How can new technologies safeguard historic treasures against climate change and mass tourism? At the University of Bamberg’s Graduate School of Smart City Science, Rana Tootoonchi is exploring how digital twins can transform the conservation of cultural heritage.
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich hope to transform building envelopes envelopes into habitats for animals, plants and microorganisms. Their aim is to develop a software plug-in with partners capable of incorporating the relevant knowledge into the design process.
As part of his doctoral research, Frédéric Lapierre works on creating and improving culture media for biocementing bacteria—which could yield sustainable applications for the construction industry and environmental engineering.
One hundred years after it was founded, the Margaretenau building cooperative is getting a facelift. Researchers on the MAGGIE project are working to ensure the renovations deliver energy savings and meet climate targets.
At the HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, a model project on recycled concrete shows how demolished buildings can literally take on new forms.
Hof – Rising energy prices and limited resources present major challenges for the construction industry. At the same time, natural materials are gaining importance as sustainable alternatives to fossil-based insulation products, enabling more energy-efficient buildings. This is where the research project “Mycobuild” comes in, currently being carried out at the Institute for Circular Economy of Bio:Polymers (ibp) at Hof University of Applied Sciences. Its goal is to develop market-ready insulation materials based on fungal mycelium and to establish an industrial production process.
- In a workshop at the Munich-Ebersberg Construction Guild, apprentices learn how to build a wall with the help of a robot. - “The robot provides precision where humans reach their limits,” says Guild trainer Markus Bruckner. An interactive design configurator knows how much sunshine and shade each area of the wall will get at the intended location.
For the development of an AI tool that translates complex texts into plain language, the start-up SUMM AI has received the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award. The other finalists for this year’s award were KEWAZO, with a robot for the construction industry, and Phlair, with a new technology for CO2 capture.
30 years ago, for the only time, the rotational arch technology by engineer Günter Kupczik was integrated into the Dresden sewer system. Aiming to achieve better volume management during heavy rainfall and to solve the issue of sediment removal without requiring personnel, Kupczik began working on the innovative rotational arch solution as early as the 1980s. Comparative analyses conducted by TU Dresden revealed that, at the time, the rotational arch was the only technical solution in which mechanical components did not come into contact with wastewater, the full flow cross-section remained available at all times, and precise control was possible even under backed-up operational conditions.
Münchberg/Kassel – Researchers at Hof University of Applied Sciences are currently focusing on an especially fascinating and versatile plant: the willow shrub. At the Institute of Materials Science (ifm) in Münchberg, attention is being directed toward this plant, whose flexible wood can be used in textile production, construction, as well as in medicine and cosmetics. Willow provides a rapidly renewable resource that, when utilized in these fields, also contributes to significant CO₂ savings.
