carbon emissions in buildings.
Operational Energy and Carbon refers to the energy consumption and associated GHG emissions of buildings in use, primarily from heating, cooling, and ventilation. Nexii’s in house energy modelling team and third party consultants assess and review the energy performance of our buildings, using building code as baseline and as built drawings where available provided by the client. Nexii’s whole building solution delivered with Integrated Technology Partners (ITPs) can help reduce energy and carbon even further.
Nexii buildings use on average 1/3 less energy overall and 1/2 the heating energy when compared with standard builds meeting code compliant requirements. Nexii’s Future Ready building design (or CRU 3.0) drives operational carbon savings up to 67% through the integration of key building technologies with Nexii’s envelope, including glazing, HVAC, smart building controls and efficient water systems
The design will meet or surpass the QSR brand’s 2025 sustainability goals and lock in engineering and architecture for stand alone panels flexible enough to be applied to several different building configurations.
We anticipate a building that will reduce operational carbon by 67% based on our preliminary modeling and will continue to drive the design to be Net Zero Ready (80% reduced operational carbon) by the end of 2023. The overall project goal is to create a repeatable and scalable product offering including a defined set of Nexii panels (walls and roofing system) and a bill of materials from our Integrated Technology Partners that can be offered to clients across the QSR vertical.
2. Finalize QSR ITP design and modelling to validate our net zero target in all climate zones, with build targeting Q1 2023 construction.
Nexii partnered with a global quick serve restaurant (QSR) brand to design a prototype Drive Thru Only store, with Nexii providing the structure and systems of these next generation buildings
1. Grow and strengthen Nexii integrated technology partnerships Honeywell, Siemens, Trane, and Pella are confirmed; finishing, acoustics, solar PV, and energy storage partners are in development
3. Explore new marquee clients and products to replicate and extend the ITP model, including charging for fleets and larger vehicles.
What’s Next
Our next steps for net zero carbon buildings include:
Highlight: Future Ready Buildings
Nexii is committed to continuous innovation and is actively working with world class partners to reduce carbon footprint, minimize waste, and maximize energy efficiency for our clients. We created strategic partnerships with Honeywell, Trane, Siemens, Pella, and others, to integrate their leading technologies into our airtight, energy efficient buildings.
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As Nexii expands to corporate and NCM plants, our site selection team carefully considers the impact of new locations to our corporate GHG emissions, climate risk and resilience. In addition, we are taking active measures to decarbonize existing manufacturing plants, through energy efficiency measures, electrification of equipment, and investment in renewable energy
COMMITMENT: Net zero carbon across our operations and value chain by 2030
Nexii’s SBT sets us on a path towards becoming a netzero company. Once our near term targets are validated, Nexii intends to quickly build upon these to determine our level of continued impact.
Nexii has committed to the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) Net Zero Standard and are currently in the process of finalizing our target based on our baseline inventory. Nexii’s near term science based target (SBT) will include absolute reductions for scopes 1 and 2, while our scope 3 targets may include a hybrid of SBT methodologies. We expect these near term targets, across each scope, to be validated by the SBTi within the next two years.
Businesses around the world have moved toward mainstream net zero carbon targets in line with climate science and the goal to limit our planet to 1.5 degrees C° of global warming. In 2019, net zero pledges covered just 16% of the global economy; by 2021, nearly 70% of global CO2 emissions are covered under a net zero by 2050 pledge.1
Nexii designs high performing facilities, shapes business travel choices and builds supply chain relationships to reduce our own operational emissions from the outset. Covering 2021 activities, we established our corporate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) baseline which highlights how much of our GHG emissions come from Scope 1 (direct), Scope 2 (indirect) or Scope 3 (indirect value chain) activities.
Current Performance
Nexii calculates and reports greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting & Reporting Standard and with third party review. Calculations are based on invoiced data,real time meters,models, assumptions and estimates or data as reported by suppliers. Our 2021 GHG baseline includes emissions across the organization and value chain, which creates the basis for an emissions reduction roadmap, coming in 2022. The following page explains each scope and the activities included.
Net zero is based on a planetary perspective when the atmosphere is on balance no longer building up greenhouse gas (GHGs). A science based net zero target is a commitment to peaking emissions, driving absolute emissions reductions, and neutralizing GHG emissions that cannot be reduced directly, through investment in protecting and growing natural carbon sinks and/or carbon removal.
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What is Nexii doing?
The figures below show the breakdown of emissions in 2021, across scopes and activities. Scopes 1 and 2, the indirect and direct emissions under Nexii’s control, make up 9% of Nexii’s GHG footprint. Scope 3 represents the majority of GHG emissions at 91%, commonly seen among manufacturing companies due to the impact of the supply chain. The majority of Nexii scope 3 emissions are attributed to purchased goods and services, as well as the transportation of these goods (material ingredients, and to a lesser degree, panel transportation).
