Projects and References

New projects at a glance

Here we list the newly added projects.

 

Academy of Conservation and Care for the Environment

In pursuit of safeguarding the values of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Petra (Jordan) given the challenges of rapid societal and climatic change, the Academy of Conservation and Care for the Environment 2024 (ACCE) aims to foster national and international knowledge exchange among post graduate students and young professionals. 

 

Climate-adapted material research in Vietnam

The rapid economic development in Vietnam has led to changes in lifestyles and needs, accompanied by novel materials, building typologies, constructions and supply systems. This is associated with a variety of building physics challenges, especially under the demanding climate conditions. The project "CAMaRSEC" addresses these challenges through the implementation and further development of energy-efficient, resource-efficient and sustainable building practices.

 

UV virus protection glass

The basic idea of this project was to further develop a glass coated with titanium dioxide (TiO2), which generates reactive oxygen species through a photocatalytic process and thus reduces the viral and bacterial load, into a practically applicable transparent virus protection element. The virus protection glass can improve hygiene at sales counters, in kitchens, in refrigerators as well as in the medical field.

 

Taho - Energy-efficient and cost-efficient daylight lighting using micro-optical building components

A structure for vertical façades has already been pre-developed in dimensions suitable for building applications that directs daylight to areas deep inside a building without glare. This is currently being tested in demonstration buildings.

All projects at a glance

Here we list our current as well as successfully completed research and industrial projects.

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  • Key-Visual Project Climate-Adapted Architectural Heritage
    © Superbass / CC-BY-SA-3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) / Adobe Stock

    In order to contend with extreme and imminent climate change, and to sustain cultural cohesion in the inhospitable environments that may result, we need to learn how to adapt and live with extremes by embracing climatically appropriate architecture and infrastructure. Combining the sciences and the arts, The Consortium for Climate-Adapted Architectural Heritage forecasts future climates in terms of geographically-based climate analogs – elucidating the future climate of any given location by identifying places that currently have the anticipated climate conditions – helping communities to adapt to climate change through preemptive modification of the built environment.

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  • New load-bearing and insulating building material made from cattail (typha)

    The agricultural cultivation of cattail (Latin: typha) as a raw material for industrial use has numerous ecological and economic advantages.

    Typha-leaves
    © typha technik Naturbaustoffe

    The leaves have a fiber-reinforced supporting tissue filled with a soft open-cell spongy mass, giving them outstanding structural strength and excellent insulating properties.

    Building material from bulrushes is predestined for industrial use due to its enormous productivity. The Fraunhofer IBP shows the cultivation of typha.

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  • Besichtigung des Visit to the outdoor test site
    © Fraunhofer IBP

    Visit to the outdoor test site at Fraunhofer IBP in Holzkirchen with project partners.

    The rapid economic development in Vietnam has led to changes in lifestyles and needs, accompanied by novel materials, building typologies, constructions and supply systems. This is associated with a variety of building physics challenges, especially under the demanding climate conditions. The German-Vietnamese project "CAMaRSEC" addresses these challenges through the implementation and further development of energy-efficient, resource-efficient and sustainable building practices.

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  • no rain, relative moisture
    © Fraunhofer IBP

    -> no rain; red = cellulose fiber 1; yellow = cellulose fiber 2; green = cellulose fiber 3; gray = mineral wool fiber 1; blue = mineral wool fiber 2 Range of fluctuations reported by the Research Group Vol.: gray stripes = for mineral wool; green stripes = for cellulose fiber.

    The installation of internal insulation is often the only way to improve thermal insulation in the renovation of old buildings.

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  • Fraunhofer Center Benediktbeuern
    © Fraunhofer IBP

    Fraunhofer Center Benediktbeuern.

    Since 2012, the Fraunhofer IBP has been working on a research project for reversible interior insulation in the old building of Benediktbeuern Monastery, which is worthy of protection.

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  • Model of Roggersdorf Church
    © Fraunhofer IBP

    Model of Roggersdorf Church.

    In the project "Climate for Culture" the influence of climate change on cultural assets in Europe is determined with 27 partners.

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  • Diagram of heating systems
    © Fraunhofer IBP

    Diagram of heating systems studied.

    How can historical buildings be renovated in an energy-efficient way? The Fraunhofer IBP takes up the issue by comparing different wall heating systems.

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  • Typhaboard for interior insulation
    © Fraunhofer IBP

    Use of Typhaboard for interior insulation in a previous project.

    An alternative to internal insulation is a natural building material made of Typha. This will be investigated in a project supported by the DBU.

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