What is KIBECO®?
The construction industry is changing - and we are helping to shape this change. KIBECO is the driver for circular building materials at KIBAG and stands for innovative solutions. We develop and promote materials that reduce emissions, conserve resources and make the construction industry fit for the future.
KIBECO is more than just sustainability - we are a platform for innovation. Together with start-ups, research partners and the industry, we put new building material technologies into practice. Our goal? Building in cycles, finding ways to reduce CO₂ and using alternative products.
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Innovations that change construction
KIBECO is a platform for innovations that change the construction industry. We offer visionary start-ups and young companies the opportunity to further develop and realize their circular and resource-saving ideas for the construction industry. This allows synergies to be exploited that enable KIBAG to play a more active role in promoting the circular economy. The focus here is on reducing CO2 emissions and on regenerative construction.
Are you a young entrepreneur with an innovative idea for sustainable construction? Would you like to shape the construction of tomorrow together with us? Then get in touch with us.
Our Partners
Neustark is a spin-off of ETH Zurich founded in 2019 by young entrepreneurs. The company has developed an efficient solution that permanently and irreversibly stores CO2 in recycled concrete through carbonation. In cooperation with neustark, we commissioned our first mobile carbonation plant in the summer of 2022.
Oxara was founded in 2019 as an ETH spin-off. Oxara means "assembly and community" in Togolese. The company is convinced that a more sustainable construction industry offers great opportunities to create new value for the environment and society. Thanks to our collaboration, Cleancrete© was launched in 2022.
The ETH spin-off FenX specialises in transforming mineral waste into sustainable insulation solutions. The characteristics of mineral particles are utilised in such a way that highly porous material with strong insulating properties can be produced. The result: an insulating material that is insulating, sustainable, inexpensive to produce and non-combustible.
Tinamu Labs is an ETH spin-off that specialises in the automation of drone-based recordings in outdoor areas (e.g. storage areas) and indoor spaces (e.g. depot halls). In the process, information is transmitted to users in real time and processes are significantly simplified. Tinamu drones are regularly on the move at our recycling site in Regensdorf.
CombiFuel SWISS AG offers a new technology in the field of propulsion systems and emission reduction. In 2022, together with KIBAG, a 5-axle truck mixer with a conventional diesel engine was equipped with lower-emission liquefied petroleum gas and hydrogen-based engine operation. This makes it the first in the world to feature the CombiFuelSystem.
More than circular economy
Climate Week Zurich
As part of Climate Week Zurich, we welcomed numerous visitors to KIBAG RE in Regensdorf and introduced them to the CO₂ storage facility developed by neustark.
On site, we demonstrated how biogenic CO₂ is permanently bound in mineral demolition materials. The treated material is then returned to the building materials cycle and used in recycled concrete.
Latest references
Infrastructure for the Future
Charge up. Conserve resources.
In Schaffhausen Herblingen, right next to the FC Schaffhausen stadium, a Fastned fast-charging station for electric cars and trucks is being built. The cement-free KIBECO Leancrete MIGROX is being used for this project.
Terrazzo flooring made from filter cake
A multi-family house is currently being built in Thalwil, Zurich, using KIBECO Cleancrete Nossim. The cement-free cast clay was pumped into place in mid-February.
Fohrbach swimming pool
Work is currently being carried out on the Fohrbach swimming pool project in Zollikon using cement-free KIBECO Cleancrete Oulesse. In collaboration with Spleiss AG and Betonpumpen AG, the easily compactable cement-free concrete is being pumped over 100 meters and then used as fill concrete in the swimming pool.
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