Today's KNOWLEDGE Share:The first CARBON CONCRETE house

 Today's KNOWLEDGE Share:

The first CARBON CONCRETE house

The Technische Universität Dresden has now reached a new milestone: The world's first carbon concrete house "Cube“ has been completed on the university campus.

Their brand new "carbon concrete" is created by reinforcing concrete with carbon fibers, and for the production of carbon concrete, up to 50,000 of these fibers are woven into a rod or matte-shaped structure, which then serves as reinforcement for the concrete.

In contrast to steel, carbon does not have to be protected from moisture because carbon cannot RUST. As a result, much less concrete has to be used in a carbon concrete building than in steel. With new construction principles that are still under development, up to 80 percent of concrete should be saved in the end. The CO2 emissions that are saved in the production of the building material or through the reduced use of concrete are up to 50 percent.

The Cube makes it clear: carbon concrete opens up completely new design options for a house and for architecture. As visual conspicuity, the carbon concrete house has been given a twisted roof made entirely of carbon concrete. The building material has a high degree of flexibility and is even more stable than reinforced concrete. Another advantage is longevity: a carbon concrete house should be usable for up to 200 years – a reinforced concrete building, on the other hand, only 40 to 80 years.

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