{"id":10529,"date":"2026-04-12T13:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/?p=10529"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:30:25","slug":"research-seminar-loam-loam-and-natural-building-materials-for-a-emission-free-construction-industry-a-research-seminar-of-the-kit-material-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/research-seminar-loam-loam-and-natural-building-materials-for-a-emission-free-construction-industry-a-research-seminar-of-the-kit-material-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Seminar: LOAM +, Loam and natural building materials for a emission free construction industry &#8211; A research seminar of the KIT Material Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"537\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SS26_Plakat_Lehm_Druckbogen-537x380.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SS26_Plakat_Lehm_Druckbogen-537x380.jpg 537w, https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SS26_Plakat_Lehm_Druckbogen-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SS26_Plakat_Lehm_Druckbogen-212x150.jpg 212w, https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SS26_Plakat_Lehm_Druckbogen-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SS26_Plakat_Lehm_Druckbogen-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SS26_Plakat_Lehm_Druckbogen.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The materials library houses conventional building materials as well as recyclable building materials made from secondary and renewable raw materials.&nbsp;The seminar focuses on loam building materials and other natural building materials used in construction and renovation projects.&nbsp;Loam&nbsp;(along with wood) is one of the oldest building materials known to humankind, and even today, a third of the world&#8217;s population lives in&nbsp;loam&nbsp;buildings, particularly in Africa, South America, and Asia. In our region, this natural material is experiencing a renaissance thanks to modern advancements such as prefabrication, the production of dry construction materials and the integration of this traditional building material&nbsp;in&nbsp;digital design and construction methods. In conjunction with renewable materials, such as wood, natural insulation or natural paints&nbsp;and plasters, building with&nbsp;loamrepresents one of many opportunities for addressing the enormous challenges posed by climate change within the construction industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the research seminar, the students will conduct independent and critical research on the mentioned topics. They will examine the life cycles of selected materials in detail in order to integrate sustainable alternatives into the materials library in the form of detailed datasets and physical material samples. The seminar is accompanied by mentoring sessions, workshops, lectures and excursions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Meeting: 21.04.2026, Bldg. 20.40, R 141.1 (material library)<br>Regular Meeting: Tuesdays, 11.30 &#8211; 13.00<br>Submission\/Exam: 21.07.2026<br>Focus of study: Building Technology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The materials library houses conventional building materials as well as recyclable building materials made from secondary and renewable raw materials.&nbsp;The seminar focuses on loam building materials and other natural building materials used in construction and renovation projects.&nbsp;Loam&nbsp;(along with wood) is one of the oldest building materials known to humankind, and even today, a third of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8IIze-2JP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10535,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10529\/revisions\/10535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}