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“Nexii has been a proven, valuable partner in advancing sustainability, demonstrating clear leadership in green construction and providing scalable, low carbon building solutions. They’ve shown a clear commitment to thorough analysis and process development to understand their top material issues and GHG footprint. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Nexii as we bring our expertise in analyzing its climate risk and setting ambitious science based targets towards net zero emissions”Thomas
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2. Advance net zero Nexii Certified Manufacturer (NCM) standard plant design, site selection strategy, and sustainability requirements.
3. Automate the collection and validation of annual GHG and sustainability data across Nexii locations, and develop processes, tools and training to extend to NCMs.
1. Implement energy efficiency measures, electrification of equipment, fuel switching, and investment in on site renewable energy and/or renewable energy procurement to decarbonize corporate plants.
Our next steps for net zero operations include:
4. Implement procurement qualification software to support the selection of sustainable suppliers and better track and manage supplier environmental, human rights, labour & anti corruption practices.
Developing a comprehensive GHG baseline provides guidance on the key indicators and metrics to track as Nexii grows. GHG intensity metrics per unit product and per employee measure improvements in the carbon efficiency of our design and manufacturing, as well as environmental impact per FTE (Full Time Employee) over time.
Nexii products are free of LBC Red List materials at levels >/ 1000 PPM concentration. Our R&D team evaluate every new material that goes into a Nexii panel against the International Living Future Institute (ILFI)’s Living Building Challenge (LBC) Red List material Watch and Active lists. Nexii’s R&D team is focused on developing our panel end of life strategy to include product identification, assessment and remediation for reuse, and panel deconstruction. Each element of Nexii panels can be recycled or repurposed at the end of life. are committed to meeting the highest standard of material transparency third party certification such as Healthy Product Declaration, Declare and Cradle to Cradle.
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NATURE: Protect and support healthy ecosystems
COMMITMENT: Ensure no use of materials known to pose serious risks to human & ecosystem health
Our R&D team evaluates every new material that goes into a Nexii panel against the International Living Future Institute (ILFI)’s Living Building Challenge (LBC) Red List material Watch and Active lists. Nexiite contains zero Red List materials. On rare occasions, a product used in the assembly of Nexii panels may be found to contain trace ingredients of a material of concern. When this occurs, we work with suppliers to innovate around developing non toxic alternatives.
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Building materials have historically negatively impacted the environment, from decreasing air quality through off gassing to polluting our bodies and ecosystems with toxic substances. Nexii’s innovative and sustainable materials allow us to create healthier and energy efficient indoor environments that meet high standards of air quality and comfort.
1. U.S. EPA https://www.epa.gov/report environment/indoor air quality#note2
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On average, people spend 80 90% of their lives indoors, where the concentration of pollutants can be 2 to 5 times higher than outdoors.1 It is vital that the buildings we spend our time in are designed with health and wellness in mind. Designing healthy buildings means selecting healthier materials and products, managing ventilation, and controlling pollutants at source.
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HIGHLIGHT: Primary Building Materials
Nexiite is our proprietary material that is a more sustainable alternative to conventional concrete, comprised of sand, high quality aggregate and a binder, with no LBC Red List materials. Nexiite’s composition facilitates a rapid curing process, attaining higher compression strength faster than concrete. Nexiite is estimated to have up to 36% lower carbon emissions during production than Portland cement concrete. Further emissions reductions are due to the quantity of materials used and weight to transport. Assembled Nexii panels weigh 15 20% the weight of pre cast concrete equivalent products.
Nexii product design and material selection is optimized for a range of factors, including sustainability, manufacturability, strength, safety, durability and resilience. We continue to explore innovative materials that can help drive our performance metrics while maintaining the Nexii brand quality. Three primary materials currently used in our panels are Nexiite, insulation and structural reinforcement
Insulation forms the core and creates thermal breaks in our panel system. We currently use expanded polystyrene (EPS) and Rockwool between Nexiite layers. Our goals are for a light, water resistant core with low vapour permeance while providing efficient thermal protection. EPS bonds covalently with Nexiite during manufacturing, reducing the need for adhesives or sealants. It can also be recycled at many stages of its life cycle. We maximize recycled EPS content in our panels, and offcuts are either used to protect panels in transit or sent back to the supplier for reuse. Nexii is exploring supplementary bio based insulation materials as part of our commitment to drive down the embodied carbon of our products.
