TY - RPRT A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Dauda, Risikat Oladoyin A1 - Reitz, Judith A1 - Misselwitz, Philipp A1 - Bassioni, Ghada A1 - Olonade, Kolawole Adisa A1 - van Damme, Henri A1 - Marangu, Josep Mwiti A1 - Dias Toledo Filho, Romildo A1 - Stürwald, Simone A1 - Schiewer, Gesine Leonore A1 - Hanein, Theodore A1 - Boru, Zamzam Bonaya A1 - Christensen, Randi A1 - Mack Vergara, Yazmin Lisbeth A1 - Hoelzel, Fabienne A1 - Apollo, Buregyeya A1 - Kyarisiima, Hope A1 - Thiedeitz, Mareike A1 - Suraneni, Prannoy A1 - Lorenz, Werner A1 - Osmani, Mohamed A1 - Lesutis, Gediminas A1 - Hanhausen, Rosa A1 - Lehmann, Steffen A1 - Madundo, Mariam Marco A1 - Bader, Vera Simone A1 - Rashdi, Rabia A1 - Landrou, Gnanli A1 - Hafez, Hisham A1 - Howe, Lindsay A1 - Kamashanju, Kabibi Charles A1 - Mohtashami, Nazanin A1 - Opoku, Richard Addo A1 - Erhahon-Nanna, Aisosa A1 - Mellinghoff, Zanele ED - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Kamashanju, Kabibi Charles ED - Dauda, Risikat Oladoyin ED - Reitz, Judith ED - Misselwitz, Philipp T1 - Renewable, low-carbon materials and (infra)structures for inclusive and equitable human habitat - A position paper derived from the ReLive Habitat Scoping Workshop in August 2025 at the Xplanatorium in Hannover N2 - In order to create sustainable lifestyles and societies in the long term, sustainability goals must be balanced in terms of the environment, the economy and society. However, these targets are sometimes in conflict with each other and cannot be balanced without compromise. Today, the sustainability debate focuses primarily on balancing environmental/climate and economic targets. Social aspects tend to play a marginal role in the debate. This is also the case in the construction industry, which contributes significantly to global energy consumption and high grey and operational CO2 emissions worldwide. For this reason, research and politics have focused intensively in recent decades on ways to reduce climate emissions while maintaining economic efficiency. Historically, the focus in construction has been on structural safety. The classic credo in engineering was ‘more is more’. In the context of the climate debate, however, ‘less is more’ often applies, so that engineers and architects today face an economic conflict of objectives between the classic requirements for failure probability and the requirements for sustainable, resource-saving construction, which calls for completely new, much more holistic approaches to material development and structural design. The aim here is to build in a way that is both economical and climate-friendly without compromising structural safety, which is already a complex undertaking. However, the influence of the use of materials, architecture and construction technology on social aspects is often given much less consideration in the sustainability debate, even though enormous population growth and urbanisation processes are expected in the future, particularly in developing economic areas. This inevitably requires a stronger focus on the socio-economic aspects of construction, especially since, in contrast to many current metropolises, many conurbations in these regions will emerge in areas that are not yet densely populated. This provides freedom for innovative concepts that avoid the mistakes of the past and can consider all aspects of sustainability as largely equal. This freedom enables construction methods and urban concepts that use renewable, circular, local materials to create adaptable, accessible and liveable structures that are equitable, inclusive and fair for society. This position paper deals with the socio-economic footprint of materials and buildings. It was compiled by an interdisciplinary group of international experts and attempts to develop approaches for effective socio-economic life cycle analysis using similar concepts to those used in environmental life cycle analysis of products and buildings. In contrast to economic analyses or environmental life cycle assessments, which can work with reasonably available and clearly defined units to develop indicators, it is often impossible to determine units for socio-economic indicators, data is more difficult to obtain and there is a lack of benchmarks. During the discussions, a number of relevant parameters were developed, which can provide clearly quantifiable indicators for socio economic effects. These are related to largely available economic and employment data and consider the distribution of project contracts during implementation and the employment figures associated with project implementation. Particularly in the implementation of large-scale projects involving international investors and financial institutions, ‘(green) compliance value extractivism’ effects can occur, whereby partners from the donor countries are given preference over local project partners. This fraction of the loan flow directly abroad and can no longer serve the local economy to grow. This results in economic follow-up costs, even with lower project costs, which can promote social injustices. The higher the proportion of local companies and employees at engineering levels, the more fairly the construction project serves the local economy. T2 - ReLive Habitat-Scoping-Workshop: Renewable, Low-carbon Materials and (Infra-)structures for Inclusive and Equitable Human Habitat CY - Hannover, Germany DA - 13.08.2025 KW - Socio-economic footprint KW - Life cycle analysis KW - Sustainability KW - Urbanisation KW - Low carbon materials KW - Low carbon structures KW - Human habitat KW - Inclusiveness PY - 2026 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-654742 DO - https://doi.org/10.26272/opus4-65474 VL - 2026 SP - i EP - 24 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-65474 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mezhov, Alexander A1 - Bright, Asante A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Increasing the Incorporation of CO2-Sequestering Materials in Concrete N2 - Concrete is the most widely used construction material accounting for approximately half of all human production throughout history. The production of one ton of cement emits around 600 kg of CO2. With a global cement production estimate of 4.2 billion tons, this results in about 2.5 billion tons of CO2 emissions. This accounts for roughly 7.2% of the total global carbon emissions in 2021. Strategies to decrease carbon emissions in the cement and concrete industry include carbon capture and storage (CCS), reduced binders like ordinary Portland cement (OPC) clinker and optimizing material use through improved processes and structural design. This also means changing architectural vision [6], avoiding concrete where its structural performance is not required and use alternative materials instead, and optimizing the communication among the entire production value chain. T2 - 1st International Conference on Net-Zero Built Environment: Innovations in Materials, Structures, and Management Practices (Net-Zero Future 2024) CY - Oslo, Norway DA - 19.06.2025 KW - Concrete KW - CO2-Sequestering PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-638531 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69626-8_4 VL - 237 SP - 39 EP - 48 PB - Springer Nature Switzerland AG CY - Schweiz AN - OPUS4-63853 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Tlhatlha, Pheladi A1 - Obeng, Emmanuel A1 - Tsaku, Mawuli Kwaku A1 - Arthur, Daniel Vincent A1 - Dodoo, Alex ED - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Tlhatlha, Pheladi T1 - A practical handbook for safe, smart and durable construction in Ghana N2 - The handbook provides practical guidelines for safe, efficient, and effective construction in Ghana, focusing on proper cement use, mixing consistencies and techniques, and environmental protection. It emphasizes quality control, safety in handling construction materials, and the importance of using protective equipment to prevent health hazards. KW - Cement strength classifications KW - Cement mixing ratios KW - Quality control PY - 2025 SN - 978-3-00-083134-8 SP - 1 EP - 35 PB - Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) CY - Accra AN - OPUS4-63641 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Rübner, Katrin A1 - Schneider, Joachim A1 - von Werder, Julia A1 - Gluth, Gregor T1 - 63. DAfStb-Forschungskolloquium in der BAM - Themenblock 2: Nachhaltigkeitspotentiale N2 - Die Bauindustrie ist für rd. 40 % des weltweiten Energieverbrauchs und der Kohlenstoffemissionen verantwortlich. Mit der technologischen Entwicklung wird der Energiebedarf in Zukunft sinken, während sich das Problem grauer Emission verschärft. Daher ist ein verantwortungsvoller Umgang mit Ressourcen der Schlüssel zur Erreichung der Pariser Klimaziele. Der Einsatz klimaschonender Baustoffe weist dabei ein erhebliches Nachhaltigkeitspotential auf. Recycling, Rückgewinnung, Ressourcenschonung und Kreislaufwirtschaft können zu unersetzlichen Bestandteilen der Bautechnik werden. Im