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  • Holcim partners with Madaster

    Holcim partners with Madaster

    Holcim Switzerland wants to do more for the circular economy in the construction industry. In this context, the building materials company has entered into a partnership with Madaster , according to a press release .

    Madaster is working on so-called material passports for new and existing buildings. With these material passports, construction waste is given an identity and can be cataloged and reused as resources. The aim is to avoid waste and promote the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector.

    The Madaster platform can also be used during the design phase of buildings to compare different construction methods and material options. Manufacturers of building materials – such as Holcim – can compare and present their products with the product databases on Madaster. They can also trace their products to enable reuse if necessary. Madaster’s services are marketed in Switzerland by Madaster Services Switzerland AG, based in Zurich.

    Holcim Switzerland has set itself the goal of producing only climate-neutral and fully recyclable building materials by 2050. The new partnership should now help to achieve this goal. “By using Madaster when planning buildings, the right decisions for recyclable and resource-saving materials can already be made today,” says Christophe Berset, Team Lead New Solutions at Holcim Switzerland, in the press release. “The more transparency there is at the product level, the more future-proof buildings can be planned, built and dismantled, and materials and products can be used in further phases of use,” he adds.

  • Madaster wins Integral Baumanagement as a partner

    Madaster wins Integral Baumanagement as a partner

    Madaster wants to strengthen the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector. To this end, it offers digital tools on its platform, such as material passports and indices for recording the economic and circular value of buildings. In addition, companies that are committed to the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector are networked. With Integral Baumanagement AG , the Swiss register for materials has now gained another comrade-in-arms, Madaster Switzerland informs in a statement . The company based in Olten provides overall services in the planning and realization of buildings for builders and real estate owners.

    With the decision to make Integral Baumanagement AG fit for Madaster, “we are investing in a better future and thus making a significant contribution to achieving climate neutrality in construction,” Mauro Giorgini is quoted in the statement. The managing director of Integral Baumanagement AG relies on Madaster to catalog the materials used in the building and to determine their value, suitability for reuse and their impact on the environment. “In this way, we can lay the foundation for a sustainable future and optimal market positioning of your property with our customers.”

    Madaster’s building records record data about the materials used in a building. “We live in a closed system and resources are finite,” explains Marloes Fischer in the statement. For the managing director of Madaster Services Schweiz AG, individual buildings as well as entire areas and cities should be used as “gold mines for material”. “If we write down what’s there now, we’ll make building the future easier.”

  • Zurich relies on Madaster

    Zurich relies on Madaster

    The real estate division of Zurich Insurance Group’s investment management is testing Madaster’s material passport in a housing project in Holland, Madaster Switzerland informs in a statement . All materials used in the building are recorded in the Madaster material pass. In this way future recycling of the material is made possible. Zurich wants to use the building ID card for future decisions about the development of its own real estate portfolio.

    “Through the data transparency of a material passport, we want to learn more about the impact of a building on people and the environment,” Roger Baumann, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Global Real Estate Product Development at Zurich, is quoted in the statement. “We hope to be able to identify new decision-making scope for a significant decarbonization of our real estate portfolio.”

    Madaster wants to strengthen the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector. To this end, it offers digital tools on its platform, such as material passports and indices for recording the economic and circular value of buildings. In addition, companies that are committed to the circular economy in the construction and real estate sector are networked. “We want to show that buildings are dynamic systems whose value retention can be realized through data transparency,” explains Marloes Fischer, Managing Director of Madaster Services Switzerland.

  • Wincasa is a new partner of Madaster

    Wincasa is a new partner of Madaster

    Real estate service provider Wincasa has entered into a partnership with Madaster . According to a press release , Wincasa intends to facilitate the efficient use of materials throughout the life cycle of a property. Wincasa uses the Madaster material pass for this. It gives insight into the materials, components, products and quantities that were used to create a building. It also includes information about the quality of the materials, their locations, and their financial and circular value.

    “The exact knowledge of the built-in materials is an integral part of the holistic view of a property”, Beatrice Landolt, Head Construction & Facility Management at Wincasa AG, is quoted as saying. “On the basis of this data, we will in future be able to evaluate the circularity of the properties we manage and map this in a corresponding index.”

    As stated in the announcement, a detailed material pass for an existing building is being created for the first time in Switzerland in the Müllerstrasse 12 renovation project in Zurich. Wincasa is supporting this Swiss Prime Site Immobilien AG project with its client trust department. In this way, if one property is demolished, materials can be used specifically in another property, says Landolt. “This possibility means a new dimension of circularity in the real estate industry and closes the cycle in Cradle to Cradle construction projects.”

  • Madaster realizes circular building

    Madaster realizes circular building

    BIM Facility , GS1 and ZPF Ingenieure are the first three partners to sign an agreement with Madaster, the Swiss cadastre for materials in the built environment. "Your expertise and our platform make material data usable over the entire life cycle of buildings", managing director Marloes Fischer is quoted in a press release. "Together we can implement circular building."

    BIM Facility wants to contribute to this with its modeling of building data. The Zurich-based company uses drones to create digital twins of buildings. The digital twin can be transferred directly to Madaster and a material pass can be issued.

    Together with Madaster users, the non-profit organization GS1 wants to develop and implement solutions for the availability of reliable and precise data over the entire life cycle of a building, explains Uwe Rüdel, Sector Manager Technical Industries at GS1 Switzerland.

    ZPF engineers from Zurich support builders and property owners in carrying out circular construction planning. They also analyze existing buildings on the basis of a material pass. According to executive board member Jaqueline Pauli, this should save raw materials.

    Madaster's platform offers digital tools such as material passports and indexes on the economic and circular value of buildings. "Our job is to make materials available forever by giving them an identity on our platform," says Madaster's website. “If materials have an identity, they become a resource for reuse.” Every building is understood as a raw material store with a certain value.