Structural reinforcement adds strength and integrity to Nexii panels, from structural members to connector details. Steel can have a significant impact on product embodied carbon depending on the manufacturing process used (blast oxygen furnace or electric arc furnace), transportation distance/method, and amount of recycled content. Nexii is actively working with our major suppliers to assess and prioritize sustainable steel sourcing. We seek to source steel manufactured using electric arc furnaces powered by renewable electricity, with a high recycled content. We are also actively developing low carbon alternatives like mass timber for these structural elements.
2. Advance strategy to expand Healthy Product Declaration (HPD) certification capabilities with a view to rigourous transparency standards e.g. Declare and Cradle to Cradle
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Our next steps for healthy materials and transparency include:
What’s Next
1. Strengthen processes and management systems and liaise directly with suppliers to maintain healthy materials and chemicals used in Nexii’s products and plants
3. Further develop Nexii's panel recycling and reuse strategy, including recycled content sourcing, panel identification, take back and remediation, and next life.
At Nexii, we are committed to doing better by embedding Zero Waste principles into our design and manufacturing process, achieving zero waste certification at our plants, eliminating waste on our construction sites, and developing relationships with suppliers and local reuse markets for any end of life materials we generate.
Nexii’s is working towards TRUE certification for our Squamish manufacturing plant 3 The scope of work includes developing a baseline, initiating a 12 month performance period, establishing zero waste policies and procedures, and communicating with vendors. Our Zero Waste targets will be supported by internal policy, education, training, and signage and readily transferable to our NCMs. https://www.epa.gov/smm/sustainable management construction and demolition materials https://digibuild.com/new methods and technologies to reduce construction waste/ https://true.gbci.org/ by 2023
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Not only do landfills have a negative impact through ecosystem disruption, land use, and environmental pollution, but they also negatively impact air quality and contribute to climate change through the emissions of greenhouse gases.
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1. Develop approach and partnerships for hard to divert material streams. Assign Zero Waste champion to each plant location with role expectations developed. Develop Zero Waste educational material, signage and training. Leverage experience in Squamish to build a TRUE Net Zero Certification roadmap for other corporate plants and NCMs
COMMITMENT: Zero Waste certified manufacturing within 2 years of opening each plant
Our precision off site manufacturing of panels and rapid assembly of buildings enables us to generate near zero construction waste. All the transportation materials we bring with us to a project site (primarily to protect panels in transit) are returned to the plant for reuse/recycling. Similarly, our manufacturing plants are designed with Lean principles that reduce waste at every stage of operation.
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Zero Waste
Our next steps for zero waste include:
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The construction industry has a significant impact on land, air quality, and water supply due to the standard practice to dispose of building products or a building at their end of life. Construction and demolition projects filled U.S. landfills with almost 145 million tons of waste in 20181. As much as 30% of all building materials delivered to a typical construction site can end up as waste2!
Our nature working group is establishing our Habitat Conservation Program, along with the accompanying tracking system, partnership criteria and KPIs.
Urbanization, construction and the built environment have a tremendous impact on the land, to the detriment of wildlife habitat and ecosystem health. Scientists agree that for biodiversity and ecosystems to thrive, Nature needs half of the space available on Earth1
COMMITMENT: Restore equal amounts of habitat as the land footprint of our corporate projects by 2025
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As Nexii develops buildings in urban areas and disrupts terrestrial land, we will build strategic partnerships to protect, restore and sustain equal amounts of natural habitat to ensure clean air, water, soils and a healthy, livable future for generations to come. Projects may include restoring ecosystem processes, habitat and/or individual species in priority areas.
At Nexii, we define "land footprint" as the amount of land that Nexii buildings stand on. Every building has a footprint, and underneath that footprint is land that has been impacted and removed from natural processes. There is also land impacted by the extraction of materials to make building products. By 2025, we are committed to calculating the land footprint of our corporate projects and restoring equal amounts of natural habitat.
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1 https://www.half earthproject.org/ Restore Nature What’s Next Our next steps for habitat conservation include: • Develop tracking system to include developed, protected, managed, restored area • Establish regional conservation partnerships • Outline high level habitat restoration criteria aligned with Nexii's long term profound positive impacts.
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Industry LTIR Average 78%
By 2025, we are committed to meeting or exceeding 50% of industry average TRIR and LTIR, with the ability to adjust our target to 85% over time.
Nexii’s performance for LTIR in 2021 was 0.72, 78% better than industry average. There have been no Lost Time Incidents during 2022 thus far, across all plants and NCMs.
We will begin to track TRIR alongside LTIR in 2022 once our manufacturing processes and labour hours have stabilized across our operations.
When it comes to health and safety, we don’t compromise. At the plant, on site, at the office, at home and every point in between health, wellness and safety are our foundation. We take the time to go through the steps and hold each other accountable, both for living well and staying safe.
