TEHRAN - Integraspec, a British company, is seeking to build eco-friendly buildings in Iran, its managing director Victor Bruno says.

“[We are] planning to bring eco-friendly and high-tech constructions into the buildings in Iran,” Bruno told the Tehran Times in an interview last Monday.
Bruno was among a British delegation who visited Tehran last week to explore avenues for economic business opportunities in Iran. The delegation was headed by former British ambassador to Tehran Richard Dalton who is currently the President of British-Iranian Chamber of Commerce.
Bruno’s company focuses mainly on construction of echo-friendly buildings and provides related trainings.
In his interview with the Tehran Times in Evin Hotel, Bruno said that he is “looking for people in Iran with a vision to see different ways to build”.
On the importance of protecting the environment and saving resources, he said, “At the end of the day, we have to understand that we have limited resources and if we keep producing, there will remain nothing.”
He added, “Everything we do is developing recyclable, high quality building construction and allow better healthy environment, not environmental with materials, but our buildings provide the healthy living room environment as well. You don’t need to have any cooling with it because the materials we use have soft temperature so you save on energy and save on carbon foot print.”
Following cradle to cradle principle, Bruno said that they use recyclable materials in constructions; therefore, if the buildings are demolished after some time, the materials can be reused in the next constructions.
Cradle to cradle concept is a new approach for designing intelligent products, processes and systems taking into account the entire life cycle of the product, optimizing material health, recyclability, renewable energy use, water efficiency and quality, and social responsibility.

Bruno said the purpose of his trip was to find Iranians to share his philosophy which is the construction of buildings which produce the minimum carbon foot print.
He also said that he was “looking for Iranians to provide them with environmental training in terms of technology and in terms of construction of the products on the ground as well.”
What seems important, according to Bruno, is that the materials required for the technology are mostly available in Iran and they need not to be imported from outside.
He also said, “Some technologies are too old to work in our world….In Iran we have temperature shift from very hot to very cold; in that environment people use whatever materials they have around them; the buildings they live in are very inefficient, the buildings must be within limit of the environment they live.”
Bruno said what his company is seeking is doing business as well as protecting environment, stressing that one has to “stop thinking them separated”.
Bruno said the technology he is offering is not currently available in Iran, and he is sure that there is a huge market for his company in the country.
“Now is the perfect time” to start work in Iran, he added.
The British businessman rejected the claim by some who say the presence of European delegations in Iran is not serious, saying that there is a proverb in the UK that says put your money where your mouth is. “We want to develop our philosophy either here or in Russia or in America or anywhere, and I need not to pretend anything.”
Bruno also said he was impressed with the beauty of Tehran and found Iranians very genuine and wished to have a chance to return to the city again in the future though the traffic congestion seemed as bad as in London.

Edited by Mohammad Ali Sak