The aim of the project is to find ways to continue using existing buildings and their components, thereby reducing the environmental impact of built environment and the need for virgin raw materials. The project focuses on creating, developing, testing, piloting, and refining a methodology for auditing existing buildings to identify opportunities for extended use, adaptation, or renovation. If this is not feasible, the available elements from donor buildings will be inventoried and their reuse potential analyzed for use to construct next transfer buildings. During the project, a digital platform will be developed to support carring out auditing as well as to manage the entire process \u2014 from pre-demolition assessment of buildings to the reuse of components. The platform will enable architects and engineers to see which parts of existing buildings can be used in the construction of new ones. The system will link audit results with a material bank to facilitate the movement of reusable building components between developers and builders. This is an important step towards circular construction, where buildings are considered as material banks rather than one-time-use objects. A significant part of the project is the analysis of and proposals for a regulatory framework enabling circular construction, as well as the development of standards for reusable materials. In addition, existing similar methods and business models will be analysed, on the basis of which a suitable business solution will be created for the commercialisation of the auditing methodology developed within the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","research_tax":[247],"class_list":["post-4015","project","type-project","status-publish","hentry","research_tax-nearly-zero-energy-buildings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n