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Building Envelopes Construction, energy und architecture in harmony

The building envelope must meet architectural, structural, and energy performance requirements while supporting ambitious sustainability goals. 

The Competence Center for Building Envelopes and Civil Engineering brings together interdisciplinary expertise to deliver application-oriented research, development, and consulting services. We support companies, architects, and building owners in designing, optimizing, and implementing high-performance, sustainable facade solutions.

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Glass Construction

Glass enables architecturally unique and innovative load-bearing structures - its importance as a building material continues to grow. CCGH+IB conducts intensive research on glass design and component testing and actively contributes to glass standards and the use of glass.

Wind Engineering

The precise determination of wind effects is crucial for economical and sustainable structural design. CCGH+IB investigates airflow, wind loads and vibrations to produce accurate analyses for façades.

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Facade System Development

Modern facade systems are today highly complex from a technical perpective and require broad engineering expertise. CCGH+IB supports the development of innovative components and systems. 

Building physics and energy

High-performing physical attributes of building envelopes are essential for energy efficiency and comfort. CCGH+IB conducts research for energy-efficient facades and delivers building physics analyses that support sustainable and innovative solutions.

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Daylight

Daylight has a significant impact on building energy demand and occupant well-being, requiring innovative building envelope solutions. CCGH+IB offers extensive expertise in daylight analysis, as well as in the analysis of optical material properties.

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Sustainability

Sustainability and circularity are key drivers of future building envelopes. CCGH+IB researches sustainable strategies for building envelopes, from novel methods for material inventories to innovative materials and circular processes.