Entries by dirk.weinrich

Klimafestival 2025 and cellulose aerogel from straw

Last week, Eduard, Marc and Dirk presented aerogel-it at the Heinze Klimafestival 2025, a fair for sustainable construction in Berlin. It has been the third time for the aerogel-it team to attend this fair. As in the previous years, the fair was truly excellent with lots of interesting exhibits and visitors. Bio-based products such as […]

va-Q-tec and aerogel-it sign Memorandum of Understanding

In September, Marc and Dirk travelled to Würzburg for a very special occasion – to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Tobias Bock and Nicola Brzoska-Steinhaus of va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH. In their strategic collaboration, aerogel-it and va-Q-tec will develop new VIP solutions based on next-generation aerogel materials. Both parties see a lot of potential […]

AEROLIGNOCEL Project and M6 Meeting

In April 2025, the aerogel-it team started the public funded project AEROLIGNOCEL together with our partners Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Kahnt & Tietze GmbH and va-Q-tec Thermal Solutions GmbH. AEROLIGNOCEL is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Last week the partners came together TUHH to discuss results and further directions […]

Conclusion of BIOVIPWALL project

Recently, the aerogel-it team concluded the BIOVIPWALL open call project within the iClimabuilt project, funded by EC Horizon Europe were they investigated ultra-thin prefab concrete sandwich elements with bioaerogel VIP insulation! The background Prefab sandwich wall elements are interesting for both new construction as well as for serial renovation of existing buildings as they can […]

aerogel-it celebrates 4 years

Last week, the aerogel-it team came together in Hamburg to celebrate the company anniversary – already 4 years! In addition to an excellent dinner at Küchenfreunde, Nikias Thörner of BYNIK organized a photoshooting with SOS and YAROSLAVA for us. It was high time to update those team photos, since we have gotten noticeably older since […]

Technology Briefing on Aerogels from Springwise

If you are interested in aerogels, their applications, challenges and opportunities do check out a new technology briefing on aerogels by Springwise! It gives a great overview of the state of things. You can find the briefing at Springwise here. The article includes testimonials from fellow aerogel experts:Fabian Eisenreich of Eindhoven University of TechnologyErnesto Scoppola […]