"Sustainable Building" research group

The Institute of Concrete Structures (IfB for short) sees itself as a partner for industry and research in the joint processing of topics relating to multifaceted concrete construction. Its work focuses on the mechanical properties of concrete. Various types of reinforcement, lightweight to high-strength concretes, foundations and façades, new and existing buildings - investigations and simulations from the material level through to complex structures.

The Sustainable Construction research group has been at the IfB since 2013. The team consists of experts from the fields of civil engineering, architecture, industrial engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Together, they develop holistic solutions for the buildings of the future, with the façade and its influence on the comfort of rooms playing an overriding role. In various research projects, the group presents the connection between the building envelope and the energy concept. It also develops and optimizes building constructions in this context. The focus here is on the use of innovative composite materials such as carbon concrete or nanostructured insulating materials in order to reduce energy and non-energy raw materials in the building cycle.