Institute for Textile Technology of RWTH Aachen University
Scientists from the Institute of Textile Technology (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University were honored with two JEC Awards at the JEC World 2025 in Paris.
The prize in the ‘Building and Civil Engineering’ category was awarded for the development of Carbon Fibre Stone (CFS). Environ-mentally friendly CFS can save up to 40 % CO2 in the construction of house walls. CFS is an innovative material that combines stone and bio-based fibers. It serves as an environmentally friendly replace-ment for CO2-intensive concrete in house walls. Each square meter of a CFS wall binds 59 kg of CO2, while conventional cement walls release 98 kg of CO2.
The ITA won the second JEC award in the “Sports, Leisure & Recreation” category.
The Honey Roots technology is a sustainable surfboard construction realized through a 3D laminate that improves the mechanics and eliminates the need for consumables for the infusion process. The choice of materials is consistently bio-based or recycled to minimize the carbon footprint.
Many thanks to our project partners Techno Carbon Technologies GbR and Kanoa Surfboards.
PhD student and project leader Lars Wollert summarizes: “These awards are a recognition of our research activities and show what the ITA stands for:
- The development of innovative products and processes to-gether with a great network of industrial partners
- Openness for versatile application areas in which fibers of all kinds bring advantages
- Research in the context of sustainability.”
Source: ITA
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