Small House III Large-scale-demonstrator "indoor climate/recycled concrete/solid construction"

In cooperation of the Departments of Building Physics / Low-Energy Buildings, Construction Material Technology and Concrete Structures and Structural Design, the first building in Germany has been created in which only concrete with recycled aggregate was used. A total of 85 m³ of recycled concrete was used for the construction, the building has a floor space of approx. 50 m² and room heights of up to 5.75 m. In addition, a new type of composite thermal insulation system based on Multipor is used and tested for the first time under real conditions.

This large-scale demonstrator was built on the campus of the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in the Small House Village, where 2 other large-scale demonstrators for innovative building have already been erected.

The floor space and the large room height are required for the construction of a 2-zone climate chamber. This will be operated by the Department of Building Physics in order to investigate a wide range of building physics issues. These range from investigating the influence of different façade structures on the indoor climate to experimenting with indoor climate scenarios and their influence on the user.