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The awards just keep coming!
The RE4 project won the DGNG Sustainability Challenge 2020 in the “Research” Category!
Good feedback from the awarding authority that was impressed by the complexity of the project, the outstanding results obtained, and the proof of concept, that is quite difficult to see in projects focused on circular economy.
It is amazing to see what an important role RE4 is playing in improving the circular economy in construction. Thank you to all the partners for reaching this goal.
Read more and enjoy!
The RE4 project has been selected by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen - DGNB e. V. (German Sustainable Building Council) as one of three finalists in this year’s Sustainability Challenge.
The official voting is now online and we would appreciate if you could give us a vote. The voting page is in German, you can make the selection on the right side of the page and click "Jetzt Abstimmen".
The winner will be announced at the conference ‘Day of Sustainability’ on the 21st of September in Stuttgart. We will be presenting our project at the conference and are looking forward to seeing some of you there. Due to the current circumstances, there are only few tickets for the event but you can also register to take part digitally.
https://www.dgnb.de/de/veranstaltungen/netzwerk/tag-der-nachhaltigkeit/anmeldung-digital/
An article about the RE4 project has been released in the EDMA Project Repository Journal. Download it here! The complete Journal is available here!
BIBM - European Federation for Precast Concrete is hosting a Congress every three years at a different European country. The next Congress will be held at Copenhagen, Denmark on 15 - 17 November 2020. The RE4 project ♻️ will be presented at the event and there will be plenty of interesting speakers and discussions. Save the date and see you in Copenhagen!
Find more information and full agenda here!
The RE4 project has been showcased by the European Commission as a success story of the European Horizon 2020 programme!
Find out more here!
We are pleased to share some great RE4 news in these tough and uncertain times. The RE4 project has been honoured with the Hans Sauer Award 2020 in the category Tools | Materials | Methods! The jury has chosen 7 winners from over 70 submissions from Germany and the Netherlands. Congratulations to the whole Consortium for this wonderful achievement!
Find out more about the award and other winners here.
The RE4 project final video has been featured on the CPi worldwide website! CPi worldwide trade journals are addressing decision-makers of the concrete and precast industry.
The RE4 project is reaching its end and now you can watch the final video that presents the project and its results! ♻️ Watch the video here!
A huge thank you to all the partners for the amazing work you have done on the RE4 project.
The monitoring and testing of the RE4 project demo site in Acciona demo park in Madrid have been finished and we bring you a timelapse video of the disassembly process! Watch the video here.
The recordings of all four RE4 webinars are available on our YouTube channel. Check them out and subscribe so you stay up to date with more RE4 content!
Check out our brand new Best Practice booklet! You can find lots of highly educational content inside. Download the booklet here!
Watch an exclusive timelapse video of the construction process of the RE4 project demo site in Creagh Concrete, Toomebridge UK!
Final project workshop had taken place on 14th of January in Madrid, Spain. Special thanks to project partner Acciona for hosting this magnificent event! Photo gallery is available here.
An article about RE4 project is a part of the current edition of Platinum magazine. The magazine is available online for free.
We are really proud that we have placed among the three finalists of the ".EU Web Awards 2019" in the "Better world category." The winners were announced during the Web Awards gala on 20th November 2019 in Brussels, Belgium and representatives of the RE4 project were invited to attend.
We have really enjoyed the amazing gala. You can enjoy it yourself on the EU registry FB page because the whole ceremony was recorded! All of that would not be able without your breathtaking support. Thanks to all of you!
We are proud to announce that RE4 project is organizing 4 webinars on various topics related to our project. Take a look and stay tuned for the registration opening. Read more about it!
RE4 project at the International Congress of Construction and Demolition waste recycling. We are happy that the word about RE4 project is spreading! Our project was presented by Jose Vera from Acciona to the audience of approx. 300 people.
The event took place on 30th & 31st October in Madrid, Spain. During the presentation called "Commissioning in construction works", Dr. Vera explained all the activities from the Spanish RE4 demo site. Keep up the good work!
The RE4 project demo site in ACCIONA demo park near Madrid is finished and we bring you an exclusive timelapse video of its construction process! You will also learn some details about the site itself and the RE4 building.
Enjoy & let us know what you think about it! The video was created by Acciona.
Creagh Concrete Products Ltd have started with building their impressive RE4 project demo site!
Ground floor wall panels were erected in Toome. All panels are made from recycled materials from construction and demolition waste. One more level of build to go! Great job!
