Objective
EU28 currently generates 461 million tons per year of ever more complex construction and demolition waste (C&DW) with average recycling rates of around 46%. There is still a significant loss of potential valuable minerals, metals and organic materials all over Europe.
The main goal of HISER project is to develop and demonstrate novel cost-effective technological and non-technological holistic solutions for a higher recovery of raw materials from ever more complex C&DW, by considering circular economy approaches throughout the building value chain (from the End-of-Life Buildings to new Buildings). The following solutions are proposed:
- Harmonized procedures complemented with an intelligent tool and a supply chain tracking system, for highly-efficient sorting at source in demolition and refurbishment works.
- Advanced sorting and recycling technologies for the production and automated quality assessment of high-purity raw materials from complex C&DW.
- Development of optimized building products (low embodied energy cements, green concretes, bricks, plasterboards and gypsum plasters, extruded composites) through the partial replacement of virgin raw materials by higher amounts of secondary high-purity raw materials recovered from complex C&DW.
These solutions will be demonstrated in demolition projects and 5 case studies across Europe. Moreover, the economic and environmental impact of the HISER solutions will be quantified, from a life cycle perspective (LCA/LCC), and policy and standards recommendations encouraging the implementation of the best solutions will be drafted.
HISER will contribute to higher levels of recovered materials from C&DW from 212 Mt in 2014, to 359 Mt in 2020 and 491 Mt by ca. 2030, on the basis of the increase in the recovery of aggregates, from 40% (169 Mt) to more than 80% (394 t) and wood, from 31% (2.4 Mt) to 55% (5 Mt);. Similarly, unlocking valuable raw materials currently not exploited is foreseen, namely some metals and emerging flows.
Field of science
- /engineering and technology/materials engineering/fibers
- /engineering and technology/materials engineering/composites
- /engineering and technology/materials engineering/paper and wood
- /engineering and technology/environmental engineering/waste management/waste treatment processes/recycling
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-WASTE-2014-one-stage
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
20009 Donostia/san Sebastian (Gipuzkoa)
Spain
Participants (25)
28108 Alcobendas
21000 Dijon
99 301 Kutno
16300 Orimattila
16129 Genova
8800 Roeselaere
Participation ended
2600 AP Delft
97346 Iphofen
44800 Pihtipudas
38070 Saint Quentin Fallavier
5216 PD S Hertogenbosch
16128 Genova
02763 Zittau
3542 DA Utrecht
77700 Rautalampi
1000 Bruxelles
48011 Bilbao
45060 Orleans
2311 EZ Leiden
48170 Zamudio
2628 CN Delft
2400 Mol
02150 Espoo
3210 Kerzers
2628 CD Delft