Saxony wants to make industrial history. With the C-Factory, the world's first carbon concrete plant for CO2-storing components is to be built in Leipzig, the institutions involved have announced. The project has now been launched in the so-called CUBE at Dresden University of Technology - a building made of carbon concrete. It is being funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics with around 14 million euros and will run until the end of 2029. The Leipzig-based company Kahnt & Tietze GmbH is directing the project.
"The production, construction, modernization and operation of residential and non-residential buildings is responsible for 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. Carbon concrete enables significantly slimmer, lighter and more durable components than traditional reinforced concrete construction," the company announced. As carbon does not corrode and the concrete cover can therefore be significantly reduced, the quantities of cement, gravel and sand required would decrease considerably. In total, up to 80 percent of resources could already be saved today.
