Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP

In the cover story of the current Fraunhofer magazine "What the future is made of", Dr. Volker Thome, Head of the Department Inorganic Materials and Recycling, presents recycling methods that can be used to fill future gaps in raw material extraction. The focus is on the ENSUBA, BauCycle and FAVRE projects, among others.

Which extreme climate events will affect cultural heritage in Germany? And how can it be protected from damaging climatic effects? Fraunhofer researchers are investigating this in the BMBF project KERES. An ensemble of ten regional climate models makes it possible to reliably predict which extreme weather events threaten the historical buildings and gardens and to what extent.

How can viruses be effectively eliminated from indoor air? This question is now becoming more important as fall approaches. Efficient indoor air purification is essential, especially in schools. Fraunhofer researchers are investigating and op-timizing various filter and air purification techniques in the AVATOR project.

Why Building Materials manufacturers shouldn’t wait for BIM to happen but make it happen themselves? – Thomas Kirmayr, General Manager of the Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance, talks about this in the openSAP podcast "Building Materials Insights".

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