Topic: Materialien

  • Connecting Technology and Space for a Circular Economy

    Verbindung von Technologie und Raumfahrt für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft

    Published by How can industrial areas become drivers of a circular and resilient city?The new Guide Book “Tech & Spaces for Circular Economy” explores this question by linking technological innovation with spatial transformation and shows how collaboration between sectors can turn urban industrial sites into future-proof ecosystems. Developed by Circular Berlin and Creative Climate Cities in collaboration with WISTA Management GmbH, the…

  • Tech and Spaces: enabling circularity with photonics and material science

    Technik und Räume: Kreislaufwirtschaft mit Photonik und Materialwissenschaft

    Funders Berlin Senatsverwaltung Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe (SenWeb) Partners Creative Climate Cities, WISTA Dates April 2024 – December 2025 Get in touch Stefan Aufrichter Project Management Through this project, we will explore the potential of Deep Tech applications and co-creation spaces for accelerating and implementing a circular economy in various industries in Berlin and beyond….

  • The circular approaches to work with aluminium composite panels.

    Die runden Ansätze für die Arbeit mit Aluminiumverbundplatten.

    On 07-08.10, as part of the Haus der Materialisierung project, Material Mafia, together with Circular Berlin and TU Berlin, organised the second seminar and the workshop on the topic: Aluminium Dibond.  An aluminium Dibond is a sandwich panel. It is known as a brand for a rigid composite material that belongs to the manufacturer 3A Composites, Singen. In our…

  • Why should we care about Printing Blankets?

    Warum sollten wir uns für Drucktücher interessieren?

    On 03-04.06, as part of the Haus der Materialisierung project, Material Mafia, together with Circular Berlin and TU Berlin, organised the first seminar and the workshop on the topic of Printing Blankets  You would ask: Printing Blankets?  The rubber printing blanket is used in the process of offset printing. It is stretched around a printing…

  • Download DIN SPEC on Zero Waste

    DIN SPEC zu Zero Waste herunterladen

    A consortium of NGOs, science and business formulated a DIN SPEC on a zero waste vision for companies. During the one-year development process of the DIN SPEC, Laura Grotenrath represented Circular Berlin as a delegate of the coordinating body for standardization work of environmental associations (Koordinierungsstelle für Normierungsarbeit der Umweltverbände/ KNU)

  • Circular Material Systems: Documenting circular construction practices

    Kreislaufende Materialsysteme: Dokumentation von Kreislaufbauverfahren

    Funders In collaboration with TU Berlin and many other contributors Partners Georg Hubmann, Vera van Maaren and Circular Berlin Dates March 2021 – May 2024 Get in touch Dina Padalkina CEO, Founder Julius Schäufele Circular construction consultant With this project, we want to advance the awareness of construction practitioners about buildings with circular principles and…

  • Developing a zero waste norm for operational waste management

    Entwicklung einer DIN SPEC zur “Zero Waste-Vision” für betriebliches Abfallmanagement

    Funders GreenCycle Partners Koordinierungsbüro Normungsarbeit der Umweltverbände (KNU) TÜV Süd, DEKRA, Resourcify, TU Dreseden, Super Seven Dates February 2020 – December 2020 Get in touch As a delegate of Koordinierungsbüro Normungsarbeit der Umweltverbände (KNU) (trans. Coordination office for norm work by environmental associations), Circular Berlin is part of a consortium developing a new norm called…

  • Report: Investigating the potential of Centers for Urban Remanufacture

    Bericht: Untersuchung des Potenzials der Zentren für urbane Wiederaufbereitung

    Written by CURE, Centres for Urban Remanufacture, is an international research project aimed to promote material recovery through re-manufacture in different cities. The CURE Pathfinder project explored the possibility of establishing Centres for Urban Re-manufacture (CUREs) in different cities, estimated the potential benefit these centres may generate in Berlin and Gothenburg and tried to engage…

  • Making secondary materials usage a common practice (Haus der Materialisierung)
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    Wiederverwendung von Sekundärmaterialien zur gängigen Praxis machen (Haus der Materialisierung)

    Funders Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) Partners Technische Universität Berlin, ZUsammenKUNFT Berlin eG, Material Mafia Dates December 2019 – December 2022 Get in touch Dina Padalkina CEO, Founder The Haus der Materialisierung is Berlin’s pioneering centre for secondary materials. It aims to make their usage common practice in the city, by bringing together secondary material collectors…

  • Presenting Berlin’s pioneering learning center for resource recovery and zero-waste activities

    Vorstellung von Berlins wegweisendem Lernzentrum für Ressourcenrückgewinnung und Zero-Waste-Aktivitäten

    On the 7th of May ZUsammenKUNFT, Kunst-Stoffe, Material Mafia, Circular Berlin and the Chair of Circular Economy and Recycling Technologies of TU-Berlin presented the idea of establishing a “Haus der Materialisierung” as one of the pioneer users at the Haus der Statistik initiative. The event took place at the Werkstatt of the Haus der Statistik,…

  • Designing Away Waste: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Reuse and Remanufacture Initiatives

    Designing Away Waste: Eine vergleichende Analyse städtischer Wiederverwendungs- und Wiederaufbereitungsinitiativen

    Designing Away Waste: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Reuse and Remanufacture Initiatives Transformation towards the circular city or circular society is a long process, which is hardly explored. It is a process where the outcomes are not fully predictable. Despite the fact that a lot of research was already initiated in the last years to…

  • Workshop results: Center for Urban Remanufacture

    Ergebnisse des Workshops: Zentrum für urbane Wiederaufbereitung

    On the 06.12  Circular Berlin together with the CURE project partners (TU Berlin – Chair for Circular Economy and Recycling Technologies, Material Mafia, and OMA e.V.)  hosted a workshop on the topic of Berlin Center for Urban REmanufacture. Already during the preparation phase, we were more than excited to receive more than 100 registrations from…

  • Building the circular economy agenda for Berlin
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    Entwicklung einer Circular Economy Agenda für Berlin

    Funders EIT Climate-KIC Partners Circular Berlin Dates April-August 2018 Get in touch Dina Padalkina CEO, Founder The Circular Berlin project started as an exploratory study at the start of 2018, with the idea to establish a coordinated network that connects key stakeholders in order to have more influence on local policies and regulations in the…