Folgenden werden einige Möglichkeiten vorgestellt, die bei der Dekarbonisierung der Bautechnik zukünftig hohe Potentiale aufweisen. Diese wurden beim 63. Forschungskolloquium des DAfStb an der BAM vorgestellt und Details können dem Tagungsband (DOI 10.26272/opus4-61338) entnommen werden. T2 - 11. Jahrestagung des DAfStb mit 63. Forschungskolloquium der BAM Green Intelligent Building CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 16.10.2024 KW - Bindemittel KW - Klimaschonende Baustoffe KW - Dekarbonisierung PY - 2025 SN - 0005-9846 VL - 75 IS - 4 SP - 131 EP - 134 PB - concrete content UG CY - Schermbeck AN - OPUS4-63068 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Asante, Bright A1 - Soria-Castro, M. A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Rogge, Andreas ED - Meng, Birgit T1 - Influence of aquacultural and agricultural bio-admixtures and binder components on yield stress and strength of cementitious systems N2 - Abstract: This study investigates the influence of bio-admixtures and bio-ashes from agricultural and aquaculture residues on the workability and strength of cement mortars. While bio-admixtures at low concentrations can enhance the strength, they create similar or lower yield stress as the reference. Bio ash, particularly at a 10% replacement level, maintained good strength, but higher replacements led to significant reductions in both strength and workability. These findings highlight the potential of sustainable construction materials but emphasize the need to balance performance specifications. T2 - 11. Jahrestagung des DAfStb mit 63. Forschungskolloquium der BAM Green Intelligent Building CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 16.10.2024 KW - Agricultural bio-admixture KW - Aquacultural bio-admixture KW - Binder component PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-612955 SN - 978-3-9818564-7-7 SP - 46 EP - 54 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-61295 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kossatz, Philipp A1 - Mezhov, Alexander A1 - Andresen, Elina A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Application of fluorescence spectroscopy for the monitoring of cement hydration N2 - Lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) with size- and morphology-dependent emission patterns, composed of narrow bands of varying intensity in the ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, and short-wave infrared wavelength region, were synthesized via a thermal decomposition approach under inert atmosphere. Subsequently, differently sized UCNPs were incorporated into ordinary Portland cement to study their stability in the harsh cementitious environment and assess their potential for the probing and monitoring of cement hydration. Microenvironment-specific changes in the emission properties of these inorganic luminophores were utilized to study and probe changes of physico-chemical parameters during cement hydration. Isothermal calorimetry was employed to better understand the influence of luminophore addition on cement hydration kinetics and for the correlation with the results of the optical studies. T2 - 12th ACI/RILEM International Conference on Cementitious Materials and Alternative Binders for Sustainable Concrete (ICCM 2024) CY - Toulouse, France DA - 23.06.2024 KW - Luminescence KW - Optical probe KW - Cement hydration PY - 2024 UR - https://www.iccm2024.com/ SP - 441 EP - 446 CY - Toulouse, France AN - OPUS4-62119 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lorenzoni, Renata A1 - Mezhov, Alexander A1 - Fritsch, Tobias A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine T1 - Effect of Biochar on the Microstructure and Mechanical Response of Cement Paste N2 - The use of biochar as a supplementary cementitious material is proposed to reduce the global greenhouse gas emissions. Since biochar is non-reactive, has a low density and complex porosity, its incorporation into cementitious materials results in microstructural changes and consequently affects the mechanical response. This work advances the mechanical response understanding of Portland cement composites with 0, 5, and 25 volume percent (vol%) of cement replaced with biochar by using in-situ computed tomography, correlating with the microstructural changes analyzed by HFC, gas sorption, MIP, gas sorption, and NMR. The results highlight the influence of the mesoscale structure on mechanical responses and relate the lack of loss of mechanical strength at 5 