Welcome to the Institute of Construction and Building Materials
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.
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Bild: WiBSiegerpodest des Darmstädter Lauf-Treffs erfolgreich versetzt
2021/07/14
Für den Bau des neuen Lehrlaborgebäudes musste das Siegerpodest des Lauf-Treffs an einen Ausweichstandort versetzt werden.
Mit Unterstützung der Institute für Geotechnik sowie Wasserbau und Hydraulik konnte das Siegerpodest unbeschädigt an den neuen Standort am Böllenfalltor versetzt werden.
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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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New employees at the Institut for Construction and Building Materials
2021/06/01
We are pleased to welcome our three latest team members!
We are happy to welcome three new staff members at the WiB. We hope for an exciting and successfull future with Dr.-Ing. Mohammadreza Izadifar, M.Sc. Luciano Sambataro and M.Sc. Chem. Eng. Agustin Laveglia.
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New anlytical possibilites thanks to our new FTIR device
2021/06/01
The Institute of Building and Construction Materials added a FTIR device to its microlab and thus can expand their already extensive examination portfolio.
Investigations in the micro and nano scale range have a great importance at the WiB. Our microlab is already well suited for a wide range of analytical examinations in this area. To ensure that we can continue the investigations at a high level and further the comprehensive examination of samples, we have now added a FTIR (Fourier-transform-infrared-spectrometer) to our equipment inventory.
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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.
