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The KIT-Department BGU takes a holistic approach to understanding, protecting, using, and sustainably shaping the environment as the basis of our lives in teaching, research, and innovations.
In this context, the geosciences and environmental sciences work closely together with the civil engineering sciences. Thus, the department makes an essential contribution to living in an attractive environment also in the future.
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The members of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Federal Ministry of Transport Studies have elected Peter Vortisch, Director of the Institute of Transport, as Chairman as of January 1, 2026. The task of the committee is to advise the Federal Minister of Transport on all matters relating to transport policy.
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Building with mushrooms to combat the climate crisis. The construction industry is responsible for around 40% of global CO₂ emissions - sustainable building materials are therefore key in the fight against the climate crisis. This is precisely where the new collaborative research center "MYCO BUILD" with the participation of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology comes in: Researchers are developing new types of mushroom-based building materials.
A central sub-project comes from the Institute of Concrete Structures and Building Materials (IMB) at KIT, where the focus is on the physical properties of the mushroom materials - including thermal, acoustic and fire protection. The aim is to understand the behavior of the materials under real conditions and to qualify them for use in construction practice in the long term.