At Nexii, we believe that excellence in Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) is key to our long term success and are committed to providing resources to have a safe, healthy and inclusive workplace for all employees, consultants, and visitors. Our goal is to achieve an injury free and healthy workplace by maintaining a positive safety culture.
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What is Nexii doing?
COMMITMENT: Maintain a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) and Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) of 50% below industry average; target 85% below industry average by 2025
Key indicators include LTIR Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR), which measures the number of incidents that led to an employee being unable to work per total hours worked; and TRIR Total Recordable Incident Rate, which measures the number of on the job incidences per hours worked.
Nexii provides the safe tools, equipment and personal protective gear required for our team alongside safety training and ongoing enforcement of safe work procedures and practices. As a team, we identify OH&S hazards, risks, and opportunities at our workplace and while performing work activities. We monitor and analyze Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and conduct periodic audits to find opportunities and correct deficiencies to continuously improve our OH&S program.
Current Performance
HIGHLIGHT: A Culture of Safety
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2. Ongoing inspections (all types) targeting a minimum of 30 per month
Our next steps for occupational health and safety include:
What’s Next
Nexii’s HSE Policy + Programs
1. Improved hazard identification reporting, targeting 10 hazards per month per plant.
By conducting regular risk assessment of critical manufacturing tasks, Nexii provides up to date programs and training for high risk activities, such as working in confined space, working at heights and hot works. We have an on line orientation program for all employees and ensure that our entire Nexii team is trained and competent in the safe use of tools & heavy equipment. We strive to create a positive safety culture with the ultimate goal of preventing and eliminating injuries.
HIGHLIGHT: Wellness
The well being of our people is a critical part of our commitment to being the world’s most people centric company. At Nexii, this includes our generous health benefits such as extended coverage for individual counselling services, our Employee and Family Assistance Program which provides counselling and support services to our people and their families, access to mental health resources through Not Myself Today, and life goal support through our Nvision Program to help our people define and achieve the life they most want.
3. Expanded communications (several types) targeting a minimum of 4 per month for each plant
Nexii recognizes that time away from work is essential to our well being. In 2021, Nexii has increased time off for all employees after one year of employment. We offer a flexible time off allowance annually, in addition to vacation and sick time. Nexii has been able to accommodate flexible working arrangements for most roles, providing a mix of office access, work from home arrangements, and hybrid work models, as needed
Nexii aims to create a safety culture targeting zero work related injuries to employees and zero environmental incidents as a result of our activities. Our employees, in partnership with the OH&S Committee (OHSC), share responsibility and commitment to making our workplace safe by consulting and participating in the development and implementation of our OH&S program.
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4. Achieve a 90% closure rate of corrective actions in less than 30 days
5. Ensure reporting, inspections and communication are expanded to NCMs
What is Nexii doing?
COMMITMENT: Develop a culture of ethics and integrity, and expect the same of our partners
• Making the right decisions when facing ethical dilemmas and living with a clear conscience.
Nexii joins 14,000+ other companies in incorporating the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact into our strategies, policies and procedures, and strengthening our culture of ethics and integrity.
Nexii’s aim is to clearly communicate our expectations of our employees, consultants, and NCM’s in responding to scenarios such as managing conflicts of interest, dealing with laws and regulations, and preventing corruption. We launched a Nexii wide Speak Up Policy and Speak Up Hotline Oct 2021, with quarterly communication of any reportable items, through both internal channels and the Speak Up Hotline, to our Audit Committee
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• Behaving in an ethical manner, beyond mere compliance with rules and procedures.
We are developing a comprehensive training program within our LMS that supports employees in strengthening values, ethics and integrity towards:
• Embracing ethics and integrity as an integral part of their lives both personal and work.
Our commitments are: • 100% employees & NCMs complete Ethics and Compliance training • 100% employees, NCMs & major suppliers sign Nexii’s Code of Conduct Ethics & Compliance Training Complete by 2022 100%
Current Performance
Nexii is committed to upholding the highest standards of human rights, labour laws, environmental practices and anti corruption, and we expect the same of our partners and suppliers. The UN Global Compact is the world’s leading framework for responsible business and corporate sustainability.
HIGHLIGHT: Doing the right thing
3. Updating and enhancing our Employee Code of Conduct and Supplier Code of Conduct in alignment with Nexii’s Constitution, targeting 100% signatories by the end of 2022
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What’s Next
Nexii’s Speak up Policy encourages team members to raise concerns with the assurance that their concerns will be taken seriously, appropriately investigated and their safety and confidentiality respected. Our Policy provides guidance on types of reportable concerns, how to raise concerns, how complaints are handled and key oversight mechanisms in place.
At Nexii, we have strong commitment to compliance and zero tolerance for unethical conduct. We each play a role in protecting our Company by maintaining the highest standards of integrity. We have an obligation to do the right thing and report wrongdoing when it occurs in our organization.
Our next steps in developing a culture of Ethics and Integrity include:
2. Expanding our Speak up Policy, Speak Up Hotline and Ethics & Compliance training to Nexii Certified Manufacturers
4. With the support of an expanded Nexii legal team, develop a roadmap to implementing the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact into our strategies, policies and procedures.
1. Working with meaningful subject matter experts on LMS Ethics and Compliance training module targeting 100% completion rate by the end of 2022.
What is Nexii doing?
Data analysis from our EDI initiative is currently underway and an EDI Statement / Strategy anticipated to be completed in spring of 2022. Our initial results suggest Nexii's representation of women is ~40%, higher than industry average for Construction (12%), Manufacturing (28%) and Architecture (30%).
PEOPLE: Create a diverse and empowered workforce
This means offering equitable and inclusive total rewards programs regardless of seniority and rewarding equal pay for work of equal value.
We know that our workforce is made up of many different identities. In our society, people experience discrimination on these and other grounds, and we recognize that understanding the scope of our diversity will help us work towards a culture that is inclusive for all. That's why, in 2021, Nexii initiated an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiative, to help identify barriers and opportunities for establishing more equitable and inclusive practices across the company. Through this work, we strive to be an organization where all team members feel valued, safe to be themselves and can reach their full potential
COMMITMENT: Create a diverse and empowered workforce, and provide equal pay for work of equal value across genders
We strive for a diverse and empowered workforce at all levels of seniority and will make progress by ensuring that pay and benefits are equitable, establishing inclusive hiring practices, and engaging all Nexii team members in identifying barriers and opportunities for enabling diversity in the workplace.
"Include Everyone" is one of Nexii’s core Constitutional elements. There is power in diversity. We make space, recognize bias, embrace dialogue, and model inclusivity in beliefs, words and actions at every level. We celebrate diversity in backgrounds, thoughts and skills.
Informed by this initiative, Nexii is establishing our gender pay equity baseline and formalizing our process to close any gaps identified going forward. We are building more diverse candidate pools as part of our practice to establish more inclusive hiring practices. We are focused on ensuring that pay and benefits are equitable and aligned with industry best practice.
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3. Develop a process to refresh salary grids/bands and review annually to compare with external benchmarks
In 2021, Nexii engaged an external consultant to lead an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Audit and Strategy. This 6 month engagement process with a spectrum of stakeholders has allowed us to better understand our current EDI state and inform recommendations. Elements have included:
HIGHLIGHT: Nexii Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Audit and Strategy
• Foundations of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Webinar
• Leadership workshops
What’s Next
Our next steps in creating a diverse and empowered workforce include:
1. Establish EDI baseline, validate targets & implement EDI Strategy to include pay equity and inclusive hiring practices
2. Pilot and implement blind hiring practices, removing names and identifiers from applications
• Focus Groups & 1 on 1 interviews.
“We strive to be an organization where all team members feel valued, safe to be themselves and can reach their full potential.”
A company wide Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Insight Survey will help to provide baseline demographic data, identify gaps in our current initiatives and resources, and guide our diversity and inclusion goals. Nexii’s People, Culture and Community team will leverage the results to validate our EDI targets, align our pay and benefit equity practice and develop more inclusive hiring practices.
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1. Develop sustainability engagement baseline through annual employee surveys and LMS sustainability course feedback.
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What is Nexii doing?
We walk the talk on sustainability at all levels of the organization by linking senior leadership compensation to delivering ESG outcomes.
Our next steps in increasing sustainability engagement at all levels include:
Our greatest sustainability asset is our People. Delivering Nexii’s sustainability mission and building a vibrant future for people and planet, relies on each team member doing their part to bring our Constitution to life in their everyday work and lives
Current Performance
A team member explains, “The terms “carbon, carbon reduction, green building” are used broadly these days and at times are glossed over and the true impact is not felt. This course has given everyone more insight into carbon reduction, sustainability, and our personal contribution in affecting change.”
COMMITMENT: Increased engagement in sustainability at all levels, with senior leadership compensation linked to ESG outcomes
Our Learning team is committed to leveraging the passion and experience of our team members by delivering cutting edge training around climate change and sustainability, Nexii’s sustainability commitments and our product green metrics to ensure a common understanding and framework around our mission. All Nexii team members have access to sustainability training through our Learning Management System and are encouraged to apply concepts to their roles. Nexii also supports staff sustainability accreditation through various industry recognized programs.
What’s Next
2. Expand Sustainability LMS Module Content and core content across Nexii Sharepoint and NexiiYou.
3. Finalize structure to tie ESG goals to compensation with planned implementation by the end of 2022. Constitutional elements to include Product Sustainability, Safety and Diversity.
Nexii's Sustainability 101 course was launched in the end of 2021. Our Learning Team continues to integrate this program across the organization and within our onboarding pathways.
Our Nexii Compensation Committee is in the process of developing mechanisms that links senior leadership compensation to progress against our sustainability commitments. The draft framework is based on a benchmarked and thoughtful approach that will remain suitable several years down the road.
3. Create a storytelling channel on NexiiYou to share volunteering experiences and contributions.
Current Performance
2. Expand Nexii CARES working group and launch and implement paid volunteer program.
Everywhere we operate, we aim to improve communities. At the heart of Nexii’s mission is to give generously and serve those most in need. Employee volunteerism is one of several avenues to partner with and invest in our communities.
COMMITMENT: Up to 40 paid volunteer hours/employee/year in Sustainability-aligned areas
What is Nexii doing?
“Our people are some of our greatest assets.”
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In the fall of 2021, BC experienced record breaking flooding with devastating impacts for infrastructure, businesses and livelihoods across the province. Nexii partnered with a coalition of companies led by Hootsuite to collectively raise funds for recovery efforts via the Canadian Red Cross, donating over $1M in total. Nexii and all its team members have volunteered time or resources organizations such as the Canadian Red Cross, Building for Kids, Victoria Hospitals Foundation, NAIOP, Vancouver Symphony, Salvation Army and CREW
COMMUNITY: Partner with, develop and invest in our communities
Our people are some of our greatest assets. We are dedicated to creating a culture that encourages volunteering to boost employee morale, workplace atmosphere, and support our communities. Our volunteer working group (Nexii CARES) has been established and is building relationships with constitutionally aligned volunteer organizations and opportunities. By the end of 2022, we will establish a paid volunteering program, as well as a donation matching program for employees, both aligned with our profound positive impact areas.
In 2021, over $30,000 was donated to social and environmental justice causes. In addition, Nexii is working with several fire impacted communities to support resilient rebuild efforts.
1. Embed volunteering within Nexii orientation program, with senior leader participation in each volunteer session.
What’s Next
Our next steps for partnering with, developing, and investing in our communities include:
2. Investigating baseline rate of URC participation in current green education opportunities.
3. Launching green careers channel in NexiiYou with resources and courses that support development in sustainability fields.
What’s Next
1. Partnering with constitutionally aligned local institutions to further develop STEM pipeline and create employment opportunities.
Current Performance
The transition towards a low carbon economy will require skill development, new green jobs provided in diverse local communities. Nexii thrives by supporting the communities in which we operate. We are committed to hiring jobs and internships locally and establishing partnerships to develop sustainable building and construction pathway opportunities, with a focus on under represented communities. In 2022, we look to pilot coop and internship opportunities for students in sustainability related fields of study.
Nexii is focused on highlighting growth and development opportunities both for existing team members, as well as providing education to support skill development and promoting green career pathways within the building and construction industry broadly.
COMMITMENT: Develop green education & career pathways targeting 25% uptake by URC
What is Nexii doing?
We are passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. To tackle the tough challenges of today and tomorrow we need to draw upon the world’s greatest minds and nurture their potential with curated programs to bring out the best.
Our next steps for developing green education and career pathways include:
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Several courses for Nexii's Sustainability Series have been launched, with additional courses coming soon. This professional development series is a growth and training opportunity for Nexii team members. In addition, Nexii delivers external content as a recognized educational provider with architectural institutes, engineering associations and environmental forums
Product Performance Tracking:
Our Green Metrics Highlights summarizes key metrics from across projects modelled to date, compared to conventional construction materials and assembly approaches, working with third party consultants to verify and validate our data. This is just the beginning. We strive to improve every one of these metrics.
Green Metrics
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Nexii is performance driven. We measure, model, test, and track the environmental impact of every panel product and building that we assemble. This is so we can continuously learn and improve to break through new barriers and adapt our products to different contexts, whether climate zone or building typology.
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• Current estimates provided are based on energy modelling with third party review and averaged across Nexii projects to date. Energy use is often driven by the tools and equipment specific to the business in the building known as process loads. With these loads included energy savings average 24%, without, energy savings average 32%.
Non Toxic Buildings
• Determined through third party Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), versus conventional construction baseline such as steel stud and high performance tilt up concrete and averaged across projects modelled to date.
Near Zero Waste
Well Insulated
• Nexii’s whole building solution reduces on site construction waste to near zero through a combination of precision manufacturing, flat pack transportation, and on site assembly.
Healthier Indoor Environment
• Nexii envelopes typically provide a nominal R value of R34 for a 10” thick panel, and effective R values in the high 20s, with ability to increase or decrease insulation depending on building typology and climate.
• Our R&D team evaluate every new material that goes into a Nexii panel against the International Living Future Institute (ILFI)’s Living Building Challenge (LBC) Red List material Watch and Active lists. Nexiite itself contains zero Red List Materials.
Energy Savings
• Preliminary third party LCA modelling for an industrial / warehouse building typology suggests Nexii’s industrial panel design uses approximately 60% less freshwater in manufacturing than the high performance concrete tilt up envelope equivalent.
• Based on third party LCA research, preliminary results (cradle to gate) show Nexiite ST has a possible range of 20 36% lower GWP than equivalent strength Canadian industry average Portland cement based concrete. To be validated by independent critical review during our EPD process currently underway, as required by ISO standards.
Water Savings
Lower Carbon
• Nexii’s whole building solution delivered with Integrated Technology Partners shows greater overall energy savings than the Nexii envelope alone.
Green Metrics Notes
• Preliminary third party LCA modelling for a high rise building typology suggests Nexii's ornamental panel design contains 63% less embodied carbon than the precast concrete equivalent.
• Upon construction completion, third party blower door tests of Nexii buildings show air leakage rates 36 44% lower than building code baseline. Nexii’s design permits fewer and improved air sealing details.
• Operational energy and carbon savings compare Nexii design to an equivalent standard build meeting energy code compliant requirements. Projected savings vary depending on building typology, panel design, process energy loads and location.
On site construction waste, excavation, and groundwork all with potential ecosystem disturbances are near zero with the Siemens Nexii EV unit. There are also substantial reductions in required labour and minimized potential safety issues with the rapid assembly, modular
Built using Nexii’s sustainable building material, Nexiite, and developed in a modular design, this prototype makes installing EV chargers faster, more cost effective, and with reduced impacts to the environment. Nexii panels are used to create the vertical structure to support Siemens Sentron™ Busway systems that connect power to the EV chargers. Installation and anchoring of the panels is achieved with screw piles allowing for quickly assembling the system into existing parking lots with minimal on site disruption.
Project Innovation: VersiCharge
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Through collaboration with our Integrated Technology Partner, Siemens and Nexii jointly developed the concept of Modular Overhead Busway Enclosure System (MOBES), now branded VersiCharge XL a new sustainable EV charging prototype, developed and patented for charging electric vehicle fleets in outdoor environments.
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XL prototype was rapidly conceived and developed in six months, from ideation to implementation. Prototype installation took only three days at Siemens’ Research & Development hub for Electrical Products and eMobility solutions, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nexii's building panels are designed to be continuously reused, with assembly simply requiring craning the pieces onto a foundation and bolting them together.
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Circular Economy Innovation: Design for Building Reuse
“The design life cycles of conventional buildings are much shorter than the potential lifecycle of the materials and the construction themselves. That leads to a lot of waste. We want to be a company that’s doing things differently in that regard,” says Vice President of Sustainability, Zosia Brown.
Nexii recently published a Design for Reuse Case Study that models true circularity in the built environment. The Nexii Reuse Case Study identifies several significant advantages of the Design for Reuse model, including waste reduction, avoidance of new material use, improved wellness of construction workers and employment generation. Read the case study here
Designing a building with the end in mind and planning for disassembly and reuse rather than demolition is the idea behind “Design for Reuse.” Architects and designers plan buildings from the outset with a view that they will be dismantled at the end of their service life and reused in whole or in part. This circular economy approach to building and construction plans waste out of the system, ensures efficient resource use, and continuously recirculates high value materials.
Charters:
We align with several charters that support and advance our sustainability strategy:
Nexii is a member of the We Mean Business Coalition dedicated to taking action on climate change to halve global emissions by 2030 in line with a 1.5° C pathway.
Nexii has signed a letter of commitment to the UN Global Compact, demonstrating our commitment to sustainability and implementing the UN Global Compact principles.
RMI’s ABC Collaborative Embodied Carbon Working Group aims to catalyze sector wide adoption of low to no embodied carbon practices, and develop tools for integrating low carbon strategies into design, manufacturing, and construction decisions.
Reframed Initiative, brings together the construction industry, building owners, policy makers, and the financial sector to scale up deep retrofits.
Nexii committed to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) Net Zero Carbon standard that provides a clearly defined path to reduce emissions in line with the Paris Agreement goals.
Charters, Awards and Partnerships
Nexii has signed the World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) Net Zero Buildings Commitment, demonstrating our leadership to decarbonize the built environment while inspiring others to take similar action.
The Carbon Leadership Forum accelerates the transformation of the building sector to radically reduce the embodied carbon in building materials and construction through collective action.
