With CO2 emission at 36% and energy consumption at 40%, building sector is far from sustainability. The need for construction materials to achieve climate neutral buildings reaches 0.2 m3 per m2 of net floor in France, leading to several billions of m3 in Europe by 2050. 

This unique portfolio of tailored components results from manufacturing and sourcing with reduced CO2 emission and embodied energy. It will demonstrate cost-efficient and easy installation in green deep renovation and also new construction operations. 

Maximum sustainability and minimum payback time

The re-use of components and the integration of recycled materials enhance circular economy by closing carbon cycle and raise resilience in the construction value chain. Design tools, numerical database and material passport will optimise the materials combination towards maximum sustainability and minimum payback time for any typology of buildings and conditions (climate, aesthetics, specific risk). 

Projects use-cases will show real buildings reaching durable high environmental performance and carbon emission over more than 40 years and neutral energy balance with integrated PV generation where relevant. A multidisciplinary consortium will support these objectives and benefit from project outcomes, as universities, technology developers, construction material producers and building engineers. 

Use-cases will especially consider social housing. Outcomes will positively impact i) European competitiveness with manufacturing of sustainable and clean construction materials and easy installation on any building in EU stock ii) raise resilience thanks to circular economy, eco-design and digitalisation of the EASI ZERo renovation system.

Partners

• COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

• TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT

• FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV

• ACONDICIONAMIENTO TARRASENSE ASSOCIACION

• SINTEF AS

• UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART

• INDRESMAT SL

• MOGU SRL

• SIEVERT BAUSTOFFE GMBH & CO KG

• EDILIANS

• BOLLERUP JENSEN A/S

• LEIPFINGER-BADER GMBH

• BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE EUROPE ASBL

• Hunton Fiber As

• PINTURES M VICH SA

• ELITHIS SOLUTIONS

Start date: 1 December 2022 - End date: 31 May 2026

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101091531.