CircuClarity Two

Beyond Progress: from practice to impact

20. + 21.10.26 at glasstec, Düsseldorf

Across many areas of the glass and facade industry, approaches are currently emerging that combine environmental responsibility with technological innovation. Some solutions can be transferred quickly, while others require a fundamental rethinking of entire value chains to ensure their long-term impact.

Topics & Programme

CircuClarity Two is dedicated to this transition: how can promising ideas be translated from pilot projects into robust, scalable standards? Which processes, materials, and partnerships are ready to take the next step—and which require new frameworks in order to fully realise their potential?

The focus is on projects and practical experience with proven viability that are now facing the challenge of achieving impact at scale. Complementing this, scientific insights will be presented to help make complex systems more transparent, efficient, and circular.

CircuClarity brings together professionals from manufacturing, processing, engineering, architecture and research. The initiative continues to evolve, creating spaces in which knowledge is shared, perspectives are connected, and joint strategies for a circular future of the industry are developed.

Detailed programme

The programme will be available in our event database from August 2026 and will be updated on an ongoing basis.

Dr. Lisa Rammig + Dr.-Ing. Linda Hildebrand

Image: Marcel Bilow

Moderation

Dr. Lisa Rammig, Director, Eckersley O'Callaghan, USA
Dr. Linda Hildebrand, Director Office for Circularity in the Built Environment

AT A GLANCE

Duration:
20 October 2026: 10:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
21 October 2026: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location:
Stage 3 – glass technology live
Hall 11

Price for visitors:
Free – included in the ticket price

Your contribution to CircuClarity Two

We are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the upcoming CircuClarity Two conference, which will focus on the balance between innovation and environmental impact in the glass and façade industry.

Call for Abstracts CircuClarity Two

CircuClarity Award 2026

To honour innovative contributions to the circular economy in the glass and facade industry, we will be presenting the CircuClarity Award for the second time at glasstec 2026. The award is aimed at representatives from industry and science and will recognise student contributions in particular. Find out at the event which pioneering projects will win the award and be inspired by the best ideas from the industry. Visit the award ceremony and discover how the circular economy will shape the future of the glass and facade industry.

Submit your Contribution

The entries can be submitted in the following categories:

Reuse

Reuse is about bringing new life and purpose to existing materials with the aim of avoiding end of life and adding value to these materials. Used products and materials thereby become part of a new functionality. Documentation must include the process from harvesting the secondary material through testing and reprocessing. Please outline the environmental benefits as well as the technical performance. This category allows for conceptual proposals as well as built examples.

Remanufacture

Remanufacture describes the process by which existing products or materials are reworked so that they can be returned used again. This approach conserves resources, extends the service life of components, and significantly reduces environmental impact.

Recycling

Products with significant post-consumer recycled content where the functionality or/and visual quality is comparable to new products. The documentation must include the entire process from harvesting the secondary material, through testing and reprocessing, as well as an outline of additional quality control requirements and potential constraints. Please outline the environmental benefits as well as the technical performance. This category is open to contributions that are fully commercially vetted but also prototype proposals.

Climate Neutrality

Climate neutrality can be achieved in different ways and relevant entries could include climate neutrality both for products or for manufacturing/fabrication locations or even office space. Switching to renewable energy or significantly reducing energy usage by changing manufacturing processes and business operation could be examples for climate neutrality. It could also be a step to significantly cutting energy and emissions. Please document the means to achieve climate neutrality and the environmental impact as well as technical implications.

Smart Process

We invite contributions that demonstrate the use of digital technologies to increase resource efficiency or contribute to circularity. This can be in the context of identifying the location of secondary resources and tracking material through a recovery process, in the fabrication process or in information management systems. Please document the principle and describe the environmental benefits of the process. If a product (i.e. tracking system, database etc.) is available please provide a sample.

Participants

The award is open to contributions by representatives from the glass and facade industry, engineers, architects as well as academics. Student entries will be recognised in a special category and the winner of the student award will receive young talent prize money of EUR 1,500.

Process and timeline

Deadline submission: 18 September 2026, 6.00 pm
Jury meeting: 21 - 25 September 2026
The award ceremony will take place on 21 October 2026 in the afternoon in Hall 11 on Stage 3.

Awards & jury

Awards

Reuse
Remanufacture
Recycling
Climate Neutrality
Smart Process
Student Prize

Jury

Prof. Ulrich Knaack (TU Darmstadt)
Prof. Martien Teich (Hochschule München)
Dr. Miriam Schuster (TU Darmstadt)
Prof. Mauro Overend (TU Delft)
Prof. Michael Engelmann (TU Dresden)
Jean-Paul Hautekeer (Dow Chemical Company)
Dr. Lisa Rammig (Eckersley O'Callaghan)
Dr. Linda Hildebrand (Director Office for Circularity in the Built Environment)