Circular BIM
Educational platform focused on advanced strategies for reclassifying building materials in the industrial value chain to promote the transition to the circular economy through the use of ILO learning technologies
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The raw materials present on the planet are a limited resource and, in many cases, irrecoverable, which is why the current consumption pattern is destroying many of these resources. Therefore, investment in research is needed and, in this way, new production models should be promoted, if possible, based on the revaluation and reuse of industrial waste, encouraging the study and search for new markets for these recovered resources, considered as waste. In this way, industries are encouraged to adapt to the circular economy model with the environmental, social and economic benefits so necessary for our planet.
Traditionally, the productive model that supported the growth system of our society was based on the use of various available resources which, after their introduction into the production chain and their subsequent incorporation into the consumer chain, lost their properties becoming waste. The inevitable destination is the landfill. Hence the paradigm of the linear economy that predominates in today's productive industry.
The main problem underlying this linear system is the commitment to the capacity to assimilate resources, through consistent pollution, the accumulation of unused waste, the exploitation of resources that exceed the regeneration rate and the depletion of resources due to excessive consumption. The key to initiating the waste transition process is the synergy between the waste generated by a technological process and the useful renewable waste.
According to the latest data provided by the EC on the circular economy, waste avoidance, greening, reuse and other similar measures could save EU companies 8% of annual turnover, while reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2-4%. Moreover, the use of BIM can change the way architects and engineers work. This tool is able to present a three-dimensional design from the beginning of the project and provides information about each element that makes up the project. It is an aid to facilitate the design, construction and operation of a construction project.
The idea of this project is to add all in one software called CircularBIM - an open educational resource where you can find information about green buildings, techniques for the use and reuse of building materials, waste reduction. In addition, you can access free software to practice and obtain construction techniques that facilitate the reuse of materials used in buildings.
In conclusion, the project unifies ILO and techniques for the revaluation and reuse of construction materials to create a useful tool in which students and professionals in the construction sector (architecture, engineering and construction) will be able to get to know as much as possible and implement in their work. daily.
The main objectives are: raising awareness of the circular economy in the construction sector, reducing the production of waste from construction materials, reducing waste in the construction sector by reincorporating it into the value chain, providing information on the possibility of revaluation of each element, free access to software for consulting and using techniques or methods of reusing building materials.
Participating organizations
Asociación Empresarial de Investigación Centro Tecnologicodel Marmol Y La Piedra, Cype Soft SL, Universidade Do Minho, Centro Tecnológico Da Ceramica E Do Vidro, Universitatea Transilvania Din Brașov, Asociația Romania Green Building Council
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