InfraTech Innovation Award

Klimastein by Godelmann Wins the 2024 Innovation Award

At the InfraTech infrastructure trade fair, NRW State Secretary for the Environment, Viktor Haase, awarded the Innovation Award to the groundbreaking concrete paving stone developed by Godelmann, a company based near Nuremberg. The Klimastein is a world first: it can store water and release it during periods of heat, helping to lower ambient temperatures in urban areas. Its evaporation performance is comparable to that of a natural meadow. Read more.

The Innovation Award will also be presented at InfraTech 2026. Applications will be open from early 2025.

The jury honors outstanding ideas that can relate to any of the themes covered at InfraTech.