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    At BAU 2025, the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP from Saarbrücken, Germany, will be presenting its latest infrastructure monitoring system “MAUS”. In view of the growing importance of the safety of critical infrastructure, especially bridges, continuous monitoring of sensitive areas is becoming increasingly important. This development underlines the need to implement innovative solutions to detect potential risks at an early stage. MAUS offers a comprehensive solution for permanently recording and analyzing condition data to ensure the safe operation of critical infrastructures. The flexible sensor platform will not only change the monitoring of existing critical infrastructures, but also set new standards for safety in the construction industry. Experts from Fraunhofer IZFP will showcase the sensor platform at BAU 2025 in Munich, taking place from January 13 to 17, 2025 (Messe München, Hall C2, Stand 528).

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  • Project start TreeVitaScan / 2024

    Increasing safety on transportation routes through efficient tree vitality monitoring

    Press release  / December 16, 2024

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    How can the vitality of trees be assessed quickly and reliably? In the TreeVitaScan project, researchers from Fraunhofer IPM and the University of Freiburg are testing a comprehensive data model that combines multispectral laser scanning with AI-supported data evaluation. This should make it possible to determine the vitality of individual trees automatically, reliably and across a wide area. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport with a total of 195,000 euros as part of the mFUND innovation initiative.

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  • Fraunhofer flagship project BAU-DNS / 2024

    Getting Existing Buildings Ready for the Future

    Press release  / December 05, 2024

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    A universal modular construction system: In the BAU-DNS flagship project, seven Fraunhofer institutes are developing innovative methods for the sustainable, modular and circular refurbishment of existing buildings, aimed at industry and small and medium-sized enterprises. They will be presenting recent findings and solutions at the BAU 2025 trade show in Munich from January 13 to 17.

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    As part of the EU project “Phabulous” (grant agreement no. 871810), Fraunhofer FEP and JOANNEUM RESEARCH collaborated to develop innovative micro-optical structures that can be applied to large areas of polymer films using roll-to-roll technology. These structures open up a wide range of possible applications for solar cells or decorative aspects. The Fraunhofer researchers have now also succeeded in developing a new type of bird protection film that is particularly effective thanks to its UV contrast and therefore hardly affects the aesthetics of glass façades. The results will be presented at the Micro-Optics Summit 2024, from December 2 – 3, 2024, in Amsterdam.

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  • Mission for the future of building – affordable.sustainable.safe / 2024

    Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP at BAU 2025

    Press release / November 29, 2024

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    Times remain challenging for the construction industry: the ongoing climate change with its extreme weather events, the growing scarcity of the resources needed to manufacture key building materials, as well as rising building costs, urgently call for new solutions. At the BAU 2025 trade fair, which is taking place in Munich from January 13 to 17, 2025, Fraunhofer IBP will be presenting innovative products and system solutions as part of a special exhibition titled “Mission for the future of building – affordable.sustainable.safe” at the Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance booth (Hall C2, Booth 528).

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    Based on an industry-oriented competence portfolio, the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden offers a broad spectrum of scalable research and development opportunities. Our mission is to apply our technological innovation potential for novel production processes and to harness it to meet society's need for resource conservation and climate neutrality. Considering the growing demand for climate-neutral building materials, new manufacturing processes are also being sought in the construction sector. The Fraunhofer FEP is conducting research into innovative electron beam-assisted processes for increased biogenic limestone synthesis using phototrophic microorganisms in order to support the decarbonization of the cement industry. In this way, the CO2 footprint of cement formulations can be further reduced in the future and fossil limestone can be gradually replaced as a primary resource. This research project will be presented at the BAU 2025 trade fair in Munich, from January 13 – 17, 2025, at the joint booth of Fraunhofer in hall C2, booth no. 528.

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  • Project start “Pic2Bridge” / 2024

    AI-optimized bridge planning and maintenance

    Press release  / November 15, 2024

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    As part of the Pic2Bridge research project, Fraunhofer IPM is working with the Institute of Concrete Structures at TU Dresden and fokus GmbH Leipzig to optimize the bridge planning and maintenance process. This is to be achieved with the help of an automated AI process that can create a 3D bridge model from just a few photos. The project work starts on November 12, 2024 with a virtual kick-off event.

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  • Construction materials for the future / 2024

    Sustainable and Versatile: Fraunhofer IBP Is Driving the Development of Climate-Friendly Construction Materials

    Press release / November 06, 2024

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    Cutting carbon emissions by more than two-thirds with consistently high quality: Specialists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP are working on future ways to manufacture the popular construction material with as little climate impact as possible. They will be showcasing their solutions at the BAU trade show in Munich from January 13 to 17, 2025.

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    Under the motto "Mission for the future of building affordable.sustainable.safe", from January 13 to 17, 2025, the Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance will be presenting innovations as part of its special exhibition at the BAU 2025 trade fair in three key areas of transformation in the construction industry: sustainability, productivity and resilience. The exhibits will be on display in and around a two-story Innovation Cube in Hall C2, Booth 528. The Innovation Cube is a symbolic building for demonstrating the latest smart solutions both for the building envelope and for the interior.

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    What does it look like, the building of tomorrow? How can the challenges associated with climate neutrality, resource availability, and affordability be overcome? At the BAU 2023 trade fair in Munich from April 17 to 22, the Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance (Hall C2, Booth 528) will be displaying promising concepts and innovative solutions from its various member institutes.

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