High attention for recycling of building materials

5th International Conference Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment

The 5th International Conference on Building Materials Recycling (V.PRE = V International Conference Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment) will be held for the first time in Weimar/Thuringia, from October 10-12, 2023. This picturesque city is one of the centers of German cultural history. Goethe and Schiller were among its long-time residents, and many other famous personalities, such as Liszt, Bach and Cranach also worked in Weimar. And even today, the city inspires with many museums in the preserved homes of thinkers and poets.

1 This year’s International Conference on Construction Materials Recycling is hosted by the Weimar-based IAB under the patronage of RILEM, here the institute’s premises

This year’s organizer of the international conference of Recycling on Building Materials is the locally based Institute for Applied Building Research (IAB) under the auspices of RILEM. The global conference series was launched in 2009 by RILEM Committee TC-217, “Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment.” The event aims to discuss and disseminate the latest developments in the characterization, processing and application of recovered materials from construction and demolition waste to improve resource efficiency in the construction sector globally. An international audience of professionals is expected to attend, with around 200 participants.

Increasing attention is being paid to construction material recycling – partly because it can help combat raw material scarcity and the release of CO₂. At this 5th International Conference on Construction Materials Recycling, international experts will address the pressing issues surrounding the recycling of construction and demolition waste. Topics will include raw material shortages, mortar and concrete products, recycling and CO₂ emissions, treatment techniques, and thermal recycling of construction and demolition waste. Supplemented by the presentation of current case studies.

2 High recycling competence at IAB: the institute has been conducting research in Weimar for more than 30 years
© IAB Weimar

2 High recycling competence at IAB: the institute has been conducting research in Weimar for more than 30 years

IAB hosts renowned specialist event for the first time

The two-day lecture program (Oct. 10-11) at the Leonardo Hotel Weimar includes 28 technical as well as four keynote lectures, divided into six thematic blocks. Keynote speakers include Prof. Anette Müller (IAB Weimar/Germany), Prof. Takafumi Noguchi (University of Tokyo/Japan), Maciej Zajac (Global R&D HeidelbergCement AG Frankfurt/Germany) and Prof. Luc Courard (University of Liège/Belgium). An evening event (Oct. 10) and a field trip (Oct. 12) during which, among other things, the recycling technology centre of the IAB will be visited, will round out the conference program.

The organizing Institute for Applied Building Research Weimar (IAB) has more than 30 years of experience in the development of new products, technologies and processes in building materials recycling. The institute’s technical equipment includes modern laboratory and experimental facilities, especially for research into the recycling of construction and demolition waste.

The lecture program for experts from Germany and abroad will be offered in German/English. Interested companies from the recycling industry can still apply for a booth in the exhibition area.

The magazines recovery as well as AT MINERAL PROCESSING from Bauverlag are official media partners of this 5th edition of the International Conference on Construction Materials Recycling from 10 to 12 October 2023 in Weimar.