Welcome to the Institute of Construction and Building Materials
At the Institute of Construction and Building Materials (WiB), various building materials are researched and further developed. Basic and in-depth knowledge is imparted in teaching and advanced training courses.
Welcome to the Institute of Construction and Building Materials (WiB) of the Technical University of Darmstadt. Our main objective is to develop and find answers to the main questions and challenges facing us. We aim to tackle the big questions of energy reduction in construction, reuse of raw materials, and minimization of CO2 emissions. These current and upcoming themes tighten the boundary conditions within which we have to develop our future construction materials.
Education and research give us the opportunity to develop advanced innovations that can be judged, implemented and used by the industry. A strong cooperation between industry and researchers is therefore indispensable. As a whole with students, researchers and fellow professorships we work in many interdisciplinary fields to view the topical problems in their entirety.
The potential for promising research lies more and more in finding scientific solutions and furthering use of advanced technology. The scale is shifting from the macro to micro and nano scales. Numerical modelling, computational methods in general and top notch experimental equipment aid us to find quantifiable solutions for different tasks such as service life behavior of sustainable materials, development of environmentally friendly and sustainable binders. New Research initiatives such as self healing concretes or bio-inspired material developments will help in furthering the advance in building and construction materials.
Now new on our website: The multimedia page
On our multimedia page you can now find videos on the production and testing of fresh and hardened concrete as well as other videos from our institute.
News from the Institute for Construction and Building Materials
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Picture: Jan-Christoph Hartung, TU DarmstadtStudentische Hilfskraft (HiWi)
2023/09/22
Zur Unterstützung bei wissenschaftlichen Tätigkeiten
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Graphene-based materials in cementitious nanocomposites
2023/09/08
Graphene-based materials excel in cementitious nanocomposites, as shown in our recent research published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, aiding future rGO/cement composite design.
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New paper published in one of the most important environmental journal!
2023/07/12
CO2 can turn from villain to hero of the lime industry! Read our paper 50 days for free to discover how!
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Picture: SPP Klimaneutraler BetonDFG Schwerpunktprogramm – „Klimaneutraler Beton“
2023/04/03
CO2-neutrale Bindemittel, erneuerbare Zuschlagstoffe und Beton als Kohlenstoffsenke
Die enormen Auswirkungen von Beton auf unsere Gesellschaft werden deutlich, wenn man die riesigen Mengen betrachtet, die jedes Jahr produziert werden. Nach Wasser ist Beton mit weltweit etwa 14 Milliarden benötigten Kubikmetern pro Jahr die am meisten genutzte Ressource, die für den Bau von Städten und Infrastrukturen benötigt wird. Das größte Umweltproblem des heutigen Betons sind die ungeheuren Mengen an benötigten natürlichen Ressourcen und sein enormer CO2-Fußabdruck, der etwa sieben bis acht Prozent der weltweiten CO2-Emissionen ausmacht. Um die Klimaerwärmung unter 2 Grad zu halten und die Erschöpfung der Ressourcen für künftige Generationen zu begrenzen, sind sofortige Maßnahmen von allen Beteiligten erforderlich. Das neue, von der Deutschen Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG) geförderte Schwerpunktprogramm (SPP) „Klimaneutraler Beton“ zielt darauf ab, den Weg für einen klimaneutralen Bausektor zu ebnen, indem die Entwicklung eines Netto-Null-Betons als umweltfreundliches Baumaterial angestrebt wird. Koordinator ist TU-Professor Eddie Koenders vom Fachbereich Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften.
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Geopolymer Nucleation by new atomistic upscaling computation for aggregating aluminosilicate tetrahedral units
2023/03/29
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Picture: WiBOur quantum-chemistry computations reveal metakaolinite dissolution mechanisms
2023/03/28
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Picture: WiBErfolgreiche Prototypenherstellung – Metakaolinmodifizierter Bohrpfahlbeton
2023/02/13
In unserem gemeinsamen Forschungskooperationsprojekt mit der Sehring Beton GmbH & Co. KG ist es uns gelungen, einen metakaolinmodifizierten Bohrpfahlbeton zu entwickeln
Der Klimawandel und die zunehmende Ressourcenknappheit im Bauwesen erfordert die Entwicklung von alternativen Bindemitteln für die Betonherstellung. Im Rahmen unseres Forschungskooperationsprojektes (gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz) mit der Sehring Beton GmbH & Co. KG ist es uns gelungen, eine Bindemittelzusammensetzung ohne Flugasche zu entwickeln, bei der 50 % Portlandkompositzement ersetzt wird. Der Einsatz von Metakaolin ermöglicht die Realisierung von sehr guten Frisch- und Festbetoneigenschaften für den geplanten Einsatz in Bohrpfahlbeton.
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New high-performance computer at WiB
2022/11/19
The WiB supports the EU-project project 0E-BUILDINGS (MSCA-IF) with a new high-performance computer
The new high-performance computer with AMD EPYC MILAN processors will create new numerical possibilities to realize complex simulations within the EU research project “Open Access Platform for Zero-Energy Buildings”.
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Picture: Sehring Beton GmbH & Co. KGDesign of durable and pumpable metakaolin-modified ready-mixed concrete for cast-in-situ piles
2021/11/08
The cement and concrete industry has already been facing considerable problems with dwindling raw materials for many years. In the long term, a further reduction in the availability of fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag can be expected as a result of the imminent energy transition and the decline in steel production.
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New cooperative research project Min-Loop
2021/06/17
The Institute of Building and Construction Materials is starting a new cooperative research project funded by the Ptj.
As part of the funding measure from the BMBF “REMIN – Ressource Efficient Recycling Management – Construction and Mineral Material Cycles” the WiB and its partners started the project by the name of “Substitution of polysterene-based rigid foams with cement-bound mineral foam made from recycled crushed concrete sand in sandwich hybrid ceilings for purely mineral material cycles in building construction”.
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SUBLime European Training Network
2021/03/31
Two PhD Researchers (ESR) work at WiB team to craft the future of lime mortars/plasters in new construction and conservation of the built heritage.
