The Insti­tut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU) is pleased to announce the addi­tion of 14 new cor­po­rate mem­bers in the sec­ond quar­ter of 2024. From April to June, pres­ti­gious com­pa­nies from Switzer­land, Ger­many, Greece, Italy, Den­mark and Aus­tralia have joined the IBU to sup­port the com­mon mis­sion for sus­tain­able con­struc­tion and active­ly par­tic­i­pate in the association’s activities.

With these new addi­tions, the IBU’s mem­ber­ship has grown from 316 com­pa­nies in the first quar­ter to 330 com­pa­nies in the sec­ond quar­ter, an increase of over 4% per­cent. “We are thrilled with the pos­i­tive response and the ever-grow­ing inter­est in our asso­ci­a­tion,” says Ani­ta Kiet­z­mann, Head of Pub­lic Relations/PR and Mem­ber Ser­vices at the IBU. “These new cor­po­rate mem­bers bring valu­able resources in the form of EPD data that will help to achieve the require­ments in the field of sus­tain­able con­struc­tion even bet­ter,” Kiet­z­mann continues.

The new cor­po­rate mem­bers are:

  • Truf­fer AG (Switzer­land) — Spe­cial­ized in nat­ur­al stone quar­ry­ing and pro­cess­ing, known for high-qual­i­ty stone products.
  • Branth-Chemie A.V. Branth KG (Ger­many) — Lead­ing in the devel­op­ment and pro­duc­tion of spe­cial paints and cor­ro­sion pro­tec­tion agents.
  • Ves­taxx GmbH (Ger­many) — Provider of inno­v­a­tive tech­nolo­gies and solu­tions in the field of indus­tri­al automation.
  • GLASSLINE GmbH (Ger­many) — Man­u­fac­tur­er of glass solu­tions for archi­tec­ture and construction.
  • Ineco GmbH (Ger­many) — Spe­cial­ist for envi­ron­men­tal tech­nolo­gies and sus­tain­able ener­gy projects.
  • SPAX Inter­na­tion­al GmbH & Co. KG (Ger­many) — Known world­wide for high-qual­i­ty fas­ten­ers and screws.
  • ELVALHALCOR S.A. / Hel­lenic Cop­per and Alu­minum Indus­try SA (Greece) — Lead­ing sup­pli­er of alu­minum and cop­per prod­ucts for var­i­ous industries.
  • DALMINE S.P.A (Italy) — Man­u­fac­tur­er of steel pipes and prod­ucts for the ener­gy and con­struc­tion industries.
  • TECE GmbH (Ger­many) — Inno­va­tor in the field of san­i­tary instal­la­tions and heat­ing technology.
  • GOLDBECK GmbH (Ger­many) — Offers inte­grat­ed solu­tions for the con­struc­tion of com­mer­cial real estate and infra­struc­ture projects.
  • Stark Group A/S (Den­mark) — One of the largest sup­pli­ers of build­ing mate­ri­als in North­ern Europe.
  • Arca­dia (Aus­tralia) — Spe­cial­izes in sus­tain­able archi­tec­ture and design solutions.
  • DeFries (Aus­tralia) — Man­u­fac­tur­er of med­ical devices and sup­ply solutions.
  • Ischebeck GmbH (Ger­many) — Known for its advanced con­struc­tion and anchor­ing technologies.

The new mem­bers share a com­mit­ment to sus­tain­abil­i­ty and envi­ron­men­tal pro­tec­tion in con­struc­tion. EPDs pro­vide trans­par­ent and ver­i­fied infor­ma­tion on the envi­ron­men­tal impact of build­ing prod­ucts through­out their life cycle. This infor­ma­tion is cru­cial for pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able build­ing prac­tices and help­ing to make informed deci­sions in the con­text of sustainability.

Through their mem­ber­ship of the IBU, these com­pa­nies now have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to ben­e­fit from the com­pre­hen­sive exper­tise in the cre­ation of EPDs and at the same time strength­en their own sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals. Prepar­ing EPDs is an impor­tant step for the new mem­bers to cre­ate trans­paren­cy and min­i­mize their envi­ron­men­tal impact.

The IBU invites all inter­est­ed com­pa­nies to join and become part of a dynam­ic and engaged com­mu­ni­ty in the IBU. More infor­ma­tion about the asso­ci­a­tion and how to become a mem­ber can be found on the web­site under Asso­ci­a­tion in the Mem­ber­ship sec­tion at www.ibu-epd.com.