First recycling project for old windows in Bremen
The modernisation of the "Wohlers Eichen" housing estate in Bremen shows how disused plastic windows can be recycled in an environmentally friendly way during energy-related renovations. The housing company Vonovia SE is currently having the buildings near the free ports of the Hanseatic city with 256 flats renovated in four construction phases. Among other things, the façades are being given additional thermal insulation and new, energy-saving plastic windows. The approximately [...]
Urban mining: 600 old PVC windows removed and recycled
In Würzburg, ten flat blocks with 144 flats and a floor area of around 15,000 square metres are currently being demolished. The buildings were erected between 1950 and 1956 and no longer met today's requirements for environmental protection and living ambience. A municipal housing company therefore decided to demolish and rebuild residential properties according to modern standards. As part of the measures [...]
Window replacement at Troisdorf Industrial Park - Old windows provide new raw material
Building 56 in the Troisdorf Industrial Park, also known as the "House of Technology", was the control centre of HT Troplast AG for many years. Today, the building houses the administration of profine GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of plastic window profiles. To make the building fit for the future, the more than 200 old windows are currently being replaced [...]
PVC recycling: record-breaking project in Franconia
At the end of October 2017, the starting signal was given for what is in some respects a record-breaking construction project. In Schweinfurt, a former settlement of the US armed forces, now owned by the city, is currently being demolished and replaced by a new development. By 2019, work on the 28-hectare site with 34 three-storey residential rows and 13 semi-detached houses is expected to [...]
New raw material from old windows: resource efficiency in energy refurbishment in Wülfrath
The extraction of raw materials has a long tradition in Wülfrath in the Bergisches Land. Situated in the middle of Europe's largest limestone mining area, limestone was already quarried and fired here in the Middle Ages. To this day, the raw material is supplied from Wülfrath to the construction and steel industries, among others. The quarrying of raw materials is perhaps not the first thing one thinks of in an energy [...]