NBS can guarantee a wide range of advantages compared to traditional solutions in many applications, facilitating the permitting process, the social acceptance and last, but not least, a proved effectiveness where mimicking the natural processes can mitigate natural risks.
In addition, nowadays several countries are implementing funds to promote the application of sustainable solutions (e.g. Italian PNRR) that are in line with the NBSs.
Brand reputation and social responsibility are an additional benefit for private clients.
RINA has a wide range of expertise that can be combined at different levels and at different assets in order to support the client from strategic evaluation to actual implementation of the NBSs for the following fields:
Nature-based solution can be cost effective in several ways for specific applications.
Time saving for instance is a key factor when a permitting process and environmental assessment are involved. The social acceptance is definitely improved by the use of NBSs compared to traditional solutions speeding up the process and reducing costs (e.g. compensation measures).
Looking at the entire lifecycle of the soulution where the conditions allow to effectively replicate the natural behavior the maintenance costs could be reduced and the lifespan extended offering a better LCC performance compared to traditional solutions.
