Improving building circularity through BIM/LCA integration
The goal of this session is to share research agendas of circular buildings to enable increased recovery, reuse and recycling of construction materials. The session will cover current methodologies including Building Information Modelling (BIM)/LCA integration and its application to singular building (elements). Moreover, the analysis of circular material use in building stocks will be discussed. Bottom-up building stock models allow spatializing material use and resources, while simultaneously looking at future housing demand and renovation need in cities. This session focuses on the embodied impacts of new construction and renovation of urban (residential and non-residential) building stocks.
Session program:
- Minute 0-5: Welcome and introduction to the topic by Prof. Paulo Ferrão
- Minute 5-15: “Integrating Level(s) Framework and BIM for Buildings’ Sustainability Assessment”, by Maria Teresa Ferreira et al., Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal.
- Minute 15-25: “GreenBIM, a BIM-based LCA integration using a dynamic approach based on the example of the Swiss sustainability standard Minergie-ECO” by Anita Naneva, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland.
- Minute 25-35: “Life-cycle assessment of a prefabricated modular house: A BIM-LCA approach”, by Vanessa Tavares and Prof. Fausto Freire, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
- Minute 35-45: “BIM material passport to support building deconstruction and a circular economy”, by Musab Maraqa et al., Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
- Minute 45-55: “Integration BIM and MFA to assess the environmental impacts of building materials selection at the design stage” by Omar Alomair et al., Newcastle University, England.
- Minute 55-65: “Estimating material recovery yields by modelling material configurations in BIM: the Circular Economy Potential model” by Dr. Pieter Herthogs, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore, and Prof. Rudi Stouffs, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- Minute 65-85: Discussion by the speakers, moderated by Prof. Helge Brattebø
- Minute 85-95: Open Q&A with the audience, moderated by Prof. Helge Brattebø
- Minute 95-100: Final remarks and closing by António Lorena
- Minute 100-120: Break
Organizers and session chairs: This session is organised by Paulo Ferrão (Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal), Helge Brattebø (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) and António Lorena (3drivers, Portugal). IST, NTNU and 3drivers are currently involved in the EEA-funded project “Circular EcoBIM” that integrates BIM/LCA for increased circularity of buildings.
If you need technical assistance, please contact us at industrialecologyday@is4ie.org.