Interreg CE - ReBuilt

Circular and digital renewal of central Europe construction and building sector

Construction industry is one of the most resource consumptive sectors (more than 50% of all extracted materials, 50% of water and 1/3 of energy is used in construction which also produce more than 1/3 of all waste and 1/3 GHG). Therefore boosting the circular economy (CE) in this sector produces significant impact on central European society wellbeing and increase its resource efficiency.

The current situation of innovation ecosystems for circular and digital construction vary significantly from region to region. While some regions have already good practices of use of recycled materials, established administrative procedures (e.g. End-of-Waste criteria) others are still making initial steps towards circular and digital construction (e.g. focusing mainly on backfilling of Construction and Demolition Waste).

Nevertheless the common gaps to all regions are:

(i) general reluctance towards Secondary Raw Material (SRM)-based products,

(ii) lack of operating SRM-based construction market;

(iii) lack of appropriate data about the quality of SRM-based products and their traceability (waste to product flows);

(iv) lack of administrative/legal routes for reuse of products;

(v) lack of good practices of circular economy business models;

(vi) lack of trans-national education programe for T-shaped experts;

(vii) poor adoption of dif.

The overall objective of the ReBuilt project is to increases awareness and attractiveness of circular and digital construction through creation of education programme, upgrade and piloting of new solutions (technical and digital), upgrade demandside measures, including green labeling, EoW, Green Public Procurement (GPP) and through creation of first Central European Circular and Digital Construction Strategy which will be deployed through network of Regional Circular and Digital Construction Hubs.

The project outputs and results will further uptake construction in central Europe, taking into consideration regional and urban/rural

Project duration: 36 months

Partnership:

Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, SI

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Štajerska, SI

Nigrad, civil engineering company, d.o.o., SI

OpenContent SCARL, IT

Infordata Sistemi SRL, IT

Technical University of Vienna, AT

POR – Projects of Sustainable Development, d.o.o., HR

BURST Nonprofit Llc, HU

Vas County Government Office, HU

Institute of Construction and Architecture, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK

Industry Innovation Cluster, SK

IETU – Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, PL

Czech Green Building Council, CZ

Munich University of Applied Sciences MUAS, DE

More information about the project is available on its official website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/rebuilt/

REGIONAL HUB FOR REBUILT

As part of the ReBuilt project, POR d.o.o. serves as the host of the regional thematic hub for Croatia.

The Croatian hub focuses on developing and promotion of legal and regulatory frameworks that support circular practices in construction in Central Europe. Given the complexity of existing construction legislation and the lack of circular-specific regulations, this hub works to harmonise policy frameworks, identify legal barriers, and co-create recommendations for effective policy implementation. It engages public authorities, experts and the construction sector to accelerate legislative recommendation reform.

Activities:

Legislation of the circular and digital construction sector
Green Public Procurement
Status End-of-Waste and by-product

Responsible partner: POR Consult, Projects of Sustainable Development, d.o.o.

POR, standing for Projekti Održivog Razvoja – Projects of Sustainable Development, is primarily involved in environmental projects with emphasis on sustainable urban redevelopment, circular and collaborative economy subject areas. These approaches entail cross-sector integration strategies and projects with their implementation into the public and private sectors.

Contact

Website: https://www.por.com.hr/en/about

Contact person: Tadej Žurman

Email: info@por.com.hr

Phone: 00386 31 309 070