vol% replacement to the compensation of decreasing larger pores with biochar addition. At 25 vol% replacement, the amount of weakened zones in the paste due to biochar overcompensates the positive effect of the reduction in larger pores, resulting in a loss of mechanical properties. Hence, small amounts of biochar can enhance the microstructure, but the reduction of the carbon footprint is limited. T2 - 24th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM24) CY - Baltimore, Maryland, USA DA - 04.08.2024 KW - Supplementary cementitious materials KW - Biochar KW - Microstructure KW - In-situ computed tomography KW - Mechanical proprieties. PY - 2024 DO - https://doi.org/10.14359/51742027 VL - 362 SP - 1020 EP - 1032 PB - International Concrete Abstracts Portal AN - OPUS4-62115 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Kamashanju, Kabibi Charles ED - Rogge, Andreas ED - Meng, Birgit T1 - Circular, bio-based, intelligent ecosystems for climate friendly construction materials supplies N2 - Abstract: Concrete is a major contributor to global energy demand and CO2-emissions, necessitating mitigation strategies. Utilising bio-based resources like polysaccharides, pozzolanic ashes from agricultural waste, and bio-based fibres and aggregates can reduce carbon footprints. However, implementation is hindered by stand- ards favouring scarce and traditionally European materials like fly ash and slag. This highlights the need to diversify resource streams to benefit the global South's abundance of bio-based resources and arable land. An inclusive approach recognizing bio-based resources is required through innovation and regional adaptation. T2 - 63. Forschungskolloquium Green Intelligent Building CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 16.10.2024 KW - Intelligent ecosystems KW - CO2-emissions PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-613160 SN - 978-3-9818564-7-7 SP - 102 EP - 113 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-61316 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Tlhatlha, Pheladi A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Rogge, Andreas ED - Meng, Birgit T1 - Policies and codes for sustainable cement and concrete technologies in the Global South N2 - Abstract: This paper explores three primary pathways for improving sustainable cement and concrete technologies: cement production, concrete production, and recycling technologies. It underscores the importance of policy frameworks for transitioning from prescriptive to performance-based standards to foster innovation and support low-carbon technologies, while also addressing the economic, political, and social drivers that shape policy and industry practices. The research questions the replication of Global North standards in the Global South, advocating for locally adapted, unique regional policies. T2 - 11. Jahrestagung des DAfStb mit 63. Forschungskolloquium der BAM Green Intelligent Building CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 16.10.2024 KW - Sustainable cement KW - Concrete technologies PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-613170 SN - 978-3-9818564-7-7 SP - 114 EP - 122 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-61317 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mezhov, Alexander A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Rogge, Andreas ED - Meng, Birgit T1 - Rheologie von Bindemittelsuspensionen in Gegenwart von Biopolymeren N2 - Zusatzmittel sind unverzichtbarer Bestandteil von modernem Beton. Ihr Einsatz ist nicht nur technisch und wirtschaftlich sinnvoll, sondern auch notwendig, um Beton umweltfreundlicher zu machen. In diesem Zusammenhang gewinnen nachhaltige Biopolymere zunehmend an Bedeutung, sie weisen jedoch eine große Vielfalt an Molekularstrukturen auf, die zu Unverträglichkeiten mit anderen - wie z.B. Fließmitteln - führen können. In dieser Arbeit werden die Auswirkungen des kombinierten Einsatzes verschiedener Zusatzmittel im Hinblick ihres Einflusses auf die Zementhydratation und den Strukturaufbau von Zementpasten untersucht. T2 - 11. Jahrestagung des DAfStb mit 63. Forschungskolloquium der BAM Green Intelligent Building CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 16.10.2024 KW - Rheologie KW - Bindemittelsuspension KW - Biopolymer PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-613089 SN - 978-3-9818564-7-7 SP - 147 EP - 152 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-61308 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -