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An association of sustainable construction start-ups, demands a massive change of direction in German housing and construction policy. On 21.09.2021 between 11:00 – 12:00 o’clock a press meeting took place on this topic. The initiative is supported by Architects for Future and the Association of German Architects (BDA). Currently, no political party offers a housing and construction policy program that can achieve the Paris climate goals. The construction and real estate sector causes about 36 % of CO2 emissions in the EU – and about 60 % of waste. The association has the common goal of significantly reducing emissions and waste in the construction and real estate sector through fast and concrete measures and to fundamentally change the processes and use of materials in construction. NOW – Bauwende jetzt! sees a lever, particularly in approval processes, in regulatory law, and in subsidy and tax policy, to introduce circular construction much more quickly, to promote the use of ecological materials, and also to advance flexible modular new buildings and serial renovations more quickly. Circular construction should already be considered during demolition. For example, Dominik Campanella, founder of the Concular platform, sees saving opportunities of up to 30 % in demolition costs and up to 50 % savings in construction emissions if circular planning is already in place before a project starts. Materials should be digitized accordingly in buildings and conveyed to new construction projects before the building is demolished. Wood construction system TRIQBRIQ: Building with nature In addition to circular material flows, ecological materials should also be used. The start-up Polycare completely eliminates the use of scarce construction sands and cement as a binder, paving the way to deconstructable and reusable architecture with their construction system. Or the start-up TRIQ, which develops projects with low-cost weak and damaged wood and uses standardized modular timber building blocks to make construction much more ecological without the use of artificial fasteners. A Paris-compliant construction industry should substitute petroleum-based materials completely, like the start-up carbonauten, which is developing biocarbons. Climate neutrality can only be scaled up if these concepts are serially planned and implemented: the start-up ecoworks is therefore renovating CO2-neutrally on an industrial scale by digitally and automatically planning and industrially prefabricating – and doing so with ecological materials and with a design focus. The start-up Urban Beta brings these concepts to modular new construction by implementing flexible, mobile usage concepts and sustainable material strategies in their circular space systems. This reimagined architecture on-demand is expandable, grows and adapts with its users and creates new circular business and financing models for the construction industry. The circularly planned Mobility Hub BetaPort is the first scalable building product with on-demand applications for transformable buildings. All start-ups and the supporters are united in their demands for massive adjustments to the regulatory framework: for example, approval processes for sustainable building materials and construction projects should be simplified and given priority, a uniform model conversion ordinance should be adopted for all German states, the digital building application should be made mandatory, and overall incentives for design quality and durability should be created. In order to establish the circular economy more quickly, the principle of causation should be promoted. In addition, the legally agreed renovation quota and depth of public buildings should finally be adhered to. The recently passed building efficiency decree, for example, is heading in the wrong direction with regard to the life cycle. Regulatory law should also be much stronger. We need minimum standards for the rentability of residential and commercial properties: Buildings that have G or F on their energy certificates should no longer be rented out from 2028 without neighborhood-specific compensatory measures. KfW programs should also be recast: Target CO2 should be inclusive of gray energy emissions, and the focus on building insulations should be reduced. In addition, programs that promote buildings that are not Paris-compliant should be stopped. Furthermore, subsidies for CO2-intensive materials should be reconsidered. Click here for the press conference Read press articles about the event here! Read article Read article Read article Read article Read article
Since last week the sustainable timber construction system TRIQBRIQ of the Stuttgart-based company TRIQ is officially part of the network of the International Building Exhibition 2027 City Region Stuttgart. The timber construction system is a patented solid wood building system that can be assembled without environmentally harmful composite materials. The standardized wood building blocks, made from low-cost weak and damaged wood, are fully recyclable. Therefore, promoting sustainability criteria in shell construction such as CO2 binding, energy-saving, recycling, and indoor climate. Quick planning and easy assembly make the wood system cost-efficient and fast to implement. The first prototype of TRIQBRIQ is already in place and three construction projects are being planned.The TRIQBRIQ construction system thus meets the objectives of IBA’27, particularly in terms of achieving climate targets in the construction sector and the sustainable life cycle of buildings. About the IBA’27 network More about IBA’27
Editors of the Gebäude Energieberater and the Glaswelt organize a specialist forum: Presentation of the holistic, sustainable pilot project by TRIQ-GmbH Boris Palmer, mayor of Tübingen gives a keynote speech At the digital specialist forum “Building Envelope in Focus” on March 9th, 2021, you can get information on the important developments in sustainable building from prominent experts. The event is organized and carried out by the editors of the Gebäude Energieberater and the Glaswelt. TRIQ GmbH is also there with its pilot housing project in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. Choose two out of five Part of the program is the presentation of two projects with an interesting building envelope by Claudia Siegele, editor of the GEB. There were five very different buildings to choose from. In addition to various renovation and new construction projects, the TRIQ pilot project was also able to prevail against the prominent Humboldt Forum in Berlin. Together with the energy self-sufficient multi-family house of the Lübben housing company, the object with its TRIQBRIQ timber construction system is the focus of the presentation. We invite you to this exciting event and would like to point out that the presentation of TRIQ GmbH is expected around 5:50 p.m. Click here to watch the presentation!
Presentation of the TRIQBRIQ solid wood construction system and exchange about general building policy conditions. Last Tuesday, TRIQ GmbH was invited as a digital guest in the German Bundestag. Max Wörner, founder and CEO of TRIQ GmbH as well as Lewin Fricke, head of public relations were invited to present their holistic sustainable housing concept to the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Sustainable Development (PBnE). The core element of the concept is the specially developed TRIQBRIQ wood construction system. The system allows the use of damaged and storm wood as a building material and thus is a very climate-friendly building material. TRIQBRIQ campaigns for sustainable building in the Bundestag This was followed by a discussion on the general regulations that are currently making sustainable building even more difficult. TRIQ GmbH requests that the Building Energy Act (GEG), which recently came into force, should be adjusted, particularly in regard to the life cycle analyzes of buildings. The energy consumed and the emissions emitted (gray energy / gray emissions) in the manufacture of building materials and buildings must be taken into account in the legislation. Above all, it is impossible to understand why concrete and cement are still politically considered harmless building materials. After all, the production of cement alone accounts for around 6-8 % of global CO2 emissions. In comparison, the TRIQBRIQ construction system binds CO2 and thus makes an active contribution to climate protection, added Wörner. The parliamentarians noted that the GEG has to take the construction phase of buildings into account. Kai Whittaker, a member of the Bundestag and chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the PBnE, moderated the digital session. He suggested that named aspects should also be transferred to the municipal level to further promote sustainability in the construction sector, for example in the form of pilot projects. About TRIQ GmbH TRIQ GmbH stands for holistic and sustainable building and living. It is the company’s goal to literally unite ecology, economy, and socio-culture under one roof. Therefore, TRIQ GmbH relies 100 % on recyclable materials in the construction of its buildings and consistently does without concrete and cement. The core element of this construction method is the specially developed and patented timber construction system TRIQBRIQ. This system makes it possible to use damaged and storm wood as a building material and thus is a climate-friendly material. In combination with electricity from photovoltaic systems and innovative hydrogen technology, energy self-sufficient and climate-neutral buildings are created. Following the construction process, TRIQ GmbH establishes living concepts that use a circular economy and digital monitoring to support residents in living more sustainably and in a more environmentally friendly way. More about TRIQ GmbH
