March 11, 2025

Urban Mining of the Patrick-Henry-Village: Heidelberg's Vision for a Circular Economy in Construction, M. Heinrich, EPEA

10 minutes

What it needs to reuse components and materials of old buildings

The construction industry consumes the most new resources. At the same time, they have access to an enormous reservoir of materials: old buildings. But how can these urban mines be tapped?

In his presentation, Matthias Heinrich uses the example of the Patrick Henry Village in Heidelberg to explain what is needed to reuse old buildings. You can find his presentation with illustrations on the episode's website.

This episode is part of the series about the CIRCULAZE Summit from November 2024.

People

Matthias A. Heinrich, Team Lead, EPEA

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthias-a-heinrich/

Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/

Presentation Slides

Please find the presented slides here https://circularity.fm/urban-mining-of-the-patrick-henry-village-heidelbergs-vision-for-a-circular-economy-in-construction-by-matthias-heinrich-epea/

About

As a partner for safe, environmentally friendly and circular industrial products, buildings and urban neighbourhoods, EPEA develops solutions for the circular economy. To this end, EPEA applies the Cradle to Cradle® design concept, which the company helped to develop: Sustainable living spaces require circular buildings and products made from materials and chemicals that are harmless to both people and the environment.

Further Links

https://www.epea.com/en

https://www.heidelberg.de/Konversion/Startseite+Konversion/Patrick+Henry+Village.html (in German)

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