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CARE Building
the Future

Sustainable, Innovative and Future-orientated Constructions

How we build today will shape the world of tomorrow – ecologically, economically, and socially. Conventional concrete and cement account for around 80 percent of building materials worldwide – and are responsible for more than eight percent of global CO₂ emissions.

To address these challenges, scientists at TU Dresden and RWTH Aachen University are working together in the Cluster of Excellence CARE. Their research focuses on climate-friendly building materials, new construction principles, and advanced manufacturing technologies – always with digital innovation and sustainable framework conditions in mind.

Five specialized research areas are working on a common vision: The building of the future should be designed to be durable, efficient and responsible - with scalable, affordable and climate-resilient solutions for worldwide application.

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CARE Pre-Kick-Off-Meeting: Setting the Course for Sustainable Construction

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Five Clusters of Excellence for the TUD

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CARE is now on LinkedIn

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Dresden Science Night 2025

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CARE approved – green light for a climate-friendly future in construction

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Stronger together

CARE – Climate-Neutral and Resource-Efficient Building stands for a shared vision: shaping the construction world of tomorrow in a sustainable and future-oriented way. To achieve this, researchers from TU Dresden and RWTH Aachen University, led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor Mechtcherine and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Claßen, combine top-level expertise from diverse disciplines.

This interdisciplinary approach enables them to challenge existing boundaries in construction, open up new pathways, and drive innovation. The result: solutions that make the building processes more ecological, efficient, and resilient – and that provide key contributions to tackling today’s global challenges.

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Focus on Research

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How can we make construction more sustainable?

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Still image from the video: Martin Claßen stands in front of a 3D-printed, modularly assembled load-bearing structure.
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How does innovation succeed in the construc­tion industry?

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Still image from the linked video: Two robotic arms manufacturing components — one arm is printing concrete, while the other is placing reinforcement elements.
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Digitally controlled manufactur­ing technolo­gies

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