TY - VIDEO A1 - Völker, Christoph T1 - Accelerating the search for sustainable concretes with AI N2 - With 8% of man-made CO2 emissions, cement production is an important driver of the climate crisis. By using alkali-activated binders, part of the energy-intensive clinker production process can be dispensed. However, as numerous raw materials are involved in the manufacturing process here, the complexity of the materials increases by orders of magnitude. Finding a properly balanced binder formulation is like looking for a needle in a haystack. We have shown for the first time that artificial intelligence (AI)-based optimization of alkali-activated binder formulations can significantly accelerate research. The "Sequential Learning App for Materials Discovery" (SLAMD) aims to accelerate practice transfer. With SLAMD, materials scientists have low-threshold access to AI through interactive and intuitive user interfaces. The value added by AI can be determined directly. For example, the CO2 emissions saved per ton of cement can be determined for each development cycle: the more efficient the AI optimization, the greater the savings. Our material database already includes more than 120,000 data points of alternative binders and is constantly being expanded with new parameters. We are currently driving the enrichment of the data with a life cycle analysis of the building materials. Based on a case study we show how intuitive access to AI can drive the adoption of techniques that make a real contribution to the development of resource-efficient and sustainable building materials of the future and make it easy to identify when classical experiments are more efficient. KW - Materials Informatics KW - Materials Design KW - Alkali activated concrete KW - Machine Learning PY - 2022 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-56639 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - VIDEO A1 - Kruschwitz, Sabine A1 - Völker, Christoph T1 - EU-Project: Reincarnate Reducing Waste and CO2 Footprint of construction sector N2 - In our current research project „Reincarnate“ we aim to anchor the idea of the circular economy in the European construction industry and significantly extend the life cycle of buildings, construction products and materials through innovative solutions. On the long term, this is an approach reduce construction waste by 80 percent and the CO2 footprint of the construction sector by 70 percent." This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme and will take you on a tour on what are the drivers, what is the goal, who are the partners and how we want to make the world a better place! KW - circular economy KW - CO2 footprint KW - Building industriy KW - Information modelling PY - 2022 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-56646 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -