Saint-Gobain Habitat LAB

Habitat Lab in Corsico, near Milan in North-Western Italy, is a Saint-Gobain innovation and training center: it is a sustainable building certified LEED Platinum (LEED 2009 Italia NC protocol), with 90 out of 110 points, the highest score ever reached in Italy.
Habitat Lab is a multi-functional space that hosts a showroom of products and solutions for sustainable Habitat, several meeting rooms and a training center with fitted areas for demonstrations and applications. Inside Habitat Lab Saint-Gobain is carrying out a constant training activity to all the actors of the building market: investors, real estate, designers, general contractors, installers, retailers. The aim is to spread the concept of sustainable building and to promote good practices of design and construction.

Saint-Gobain Habitat Lab is partly a renovation of an existing building (700 m2) and partly a new construction (500 m2), with a total surface of 1.200 m2.

Habitat Lab has been built with the most advanced building solutions to ensure high levels of energy efficiency, reduction of non-renewable raw materials, reduction of CO2 emissions and multiple levels of indoor environmental comfort.

Ventilation + Heat recovery

High efficient façade

Photovoltaics

Grey Water Recycling

Water-saving sanitary appliances

Sustainable building materials

Recycled materials

Low-emitting materials and finishes

Regional materials

Daylighting maximised

Electrical charging point for cars

Outdoor view maximised

Waste reduction commitment