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LIFE HYPOBRICK project was disseminated at the CEVISAMA 2023

The LIFE HYPOBRICK project was disseminated at the CEVISAMA 2023 International Trade Fair at the ITC-AICE stand, through a poster, merchandising (note books) and video. According to CEVISAMA organisers, 21,000 visitors were expected, and more than 73,000 attended. The ITC-AICE stand received numerous visitors, including the Director General of IVACE, Júlia Company, the Rector of the Universitat Jaume I and members of her government team, as well as various political groups and members of different business associations and institutions, in addition to professionals interested in the R&D&I projects on display, including LIFE HYPOBRICK as a model of sustainability towards the circular economy.
Also Javier Mira, head of the ITC-AICE’s Habitat Area, also presented the LIFE HYPOBRICK project at CEVISAMA 2023. In the parallel activities organised, he presented the conference “Ceramics and sustainability in construction” at the CEVISAMA BUILD Forum, citing this project as an example.
LIFE Hypobrick

LIFE HYPOBRICK project is disseminated at the Transfiere Forum

From 15 th February to 17 th February, several technological
innovations of the Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica (ITC-AICE)
and with the Network of Technological Institutes of de Valencian
Community (REDIT) in which ITC-AICE is integrated, are
presented at the European Forum for Science, Technology and
Innovation, Transfiere 2023 in Málaga, especially the LIFE
HYPOBRICK Project (Ref.: LIFE18 CCM/ES/001114).

This is one of the main European R&D&I meeting points for
sharing scientific and technological knowledge, promoting
innovation and connecting science and business.
At this multi-sectorial and professional forum, ITC-AICE is
contributing with various innovations including a sample of a
sustainable brick, made from waste and in which the firing stage
has been eliminated, using alkaline activation technology
instead, result of the work carried out in the LIFE HYPOBRICK
Project.

TRANSFIERE 2023 is an important event, as it is a crucial point for
establishing new contacts, networking, finding new partners,
establishing strategic alliances and synergies and publicising new
products, services and innovative projects. According to the
organisers, TRANSFIERE 2023 will bring together more than 500
companies, organisations and public administrations, more than
200 exhibitors, 420 national and international speakers and more
than 80 thematic panels.

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LIFE Hypobrick

9,000 sustainable building bricks avoid 80% of emissions into the atmosphere.

Constructed a wall of bricks made from waste and avoiding the firing stage in the framework of the LIFE HYPOBRICK project, financed by the European Commission through the LIFE Programme (ref. LIFE18 CCM/ES/001114).

The company Ladrillos Mora, a member of the project coordinated by the Institute of Ceramic Technology (ITC-AICE), uses around 9,000 sustainable bricks in this construction in Illescas (Toledo), with similar properties to traditional bricks and saving 80% of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.

28/12/2022.- The LIFE HYPOBRICK project, financed by the European Commission through the LIFE Programme (ref. LIFE18 CCM/ES/001114) has almost come to its end with the construction of a wall of sustainable bricks in line with the circular economy and climate action, as they have been obtained from waste and applying technologies that avoid the high energy consumption of industries such as the brick manufacturing, and also saving harmful emissions.

LIFE HYPOBRICK, which began in October 2019 and will end in March 2023, aims to eliminate the firing stage of the bricks manufacture, replacing it with alkaline activation technology, which uses a very low temperature and avoids 80% of emissions into the atmosphere. Specifically, these materials have been obtained from waste from the same sector and from other sectors, by means of the aforementioned alkaline activation and at a curing temperature of 80 ºC.

The LIFE HYPOBRICK bricks have been industrially manufactured in the company Ladrillos Mora, a member of the project, in Illescas (Toledo), using the prototype also developed within the framework of the project. This was in fact one of the most important objectives of LIFE HYPOBRICK, which has finally been achieved with a construction located in Illescas consisting of a wall whose bricks are about 250 mm long by 125 mm wide and 40 mm thick, using around 9,000 bricks manufactured industrially in the company itself.

Under the coordination of the Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica (ITC-AICE), the companies Ladrillos MORA, Recycling, Consulting & Services, S.L. (RCS), the German company Schlagmann Poroton GmbH & Co. KG (SCHLAGMANN) and the Technische Hochschule Nuernberg Georg Simon Ohm (THN) are participating in LIFE HYPOBRICK.

The main objective of the project has been from the beginning to demonstrate the feasibility of manufacturing waste-based building products (bricks and blocks) using an extremely low CO2 emission process, in order to accomplish with EU environmental and climate guidelines, reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial sector from 80% to 95% by 2050. The industries producing these products belong to the group of energy-intensive industries.

The procurement and construction of this wall, whose bricks have similar properties and performance as traditional bricks, demonstrates that it is possible to help industries such as brick-making to align with the objectives set by the European Commission as well as with the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations (SDGs). Specifically, LIFE HYPOBRICK is aligned with SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 13: Climate Action.

All information about LIFE HYPOBRICK: www.lifehypobrick.eu