Preliminary themes
Preliminary R&D&I themes based on interviews
Five Research, development & innovation themes
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Assessing the feasibility and economics of low-carbon solutions in holistic way
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A fair way to evaluate carbon footprint and fingerprint in bidding competitions (evaluation of tenders)
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Develop principles for evaluating LCA and LCC of renovation projects
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Carbon footprints and LCC of different level renovations (database)
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Use of space and adaptability / flexibility
of buildings
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Scoping and tooling up: disseminate best practices, accelerate training and practices, create tools to evaluate impact
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Test and prove test projects by showing possibilities for extending lifecycle
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"Enable & incentivize": Enable through Architectural and urban design and management guides. Encourage incentives for public good.
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Material impact on sustainability and well-being
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Increase life-time, sustainability and adaptability of building materials
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Performance increase in alternative, low carbon building materials
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Health-promoting zero-emission building materials
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Active air cleaning solutions for removing of contaminants
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Non-hazardous fire protection solutions that do not prevent recyclability of materials
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Developing (small sized) prototyping practices and tes-ting environments for new materials and structural solutions
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Enhancing circularity of building materials and components
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Co-create local re-using and recycling hubs, avoiding logistic costs and utilizing local inherencies
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Design of new buildings according to circular economy
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Standardization of modularity, connections & joints and building systems; to be created to different types of prefabricated products
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Development of life-cycle design and life-cycle management: increase the lifespan of building products by means of digital tools and material banks to enhance life-cycle factor in construction.
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Flexible construction systems – modularity, prefabrication and hybrid solutions
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Development of prefabricated hybrid material solutions and manufacturing techniques (i.e. geo-polymers, clay, hemp, bio-composites, wood etc. that could be mixed together with concrete)
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Standardization of modularity, connections & joints and building systems; to be created to different types of prefabricated products
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Development of life-cycle design and life-cycle management: increase the lifespan of building products by means of digital tools and material banks to enhance life-cycle factor in construction.