Forschungs-Blog
Klimademo Vis-à-Vis
English
Blog posts about our ongoing Climate Demo Building research in English. It deals with climate-friendly building and demonstrates real-world challenges.
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Weissenseer- floating house
During an excursion to the place where our house is prefabricated, we visited a remarkable example of innovation. The exchange of ideas with Dutch visitors led to a new use of ancient carpenters‘ know-how.
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It is cheap, ecological and available
In a series of public meetings we discuss specific themes to generate input for our research project. The first of these “Echo Spaces” was on the topic of organic isolation materials. We discussed in particular the use and possibilities of straw.
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Mountains don’t have cardboard
The post-use phase of a building: It is mostly a matter of quick demolishment and dumping the ‘waste’. The experts on the matter explain that it has to do with time and money. At the moment it is for instance much cheaper to make plasterboard by carving the gypsum from a mountain, than by recycling…
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Understanding built climate neutrality
We visit Transsolar KlimaEngineering to learn about climate assessments and a building’s life cycle.
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Applying biobased materials
Excursion to the House of Learning to study the application of biobased materials. Walls are made of wood frames filled with straw and plastered with mud. Even the elevator shaft is made of wood.
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Climate neutrality – even before you move in
Taking early measures during the planning and construction phases and smart materials could ensure climate neutrality even before you move in.
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Numbers and their meaning
What is a tonne of CO₂? Is it much, little, big, small? The experts of IBO, the Austrian Institute for Building and Ecology help to figure things out. As a team we try to get a grip on how climate neutral our building is.
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A German example of an innovative energy supply concept
A visit to learn from an almost climate neutral multi-use city district near Stuttgart.
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Keeping grip on the process as a team
While visiting a project in Germany we learn how important it is to keep grip on the process as a whole team.
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Different numbers – different perspectives
In order to learn from existing best practices we went to Germany to see how things are done there. But there is a difference in the numbers Germans and Austrians use.
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