Extract from the Hering presentation at the Ulmer Betontage, November 2014
Buildings account for the lion's share of the demand for resources. They are generally constructed in a way that neither lends itself to recycling nor is maintenance-friendly. They tie up around half of all mineral resources, consume about 40% of all energy and produce almost just as many emissions.
Textile-reinforced concrete is a facade material with a very small ecological footprint that meets the goal of making ecological amends. In addition, textile-reinforced concrete can introduce a high level of design professionalism and create fascinating statements that paint a powerful picture in the urban landscape. The presentation sheds lights on the betoShell® facade as an amalgamation of the intelligent material concept of "textile-reinforced concrete", in whose development Hering engineers played a decisive role, with many decades of experience in design-focused concrete facade construction at Hering.
betoShell® expands "architectural concrete" as a sustainable and architecturally prized, innovative state-of-the-art composite material which is individually produced for specific projects for the building shell, for example for ceilings, floors, right through to complementary design features or furniture, in sustainable architectural projects where a special level of design quality is required.
Patrick Beul for Hering Bau GmbH & Co. KG
