MATERIALS PASSPORTS

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...
CONCRETE IS A STRATEGIC MATERIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

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...
CIRCULAR BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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. To put it...
KICK – OFF Meeting

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...
NiCE Living Labs

NiCE Living Labs

  The project NiCE uses Living Lab approaches to set up pilot projects. Living labs do not just exist on paper, but create experimental spaces in a real context with and for local people. In this way, research approaches and implementations from the project are...