CircularB Cost Action
Abstract
Facing the increasing concerns about the negative environmental impacts from buildings, governments and the general society worldwide have been seeking more efficient and sustainable constructions. An emergent trend on the topic is the Circular Economy (CE), which aims at decoupling economic growth from resource consumption. Following the European Commission’s adoption of the new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), in March 2020, a set of fields has been identified to adopt more circular production and consumption patterns, including the construction sector. However, despite the efforts to apply circular thinking and the development of more sustainable frameworks, there is still a lack of a common tool to classify buildings’ circularity at any stage of their lifecycle, as well as to support decision making and assess the implementation level of CEAP. Thus, this Action aims at defining the framework and the methodology to develop an international circularity rating tool, which will be based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The KPIs will be selected according to the international best practices, current CE state-of-the-art, CEAP, and COST countries construction practices. The framework will be developed with sufficient flexibility so that the international tool can be applied locally by different countries or regions of COST. To accomplish this, a benchmark database will be developed, allowing for the direct use of the international tool, which will support both designers in developing more sustainable buildings and national/local governments in assessing and promoting their CE targets. The KPIs will also be integrated into the Open BIM workflow for an automated assessment using BIM models. Furthermore, construction, assembly, adaptability, deconstruction, and business models guidelines will be developed for new and existing buildings to enhance CE in buildings and promote stakeholder’s knowledge.
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Project staff
Doris Österreicher
Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Doris Österreicher MSc.
doris.oesterreicher@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85515
BOKU Project Leader
01.10.2022 - 31.03.2024