Project description
Greening Europe’s construction industry
The built environment and construction processes are responsible for nearly half of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions, posing a significant environmental challenge. In this context, the EU-funded INBUILT project will introduce sustainable materials, such as large-sized rammed earth blocks, recycled bricks, straw-clay boards and smart windows. A digital platform will facilitate the integration of these sustainable materials into buildings. By promoting innovative construction techniques based on locally sourced bio- and geo-materials, the project aims to transform the construction sector, aligning it with Europe’s carbon neutrality and zero emissions targets. INBUILT aims to boost European competitiveness, reduce carbon emissions, enhance digitalisation, and foster resilience through circular economy practices and eco-design.
Objective
The built environment and related construction processes are together responsible for up to half of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions. The circular principles can contribute in important ways to achieving the 2050 carbon neutrality target in addition to the zero emissions 2030 target. INBUILT proposes and develops (1) a set of innovative design, retrofit and construction techniques for both existing and new buildings based on the use and/or reuse of locally sourced bio- and geo-materials along with reused and recycled components coupled with (2) a digital platform, as a multi-objective decision-support tool, for the optimisation of the integration such materials in buildings. This can build an integrated strategy in which sustainability and digitalization are embedded into the construction sector. This set of products includes Larged-sized rammed earth blocks, recycled fired and non-fired bricks (with/without bio-sourced insulation), hybrid straw-clay boards, recycled concrete blocks, prefabricated waste wood external and internal wall elements, smart windows with recycled glass and bio-PUR frames, bio-based prefabricated curtain walls, recycled waste paper and textile fibre insulation mats, bio-based recycled insulation sheet panels/infill, and second life PV panels. These solution techniques, already validated at the lab scale and designed following circularity principles, will be up-scaled, demonstrated and tested in real buildings and optimised using the digital platform in a solid life-cycle-based (and social LCA) perspective. A multidisciplinary consortium will support these objectives. Outcomes will positively impact i) European competitiveness of the construction sector in the field of “green” construction technologies ii) decarbonisation of the building stock, iii) increased digitalisation, iv) raise resilience thanks to circular economy, resource efficiency, eco-design and digitization of the INBUILT innovative systems.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextiles
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringarchitecture engineeringsustainable architecturesustainable building
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinator
06100 Nice
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Participants (15)
75015 PARIS 15
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84172 Buch Am Erlbach
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08018 Barcelona
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70174 Stuttgart
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08225 Terrassa
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08907 L´HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT
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73230 Kirchheim/Teck
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76131 Karlsruhe
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4101 CESIS
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06100 Nice
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1040 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1150-103 Lisboa
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8080 Bertrange
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48001 Bizkaia
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10997 Berlin
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Partners (3)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
70184 Stuttgart
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
BA2 7AY Bath
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
E8 4QN LONDON
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.