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Advocacy
Nexii is committed to leading and advocating for a rapid transition to a net zero carbon future, evidenced by our support of and active partnerships with the Reframed Initiative, The Carbon Leadership Forum, and Rocky Mountain Institute Advanced Building Consortium (RMI ABC) Collaborative Embodied Carbon Working Group.
Awards:
The US Green Building Council (USGBC) committed to transforming how buildings are designed, constructed and operated through LEED.
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Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) Recognized Educational Provider.
Nexii Building Solutions was recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022, ranking 5th overall in the Urban Development category for our essential role in addressing the most pressing issues facing society.
Nexii was proud to receive a Reuters Responsible Business Award in 2021 Product Innovation for our ground breaking sustainable building materials and products, transformation of the construction industry and helping to create green jobs that benefit communities.
Partners:
Our memberships and partnerships bolster our efforts and are key to driving low carbon growth and supporting skill development to advance the building and construction industry:
The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC) encourages green building by supporting the people who design, construct and operate buildings.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) advocates for equity in climate migration and the architect’s role in building resilience. Nexii is an AIA Continuing Education
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Acknowledgements Report Team Zosia Brown Vice President, Sustainability Gregor Robertson Executive Vice President Nancy Maribel Director, Marketing Paula Cusati Digital and Content Manager Sara Turner Sustainability Analyst Harneil Lilly Marketing Manager Nexii Sustainability Council Ben JohnIvanaHilaryGregorCostelChristinaBrianDombowskyCarterKarneySerbeaRobertsonLoudonDrazicRiley Laurenz Kosichek Lisa NewtonNatasaNataliaNancyMichaelMarlaMarkRobitaillePorterGereinDombowskyMaribelDumitrescuSamardzicWong Patricia van de Sande Priya Saggu Ryan Ramikie Sara Turner Tim ZosiaTriciaTomTsangMontaguHollyerBrown Nexii Board of Directors Peter F.DennisMoganCareyWilliamMcNabb III Marillyn Hewson Michael S. Burke David S. Taylor Ram Charan Dr. Ronald Sugar Technical Partners Agendi HRxClimatePartnersSmart(Radicle) Jason F. McLennan McLennan Design Lianne Legere Shaun Martin Light House Sustainability Society Strategic Energy Innovations (SEI) Rob Sianchuk WeContributorswouldlike to acknowledge the contributions made by people and organizations who participated in our Materiality Assessment and provided feedback during our sustainability strategy and report drafting. We'd also like to highlight the strong commitment of Nexii team members across our offices, plants, and NCMs for taking ownership of integrating sustainability into our operations. Special Thanks Ed Mazria Architecture 2030 Martha Campbell RMI William Weissberg Investor
• #12 Responsible Consumption and Production Our precision off site manufacturing and near zero waste assembly process embodies circular principles. We set high standards for manufacturing and construction to ensure resources aren’t wasted and strive to embed recycled material wherever possible in our product design.
• #13 Climate Action Building retrofits and net zero new buildings represent an enormous opportunity to combat climate change. We work with partners equally committed to tackling the climate crisis through low carbon construction.
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As we grow our business and operations, we aim to do so in a way that actively supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. Nexii became a signatory to the UN Global Compact in March 2022. Our sustainability strategy is aligned with the following global challenges:
• #3 Good Health and Well being Humans on average spend 80 per cent of our lives indoors. Nexii’s air tight envelopes and healthy materials result in very high standards of air quality and comfort. Our durable and disaster resilient buildings improve long term well being and the ability for communities to adapt to climate change.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
• #17 Partnerships for the Goals Nexii forges internal and external partnerships to improve the design and construction process, material innovation, technology integration and improved access to sustainable buildings.
• #9 Industry Innovation and Infrastructure Nexii products challenge the status quo. We are pushing the envelope for what is possible in sustainable construction and bringing the industry along with us.
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• #8 Decent Work and Economic Growth – Nexii's green construction technology and growth of our operations creates jobs in widespread communities while boosting the economy. Our commitment to responsible sourcing throughout our value chain creates economic opportunity for diverse suppliers.
• #7 Affordable and Clean Energy Nexii advances the construction industry’s ability to retrofit and design new buildings to net zero standards. Integrating high performance envelopes with energy efficient systems and renewables means buildings are more affordable to run over the long term.
• #11 Sustainable Cities and Communities Low carbon, climate resilient buildings are the fabric of sustainable cities and communities. Nexii transforms living standards by increasing the supply of affordable buildings and housing.
• #15 Life on Land Nexii's low carbon products and buildings help protect forest ecosystems and support healthy habitats. Our streamlined manufacturing process saves material and water resources, and we are continually seeking opportunities to embed green infrastructure in our projects.
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