{"id":9873,"date":"2024-12-16T07:32:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/?p=9873"},"modified":"2024-12-16T07:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:37:21","slug":"newood-closes-the-loop-a-100-bio-based-climate-friendly-and-circular-material-alternative-for-the-construction-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/newood-closes-the-loop-a-100-bio-based-climate-friendly-and-circular-material-alternative-for-the-construction-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWood closes the loop \u2013 a 100% bio-based, climate-friendly and circular material alternative for the construction industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research Project NEWood \u2013 Sustainable material innovation for the construction and furniture industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Project representatives of all projects funded under the \u2018Circular Construction – Climate Protection through Recycling Management\u2019 programme \u00a9 Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Stiftung gGmbH<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), under the direction of Prof. Rebekka Volk (IIP), is working in close collaboration with the project leader Dr. Nazanin Saeidi from the research department of the Professorship of Sustainable Construction (IEB) to develop the innovative material \u2018NEWood\u2019, a 100% bio-based and circular material alternative with great potential for the construction and furniture industries.\u00a0This material is produced exclusively from wood processing residues, agricultural waste and mushroom mycelium \u2013 completely without fossil raw materials. In the process, biogenic carbon is permanently bound, making an important contribution to climate protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The construction and operation of buildings and the creation of infrastructure are responsible for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, cities consume over 75% of the world’s resources and generate about half of the global waste. In this context, alternative and sustainable materials such as NEWood are becoming increasingly important in order to significantly reduce the emissions of material-intensive industries and promote the circular economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project aims to develop 1:1 demonstrators that illustrate the versatility of NEWood for interior wall systems and furniture components. These demonstrators will be designed to meet the legal standards of the construction and furniture industries in order to enable the material to be launched on the market. In addition, the project includes a life cycle analysis, a cost analysis and a feasibility study for industrialisation. The results will be presented at trade fairs, at the KIT Department of Architecture and in the central library of the KIT in order to make the application possibilities and the potential of NEWood visible to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is funded by the Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Stiftung gGmbH and will run from July 2024 to June 2026. In addition to the KIT, partners such as K\u00f6nig + Neurath AG and Fiber Engineering are involved in the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEWood combines innovation and sustainability. With its ability to permanently bind biogenic carbon and replace fossil materials, this material can revolutionise the circular economy in the construction and furniture industries. At the same time, it makes a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting the climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research Project NEWood \u2013 Sustainable material innovation for the construction and furniture industry Project representatives of all projects funded under the \u2018Circular Construction – Climate Protection through Recycling Management\u2019 programme \u00a9 Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg Stiftung gGmbH The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), under the direction of Prof. Rebekka Volk (IIP), is working in close collaboration with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[48],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8IIze-2zf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9873"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9873"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9883,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9873\/revisions\/9883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}