On 22nd & 23rd of October, the 7th General Assembly Meeting took place in Naples, Italy. The meeting included a visit to the demo site in Benevento. (Find photos from the visit here!)
On the 24th of October a joint workshop of H2020 projects RE4 and GREEN INSTRUCT was held in Bari, Italy within the SAIE fair. The project partners had a great opportunity to present their ideas and discuss with the participants of the workshop.
The workshop was a great success and attracted many attendants of the fair.
You can find more information, photos and presentations HERE!
Check out the new section of our website about the RE4 project demo sites. You can learn more information about the Benevento site in Italy more information will be added soon!
Last month, we have shared with you the report about RE4 project on Euronews English. But that was not the last time our project was featured there. We are really happy to show you the second RE4 video on this EU news channel.
Watch the video with an explanation of the CDW management process by Umberto Battista from STAM.
Enjoy!
A joint workshop of RE4 & Green Instruct projects is taking place in Italy in less than a month. The workshop is organized within the SAIE Bari Fair. Check the full agenda of the workshop and don't forget to register!
See you on 24th October in Bari, Italy!
We are delighted to inform you that RE4 project has been selected for the final session of the INERTIA AWARD. The winner of this award will be announced at the RemTech Expo.
RE4 is competing in the "New products and materials in the implementation of circular economy best practices in the construction sector" category. The event will take place from 18th to 20th September in Ferrara, Italy (near Bologna). Thanks for your support!
We feel very proud that our project was shown on the official Euronews channel in the Futuris report. And what is even better - It is freely available online in 3 different European languages!
Thanks to all our partners for a perfect cooperation!
ENGLISH / SPANISH / ITALIAN
Watch the manufacturing process of creating the RE4 insulating panel from CDW in our new video.
On 19th & 20th September 2019, New Boundaries of Structural Concrete 2019 workshop will be held at the Campus “Leonardo” in Milan, Italy.
RE4 representatives from CETMA will be there to present our project and share our knowledge with fellow professionals.
Recently, we have informed you about the transport of precast concrete elements and the timber-based facade panel to our demo site in Madrid.
The reference building will not only test the assembling and dismantling process of the RE4 mock-up, but will also be used to compare a conventional demolition to the RE4 one. The building will also serve the energy-efficiency monitoring purposes.
We are happy to share with you images from the installation of the ventilated façade at the RE4 demo site in Italy!
The façade has been equipped with several sensors, in different places, during the construction phase (May 2019), in order to monitor its behaviour during summer and wintertime. We will keep you updated!
The ACCIONA demopark have been busy recently and we are very happy to share with you that the precast concrete elements and the timber-based facade panel are both safely at the RE4 demo site in Spain! We cannot wait for the mock-up to be finished for everyone to see.
Stay in touch!
See pictures about "Manufacturing process of RE4 timber facade panel" by ZRS Architekten in our Gallery!
A week ago, RE4 project was presented at the EU Sustainable Energy Week 2019. For that occassion, FENIX TNT has designed a new flyer about RE4 elements. Now, you can learn more about the RE4 elements and see how the idea of using CDW for high-quality construction components is turned into reality! Just take a look and be sure we will keep you updated on the further development of our project!
DOWNLOAD THE FLYER HERE.
We are happy to tell you that RE4 project has been nominated for the ".EU Web Awards" in the "Better world" category.
The ".EU Web Awards" is an online competition, launched in 2014 and designed to acknowledge the best websites, using the .eu or .ею extensions.
WANT TO HELP US? VOTE FOR RE4 HERE
Are you at EU Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels? RE4 project (together with VEEP, InnoWEE, Green Instruct) is presented at the booth in Networking Village. It is a great opportunity to share knowledge, lessons learned and to interact with conference participants. We cannot wait to meet you as well!
Come to the Residence Palace, we are here until 17:30!
We are still excited about Holzbauprei2019! We feel happy to share with you the official recognition certificate RE4 project received at Deutscher Holzbaupreis in Hannover. Please find the English translation in the last picture.
And are you interested in how did the presentation prepared by ZRS Architekten look? Just follow this link.
Thanks for your support!
We feel happy & proud to inform you that the RE4 project received a recognition award at the Deutscher Holzbaupreis 2019 in the category components/concepts. The award ceremony took place on 28th May at the Ligna in Hannover. We feel really proud that our project was chosen among all 157 great works that were evaluated by the jury.
Deutscher Holzbaupreis is one of the most important prices for timber construction in Germany and you can read more details about the 2019 edition HERE.
More details about the presentation of RE4 can be found on the website of ZRS Architekten.
