SECURE FINANCING FOR YOUR MASS TIMBER PROJECTS TODAY
DEVELOPERS:
ARE YOU EXPERIENCING A FINANCING CHALLENGE WITH MASS TIMBER?
Construction is on track to consume 60% of the world’s remaining carbon budget, and members of the real estate and construction industries are seeking to implement effective low-carbon and carbon-storing building materials to lower overall emissions by 2050.
Yet, due to the current green premium for low-carbon and carbon-storing materials, developers are experiencing a funding gap, slowing the adoption of these effective solutions.
But what if we could close that funding gap by creating value for mass timber’s carbon reduction and storage potential.?
AUREUS EARTH:
YOUR FINANCING SOLUTION
WHO:
Aureus Earth is a carbon finance company, on a mission to decarbonize the built environment.
WHY:
We recognize that developers have a deep commitment to reducing the carbon footprint of their projects, but often experience difficulty in funding the desired impact.
WHAT:
We monetize your mass timber project’s carbon reduction and storage and provide equity funding for your project. This unique offering unlocks the building’s ability to act as a carbon sink and combat climate change, closes the funding gap, and scales carbon storage and reduction in the built environment.
HOW:
We have developed carbon asset-backed securities to create cash flow for a developer’s project. Carbon physically stored in mass timber and avoided building with mass timber versus other conventional materials.
WIN-WIN:
The monetization of carbon is creating a financial win-win for developers and investors. With the recognition of the increased project value, developers and investors see increased returns from tenants, prompting investors to fund these projects. In turn, Aureus Earth’s unique Carbon Finance platform will propel architects, engineers, contractors, developers, and investors to engage further in green building projects, accelerating the built environment’s ability to combat climate change.
SIX STEPS TO MONETIZING YOUR PROJECT
Aureus Earth provides the quantification, securitization, valuation, and management of carbon storage and reduction within your project – delivering you a carbon-based revenue stream. Our end-to-end process includes:
Quantify and certify carbon storage and reduction Define carbon – based revenue structure Provide additional equity funding for qualifying projects based on carbon storage and reduction Register and create carbon assets Report annual impacts for third – party audits, carbon accounting, and ESG disclosure requirements Distribute returns to CABS investors based on carbon revenue stream
Highlighted Projects
Founders Hall
Founders Hall is a six-story mass timber building for the business school. At 96,000 square feet, the building will store more than 1,000 tons of CO2 for decades, keeping carbon out of the atmosphere for the lifetime of the building, and likely beyond.
University of Washington
Completed
Baker's Place
The Baker’s Place is a new 14-storey mixed-use development consturcted from mass-timber, creating 206 homes and preserving the oldes historic piece of the original Gardner Baking Co. Building.
Madison, WI
Under Construction
The Edison
The Edison is a 32-story mass timber mixed-use residential project, including 186 apartments and 5,000 square feet of retail space, along the riverfront in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, WI
Under Construction
OUR COLLABORATORS
We thank the Rocky Mountain Institute and key industry stakeholders that have collaborated with us to create this carbon standard for buildings.
Industry Organizations
American Concrete Institute | Built by Nature | Carbon Leadership Forum | Endeavour | NRMCA | SE2050 | Structural Engineering Institute
AEC Firms
ARUP | Crescent | Folkhem | KL&A | Lendlease | LMN | Magnusson Klemencic Associates | Mithun | Neutral Project | Perkins&Will | Prologis | Skanska | SOM | Sumitomo Forestry | Turner | Waugh Thistleton
Trade Organizations
Binational Softwood Lumber Council | CEI-Bois | Softwood Lumber Board | U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities | Woodknowledge Wales