Project overview
Circular and digital renewal of central Europe construction and building sector
The construction industry heavily contributes to resource consumption, waste generation, and greenhouse gas emissions. The adoption of circular and digital practices can help reduce the environmental impact of the sector. The ReBuilt project promotes these approaches in an education programme and deploys new solutions. The partners also design a transnational circular and digital construction strategy that builds on green labelling, end-of-waste criteria, and green public procurement.
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2,40m €
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Project Budget
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80%
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of the Budget is funded by ERDF
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9
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Countries
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13
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Regions
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14
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Partners
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4
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Pilots
Duration
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Project progress
Project partnership
Project partners
Lead partner
Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute
Department for Materials
Project partner
Project Office
Sector of development
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DEVELOPMENT
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Institute of Material Technology, Building Physics and Building Ecology
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10000 Zagreb
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Department of Materials and Structures
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Department of Civil Engineering, Institute for Materialss and Building Research
Roadmap
SPECIFIC PROBLEM
Construction is one of the most resource-intensive sectors (more than 50% of all extracted materials, 50% of water and 1/3 of energy is used in construction, which also produces more than 1/3 of all waste and 1/3 of greenhouse gases).
THE COMMON GAPS (Central Europe)
- General reluctance to embrace SRM-based products. - Lack of a functioning SRM-based construction market. - Lack of adequate data on the quality of SRM-based products and their traceability (waste to product flows). - Lack of administrative/legal channels for product reuse. - Lack of good practices for circular economy business models. - Lack of trans-national training programmes for circular economy professionals. - Unreliable source - spatial heterogenity. - Quality of recyclable material, problematic excessive contaminants. - Too high-quality material tenders making e.g. zse if recycled concerete imposible. - Difficult logistics (SRM separation, insufficient collecting system of SRM). - Afraid of the novelty (no experience about the use of circular and bio-based construction materials). - Public misbelief / mistrust aobout the use of recycled materials (quality, price, convenience).
IDEA
"ReBuilt the mindset."
SOLUTION
The overall objective of the ReBuilt project is to increase the awareness and attractiveness of circular and digital construction through the creation of an education programme, the improvement and piloting of new solutions (technical and digital), the improvement of demand-side measures, including green labelling, EoW, green public procurement, and through the creation of the first Central European circular and digital construction strategy, which will be implemented through a network of regional circular and digital construction hubs.
News
P2 Green
NEWS
11.06.2024
CIRCULAR MATERIAL USE RATE IN EUROPE
The EU aims to double its use of recycled material, in terms of its share in the total amount of material used by the economy, between 2020 and 2030, as set out in the circular economy action plan. Increasing the use of secondary materials reduces the extraction of primary ...
P2 Green
NEWS
05.04.2024
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS – THE 1ST TRANSNATIONAL CENTRAL EUROPEAN CIRCULAR AND DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE
The conference played a pivotal role in addressing the needs, barriers, and opportunities for circular and digital construction processing and valorisation in the Interreg Central Europe region. It provided a unique platform for discussions, networking, and the exchange of information, knowledge, and best practices.
P2 Green
NEWS
14.03.2024
GOOD PRACTICE – CONSTRUCTION REUSE CENTRE AT PARTNER PP3 NIGRAD (SLOVENIA)
More recycling means less waste. How does this work in construction? The #ReBuilt partners took part in an expert excursion to the Nigrad Construction Waste Reuse Centre (Maribor, Slovenia), where they demonstrated the process from recycling old concrete to building a house from recycled materials.
P2 Green
NEWS
13.03.2024
THE 1ST TRANSNATIONAL CENTRAL EUROPEAN CIRCULAR AND DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE
For the ReBuilt project partners, circular construction is not just an acronym, which is why they organised the 1st Central European Conference for Circular Digital Construction on 13 March 2024 at the premises of the Building Research Institute of Slovenia.
P2 Green
NEWS
18.01.2024
CIRCULAR CONSTRUCTION
The construction industry is very important to the EU economy. The sector provides 18 million direct jobs and contributes to about 9% of the EU's GDP. It also creates new jobs, drives economic growth, and provides solutions for social, climate, and energy challenges.
P2 Green
NEWS
22.12.2023
CONCRETE IS A STRATEGIC MATERIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
Due to its mechanical properties, concrete is not an easily replaceable material in construction. It is resistant to water and extreme weather conditions, non-combustible and durable. It is also widely available. The natural resources needed to produce it are available locally, which also reduces the potential environmental impact of ...
P2 Green
NEWS
22.12.2023
MATERIALS PASSPORTS
A material passport is a digital document listing all the materials that are included in a product or construction during its life cycle in order to facilitate strategizing circularity decisions in supply chain management. Passports generally consists of a set of data describing defined characteristics of materials in products, ...
P2 Green
NEWS
19.12.2023
CIRCULAR BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
The built environment has a significant impact on a multitude of sectors, on local jobs and on the quality of life. The construction sector accounts for 50% of materials extracted in Europe and is responsible for more than 35% of Europe's waste.
P2 Green
NEWS
18.05.2023
KICK – OFF Meeting
During the last two days (17. 5. - 18. 5. 2023) the kick-off meeting of the InterregCE project ReBuilt took place at ZAG Slovenia, which is the lead partner of an international consortium of 14 partners from 9 EU countries. During the kick-off meeting the roles of each partner ...
Events
Pilot actions
Outputs
O.1.3 Jointly developed cross-national training programme (Fit for Circular and Digital Construction) to boost circular economy transition in central European construction sector
O.2.3 Technical solutions for circular construction
O.2.4 Digital solutions for circular construction
O.3.1 Common Strategy for Circular and Digital Construction in central Europe
O.3.3 Holistic solution as service offered by Circular and Digital Construction Hubs
Project documents
ReBuilt
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