Day 3 of the BLADES2BUILD and CIRCULess Summer School! 🔔 Day 3 marks the close of the BLADES2BUILD & CIRCULess Summer School! 💡 We explored: ♻️ Recycling, repurposing & reuse of wind turbine blades 🔄 Upcycling mineral & timber-based waste from construction & manufacturing process industries 🤝 Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a sustainable & circular…
Day 2 of the BLADES2BUILD and CIRCULess Summer School! 💡 Day 2 of the BLADES2BUILD & CIRCULess Summer School wrapped up successfully! Today’s agenda featured: 📍 Inspiring mentor presentations outlining the projects’ objectives and expected outcomes. 📍 Participant spotlight sessions where attendees shared their research interests and motivation for joining the Summer School. 📍…
Kicking off the BLADES2BUILD and CIRCULess Summer School! 👉 We opened the program with an introduction by Nataliya Lushnikova / Eindhoven University of Technology to our objectives, shared general guidelines, and set the stage for an intensive and inspiring learning journey ahead. Participants will dive into hands-on projects, expert-led sessions, and collaborative challenges designed to turn…
BLADES2BUILD in the joint Special Session at the 4th ICSBM! 📣 BLADES2BUILD was presented at the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials, organized and hosted by the Eindhoven University of Technology from 10 to 13 August 2025! 📌 BLADES2BUILD, together with the CIRCULess project, organised a Special Session inside the conference. 💡 Our partners…
BLADES2BUILD & CIRCULess Joint Conference Session! 🚀 BLADES2BUILD and CIRCULess are reconnecting once again! 👉 We’re proud to announce a special joint session as part of the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Building Materials, Eindhoven (ICSBM2025), taking place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 💡 This session will spotlight innovative approaches to sustainability, focusing on the reuse…
Project Milestone from BLADES2BUILD, our first demonstrator! 🔔 Project Milestone from BLADES2BUILD! Our first demonstrator! ♻️ First-of-its-kind reuse of wind turbine blade fibers in structural concrete in Europe from our partners Holcim and Endesa! ✅ 🔔 We’re proud to share a major achievement from the BLADES2BUILD project: the successful reuse of recycled…
BLADES2BUILD Second demonstrator! 🔔 BLADES2BUILD successfully advances with its second demonstrator! ✅ 👏 The BLADES2BUILD project has completed its second demonstrator, in which Wind Turbine Blade Waste concrete was used to build a full-scale floor slab. This milestone, carried out by Holcim and ACCIONA on June 18th, involved placing over 20 m³ of a more sustainable and circular concrete, developed with Holcim’s ECOCycle® approach. This concrete contains more than…
BLADES2BUILD in the collaborative session organized by ARUP: “Exploring opportunities for concrete in urban mining”! 🌍 Reflecting back to the BLADES2BUILD participation in a collaborative session organized by ARUP 🏗️ 👉 On June 11th, the BLADES2BUILD project was proud to be presented by our partner ACCIONA during a collaborative session organized by ARUP: “Exploring opportunities for…
BLADES2BUILD & CIRCULess Summer School “Developing Circular Construction Materials” Get ready for an unforgettable summer of learning! Mark your calendars! We are excited to announce the joint BLADES2BUILD & CIRCULess projects Summer School on “Development of Circular Construction Materials” – where innovation meets sustainability! This summer, we’re bringing together brilliant minds, cutting-edge research, and…
Construction Begins on the BLADES2BUILD Demonstration Plant! We’re excited to announce a major step forward in the BLADES2BUILD project: the construction of our demonstration plant has officially started! A big thank you to PreZero for leading the construction works and helping to bring this vision to life! The BLADES2BUILD demonstration plant marks a pivotal moment…