Sustained Creation of 3D Constructed Facades Through Eco-friendly Processes

In the heart of Hamburg, Germany, an exciting project is underway. The Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank (IFB Hamburg), the city's central funding institution, is supporting the feasibility study for the 3D printing of sustainable insulation panels.

The vision is to revolutionize insulation, making it more efficient, ecological, and affordable. This groundbreaking idea originated from an employee who sought to modernize the energy efficiency of a house's facade.

Teccon Consulting & Engineering, in collaboration with the Technical University of Hamburg (TUHH), is at the forefront of this innovative endeavour. They aim to combine traditional insulation materials like hemp or straw with modern 3D processes, potentially paving the way for insulation panels to be printed directly on construction sites in the future.

The Institute for Industrialization of Smart Materials (ISM) at the TUHH is involved in the feasibility study. The IFB Hamburg is providing a total of 128,000 euros for this research through its PROFI Umwelt program.

The material, if successful, is expected to be fully recyclable and could save up to 90% CO2 compared to conventional EPS facade insulation. Moreover, the engineers involved in the project anticipate that the material will be significantly cheaper.

While the procedure has been found to work, it's not trivial. If everything goes well, the first sustainable insulation panels produced by 3D printing could be on the market in two to three years.

It's important to note that the IFB Hamburg is not involved in the production or sale of the sustainable insulation panels. Instead, it supports investment projects in Hamburg by providing loans, grants, and equity, as well as assuming security interests.

For more information about Teccon Consulting & Engineering, visit their website at teccon.de. The IFB Hamburg's website can be found at ifbhh.de.

This article was created in cooperation with the IFB Hamburg. The search results do not provide specific information about potential partners with whom Teccon might collaborate for the production of sustainable 3D-printed insulation. No additional information about Zellerfeld R&D, UKE, the Hamburg administration, or the new Makerlab in the Central Library Hamburg was provided in this paragraph.