Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP

The introduction and roll out of Product Stewardship and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) often pose major challenges to companies. To master these successfully, it is essential to avoid common mistakes right from the start and to align all actions with the latest state of the art and best practise approaches. Read more in the White Paper. It is available free of charge

In the 1990s, avoidable structural damage was discovered in numerous buildings. The Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP responded to this by developing the WUFI^® program family, which has since become internationally established. This year the building software is celebrating its 25th anniversary. All further information about the anniversary will also be prominently presented on a landing page.

This episode is about building material/demolition waste and why we should care about this challenge. At Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Dr. Volker Thome is working on a method to deconstruct concrete into its original ingredients. This could potentially save huge amounts of sand and CO2.

Until now, waste tires have been used mainly for recovering energy sources: Only small proportions of the carbon black contained in these tires are recycled, since mineral ash accounts for around 20 percent of its content. A new process developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP is able to isolate almost all of this ash – allowing both the carbon black and the minerals from the ash to be reused.

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