Heidelberg Materials is supplying sustainable, high-tech building materials for the DREIHAUS project in Heidelberg, Germany, by real estate company KRAUSGRUPPE. The project will serve as a future reference for serial 3D residential building printing.
“We are committed to creating real solutions for decarbonizing the built environment and advancing sustainable innovation together with our partners,” said Dr. Dominik von Achten, CEO of Heidelberg Materials. “With the German premiere of evoZero, the world’s first carbon-captured cement, we are ringing in a new era of sustainable construction today in Heidelberg and across the country.”
The first two of three buildings planned will be constructed using evoBuild 3D printing – a fully recyclable construction material. This material features a binder with a carbon footprint that is more than 50% lower than that of conventional portland cement, according to Heidelberg Materials.
For the third building, the partners are taking a pioneering step: evoZero from Heidelberg Materials will be used as the binder, marking its first application in Germany. evoZero is the world’s first carbon-captured cement, enabling customers to make significant progress toward their climate targets. The CO₂ reduction in evoZero is achieved through the application of innovative carbon capture technology at the Heidelberg Materials plant in Brevik, Norway.
“Here, we are demonstrating how the continuous expansion of our sustainable product portfolio enables us to offer our customers not only highly innovative, but also customized solutions that provide optimal support for the successful realization of diverse construction projects,” concluded Christoph Streicher, general manager, Heidelberg Materials Germany.
