Center for Light and Environmentally-Friendly Structures - ZELUBA 2.0

From the “Center for Light and Environmentally-Friendly Structures ZELUBA®,” we are creating the “go-to place” for timber construction in academia and industry: ZELUBA 2.0.

Timber construction is a driver of innovation within the timber industry and the growth segment of the sector. The technical and infrastructural conditions at the Braunschweig location—Fraunhofer WKI, institutes at TU Braunschweig, and the “Timber Engineering” specialization—are ideally suited to create a unique selling point.

Pooling existing expertise and adopting a consistently collaborative approach offers the opportunity to establish a prominent timber construction hub in northern Germany. Embedded in the Technical University of Braunschweig’s “Ecoversity Strategy,” ZELUBA 2.0 provides the ideal conditions for a novel, vibrant Urban Transfer CoLab.

ZELUBA 2.0 is emerging as the leading interdisciplinary center of excellence for sustainable wood and wood-hybrid construction in Lower Saxony and beyond. As a joint innovation hub of the Technical University of Braunschweig and Fraunhofer WKI, it translates new materials, building products, fastening technologies, and reuse concepts into construction practice in a safe, cost-effective, and code-compliant manner.

• combines basic and applied research as well as industrial implementation with accredited testing, certification support, and consulting.
• creates an open, trusting, and cross-institutional space for research, development, testing, and continuing education.
• brings together scientific excellence and technical expertise, tailored to industrial needs.
• supports the transformation of construction toward resource-efficient, recyclable, and future-proof wood and wood-hybrid building solutions.

• Wooden Towers for Wind Turbines
• Wood-Steel Bonding and Wood-Concrete Composite Structures
• Durability and Long-Term Behavior
• Reuse of Building Components
• Use of Hardwoods
• New Products