Modular construction is environmentally friendly as it requires significantly less wood than traditional timber frame construction. This protects forests from excessive deforestation and reduces waste from timber processing companies.

The construction method also offers advantages in terms of insulation properties: reduced electricity consumption and controlled heating of the rooms simultaneously contribute to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

When building with GreenStructure panels, up to four times less CO₂ is emitted during the transport of raw materials and finished products than for the construction of a comparable house made of bricks or concrete. These are significantly heavier and weigh between 260 and 750 kilograms per m², while one m² of GSP wall only weighs 35 kilograms. This means that more vehicles and fuel are required to transport bricks, which leads to higher energy consumption, while transporting GSP walls contributes to lower CO₂ emissions.

The environmental friendliness and carbon footprint of timber construction methods is a key focus of GreenStructure GmbH. State governments, such as in Baden-Württemberg, actively promote the use of wood in construction, because wood has a positive carbon footprint as a renewable raw material. When building with wood, carbon is permanently bound in the material, which helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Using wood instead of concrete or steel significantly reduces the carbon footprint, as large amounts of CO₂ are released during the production of these conventional building materials. In addition, compared to other building materials, wood requires less energy to produce and is available regionally, which further increases resource efficiency.

There are several reasons for the global sand shortage, which can be attributed to the increasing demand and limited access to suitable sand. Sand is one of the most commonly used raw materials in the construction industry, especially in the production of concrete, asphalt and glass. With rising urbanisation, the construction of infrastructure and population growth, the demand for sand is increasing growing.

Not all sand is suitable for the construction industry. Desert sand, for example, is often unsuitable due to its fine and sharp-edged grain size caused by the wind, as it is difficult to bind. Sand from rivers, coastal areas and seas that has been rounded off by water erosion is favoured since it offers better bonding. However, these resources are limited. The extraction of sand, especially from rivers and coastal areas, has serious ecological consequences. It leads to bank erosion, loss of habitats for plants and animals and changes to the water balance. In many regions of the world, sand is being extracted faster than it can be replenished naturally.

The sand shortage is caused by a combination of high demand, limited suitable sand deposits and increasing pressure on natural sand sources. As a result, sand is becoming a scarce and sought-after commodity, requiring long-term ecological damage and sustainable solutions in construction and quarrying. Sustainable solutions in construction include a combination of recycling, alternative materials, new technologies and more conscious planning. In the long term, it is crucial to focus on innovation and environmentally friendly processes to reduce sand consumption while meeting the growing demand in the construction industry. The construction of lighter but equally stable building structures using more modern construction methods and materials, such as GreenStructure panels, reduces material consumption and therefore the need for sand.