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  • New JED building in Schlieren to be built with zirkulit

    New JED building in Schlieren to be built with zirkulit

    The new building on the JED site in Schlierem is being constructed by the developer Swiss Prime Site in accordance with the principles of sustainability. According to a media release, the concrete is circular. This first circular concrete was developed by Eberhard Unternehmungen. It is now produced by Zirkulit AG, which was founded in Kloten in 2021.

    Thanks to a special recipe, zirkulit surpasses all previously known types of concrete in terms of sustainability. For the first time, zirkulit concrete combines the conservation of resources with a minimal CO2 footprint and can be used throughout the entire house, the statement says. With the installation of 8300 cubic metres of zirkulit concrete in the new JED building, a total of more than 10,000 tonnes of primary resources were saved and 83 tonnes of CO2 were bound in the material, it continues. The use of the concrete reinforces the transformation to a circular economy.

    JED (Join.Explore.Dare) is the site of the former NZZ printing works. Swiss Prime Site has already converted existing buildings there, which are used by the anchor tenants Halter and Zühlke. The new building will add office and laboratory space on five floors with a rentable area of 14,000 square metres.

  • Circulit concrete will soon be available nationally

    Circulit concrete will soon be available nationally

    The ecological concrete called Zirkulit will be available throughout Switzerland in the coming months. The two companies Eberhard companies from Kloten and Kästli Bau from Rubigen have entered into a partnership for its production and distribution. Together they created a licensing system for the innovative building material and founded zirkulit AG based in Kloten. The two owners are the first two licensees.

    According to a media release by zirkulit AG, Zirkulit is characterized by "maximum circularity", a smaller CO2 footprint and the same static properties as primary concrete. The consumption of primary resources will be reduced to less than a third. In addition, the CO2 footprint will be reduced by a CO2 storage technology developed by zirkulit. As the first client, Swiss Prime Site Immobilien AG decided last autumn to use the JED area in Schlieren ZH circulit.

    "The building material has great potential for the construction industry," the managing director of zirkulit AG, Patrick Eberhard, is quoted as saying. He will "make an important contribution to the achievement of the ambitious environmental goals that we have set for ourselves as a society".

    Daniel Kästli, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kästli Bau AG, is also convinced that the national expansion of this building material is "an important milestone on the way to circular and thus sustainable building throughout Switzerland". The experience and knowledge of both companies would "contribute to the fact that Zirkulit Beton will establish itself throughout Switzerland as a future-oriented building material."