1st CIRKLA SUMMER SCHOOL – LUXEMBURG 2025

“Sustainable Construction:
Materials, Circularity, and Innovation”

The event is part of the Interreg-UniGR-CIRKLA project, funded by the Interreg Grande Région 2021-2027 program.

The Summer School took place from Monday, September 1st to Friday, September 5th, 2025 at the University of Luxembourg – Kirchberg Campus (Luxembourg City).

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Workshops and Contents

Sustainability and Circular Economy – Agustina Guitar (Universität des Saarlandes)
Sustainable Construction – Samira Bouzid, Felix Even (Luxinnovation)
Dismantling of the Ensdorf Power Plant – Klaus Blug (VSE AG Saarbrücken)
Green Steel – Daniel Rupp (Aktien-Gesellschaft der Dillinger Hüttenwerke)
Use and practice for recycling aggregate concrete – Luc Courard (University of Liège)
Circular business models across industries: challenges and success factors – Joern Block (Universität Trier)
Valorisation of waste and by-product in cement and concrete – Cecile Deliberto, Romain Trauchessec (University of Lorraine)
Hands-on workshop with Case Study

Industry visits:

ArcelorMittal – production in Belval and presentation about the circularity of steel structures
Cimalux – cement production

Organisation:

Markus Schäfer – University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Monica Louie – University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Agustina Guitar – Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Flavio Soldera – Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Paulina Urueta – Universität des Saarlandes, Germany

IMPORTANT!
The participation is free of charge.
The event will take place in English.
In case of further inquiries please contact: office@eusmat.net