Green adhesives for modern building elements

The adhesive manufacturer Jowat sees a great potential to improve the sustainability and energy efficiency of the housing stock with modern building elements for renovation—coupled with the use of modern adhesives. The hypothesis: The climate objectives will remain out of reach if we do not use innovative adhesive technologies.
The current public debate in Germany surrounding the building energy act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz) and its focus on future-oriented heating technologies certainly has some merit. However, they represent only a single jigsaw puzzle piece to climate protection and an affordable, crisis-proof energy supply. Several major climate studies, including a long-term scenario of the German federal government, show that CO2 neutrality cannot be achieved without significantly improving the energy efficiency of buil-
dings. Because renewable energy will remain in limited supply for the foreseeable future. We have to optimize consumption to maintain prices at an affordable level and protect the energy network. To be successful, a strategy must also actively promote measures to increase the energy efficiency of buildings and press forward with feasible efforts to double the renovation rate by 2030 as called for by the European Commission. Only this way can be ensured that the technology used in buildings is supported in its purpose by the building envelope.