The results are in. These are the winners of the DGNB Sustainability Challenge 2024. The company Kimm took first prize in the "Innovation" category with its Conclay clay stone. The cooperative company Hanffaser Geiseltal was named best start-up. The circularWOOD project from the Technical University of Munich and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts won in the "Research" category. The green façade system "Die wilde Klimawand" was successful twice: the project received the special "Biodiversity" prize, which was awarded for the first time, as well as the audience award. The award ceremony took place at the DGNB Sustainability Day on June 18 in Stuttgart.
Congratulations to all the winners and many thanks to our dedicated jury of experts!
All winners of the DGNB Sustainability Challenge 2024 at a glance:
- Innovation category:
Conclay; Kimm GmbH & Co. KG, Wabern-Udenborn - Start-up category:
Hanffaser Geiseltal eG, Mücheln (Geiseltal) - Research category:
circularWOOD; Chair of Architecture and Timber Construction, TU Munich; Competence Center Typology & Planning in Architecture, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - Special student prize:
"The effect of façade greening on the life cycle analysis of a residential district including thermal simulation"; Bernadette Lang-Eurisch, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design, TU Darmstadt - Special prize "Biodiversity" and audience award:
Die wilde Klimawand; Institute for Acoustics and Building Physics, University of Stuttgart; Institute of Landscape Planning and Ecology, University of Stuttgart; Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Stuttgart; HELIX Pflanzensysteme GmbH, Kornwestheim