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Unser Weg zu einem klimaneutralen Gebäude

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Mountains don’t have cardboard

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 old materials. How can we in our building get to a better rate of recycling and reuse?

Numbers and their meaning

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.

Comparing alternatives to see what works best

Comparing alternatives to see what works best

In this research project RWT plus brings in their knowledge on building physics. Four construction alternatives will be assessed on their performance with regard to climate neutrality.

Building in wood in Munich

Building in wood in Munich

To learn from others we have visited different projects in Germany. There are similar rules with regard to building in wood as what we apply in our project in Vienna.