Kaufland’s premier store for sustainability
LOCATION
TUTTLINGEN, GERMANY
CLIENT
SCHWARZ GROUP(europe’s largest retailer)
Designer
N/A
PRODUCT
K-BRIQ
cyan
APPLICATION
INTERIOR - FEATURE WALLS
WASTE REPURPOSED
5.25 TONNES
CARBON SAVED
1.1 TONNES Co2e
Contractor
GEORGE SCHWARZ GMBH
‘Tuttlingen is a very special location for us. Here we are testing and learning how construction and materials prove themselves in practice. In this way, we gain important knowledge and experience that we can use for future projects.
Increasing the use of recycled building materials is crucial in our efforts to standardize our construction practices, and the pioneering work we are currently undertaking in this field is fundamental to this.’
Robert Pfizenmayer, Real Estate Development Kaufland Süd
The Gullane Cyan K-BRIQ® brings a vibrant back-drop together with durability and low carbon credentials to the staff room area of a 3,700 square metre Kaufland hypermarket store in Tuttlingen, Southern Germany. Kaufland is one of the largest hypermarket chains in Europe - with 771 stores in Germany alone - with revenues of more than €21 billion. It is part of the Schwarz Group, Europe’s largest retailer, which also owns the Lidl chain.
Kenoteq responded to an Open Innovation Challenge promoted by the group in 2022 focused on "Sustainable and Alternative Construction Materials" and the business unit responsible for real estate object planning and construction were keen to trial sustainable buildling materials, including the low carbon circular K-Briq, to improve the eco-balance footprint of their real estate portfolio.
The innovative K-Briq product made from 90% recycled construction and demolition waste - together with its low carbon no-firing production process - were pitched by the Kenoteq team to the Schwarz Group, with the K-Briq product chosen to be part of Kaufland’s new-build hypermarket store interior in Tuttlingen which opened in October 2024, a store which is exemplifies Kaufland’s sustainability strategy in construction.
Recycled building materials primarily reduce grey energy i.e. the energy required for the production of materials, and thus save CO2. "Tuttlingen is a very special location for us. Here we can test and learn how construction and materials prove themselves in practice. In this way, we gain important knowledge and experience that we can use for future projects," says Robert Pfizenmayer, Real Estate Development Kaufland Süd. “Increasing the use of recycled building materials is crucial in our efforts to standardize our construction practices, and the pioneering work we are currently undertaking in this field is fundamental to this.”
The K-BRIQ was one of seven different recycled materials – from demolition material, construction waste and renewable raw materials – to be used during the one-and-a-half year construction period for walls, façade parts, insulation and roof waterproofing.
A key benefit of the K-Briq is its resource efficiency, using more than 95% of waste materials in its contents and having no wastage of materials during its production process. Building on these environmentally friendly credentials, strong workmanship in the build process can ensure further resource efficiency - thanks to the accurate workmanship of the contractor on this project, George Schwarz GmbH, there was no waste created within the building of the wall reducing the need for over-ordering of materials.
Source: Kaufland