The award really serves as a great motivation for the whole RE4 team. We believe that RE4 can make a huge impact in the industry and we cannot wait to share more details with you.
See photos in our Gallery!
RE4 project together with cluster projects (INNOWEE, Green Instruct and VEEP) will participate in the EUSEW19 conference in Brussels, 18th June 2019.
Project results will be presented also via booth in the Networking Village (Residence Palace from 14:00 till 17:30), come to meet with us and be updated about the latest project outcomes!
There is a lot to show and talk about! We cannot wait to meet you!
Registration HERE.
Have you seen our latest newsletter?
It features interesting facts about the developed RE4 elements and details about the production of RE4 extruded tiles and the manufacturing process of the RE4 timber façade panel. Learn more in the downloadable PDF & enjoy!!!
RE4 project is going to be exhibited at the Sustainable Places 2019 conference. It will take place from 5th to 7th June 2019 at the beautiful Lazzaretto Cultural Center in Cagliari, Italy.
The scope of SustainablePlaces is captured directly in its name. It is a platform for sharing ideas and thoughts about designing, building and retrofitting the places we live and work in a more sustainable way.
You can find more information HERE.
A scientific paper called "Strategies for circular, prefab buildings from waste wood" is finally online!
This paper - written by A. Klinge, E. Roswag-Klinge, L. Radeljic and M. Lehmann for the BAMB2020 conference - presents the RE4 projectstrategy how to maximise timber elements and materials from existing buildings for the reuse or the recycling for new construction.
Find it via this link below and ENJOY!
This week, our representatives Andrea Klinge and Agnes Attanasio from ZRS and Diagnostics and Civil Engineering Area - CETMA attended the "Circular economy for affordable, low-carbon secondary raw materials" workshop.
We are happy that RE4 project will be co-organizing a cluster workshop, along with 3 other Horizon2020 projects - VEEP, INNOWEE and Green Instruct.
The workshop will be focused on the topic of "TRANSFORMING CONSTRUCTION WASTE INTO ENERGY EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS" and is organized within the EU Sustainable Energy Week. It will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 18th June 2019.
You can find more information on the official EUSEW19 website.
We are already looking forward to the presentation and dynamic discussion with people interested in what we do.
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
We hope you do because Baunetzwoche magazine made an interview with Andrea Klinge from ZRS last month about the construction with waste materials and RE4 project.
You can find the full interview through the link below and make sure you will check all the other great projects ZRS architects are working on. Read full article HERE.
On the 28th February 2019, RE4 project was presented at World Sustainable Energy Days in Wels, Austria during the workshop "TODAY‘s WASTE, TOMORROW MATERIAL! - Circular Economy in Construction"
For the event was created a poster by FENIX TNT with all the information about RE4 objectives and our performed actions.
Take a look at it and learn more about RE4!
On 29th March 2019, RE4 project was presented during the final event of the project ECO-SMART Breakwater at Ecotekne - Università Degli Studi Di LecceCampus, in Lecce, Italy.
The showcase of RE4 project results was led by Diagnostics and Civil Engineering Area - CETMA. We are really happy that we had the opportunity to present #RE4 ideas and hope to see you next time!
During our General Assembly Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic (19-20 March 2019) we had an opportunity to shoot short interviews with our project partners. We are always happy to share the details about RE4 project and to let our partners speak about RE4 is the best way to do it.
FENIX TNT was in charge of shooting sessions. We want to thank them and all partners for the perfect collaboration during the recording. We hope you will like the results.
You can find photos from the shooting sessions below.
On 19th & 20th March, General Assembly Meeting took place in Prague, Czech Republic. It was great to meet the people involved in RE4 and discuss with them our achievements and future plans. We also enjoyed a tour through the Old Town of Prague and all the sites we have seen.
During the second day of the meeting, our project partners joined in a business models workshop organized by FENIX TNT. We had the opportunity to discuss our project ideas and brainstorm with the gathered assembly.
It was really exciting to visualise our thoughts with sticky notes and you can see the buzz it created in photos below.
Have you seen our scientific poster titled "THE USE OF WASTE BRICKS AND TILES AS A PRECURSOR FOR ALKALI ACTIVATED BINDERS?"
Follow the link below & learn more about RE4 project and Construction and Demolition Waste treatment.
Download the poster HERE.
Next General Assembly meeting of the project will take place on 19th & 20th March 2019 in Prague, Czech Republic. During the meeting, we plan to shoot short interviews with the project partners. Soon afterwards, you will see the results yourself.
See you in Prague!
Linus Brander from RISE presented RE4 at "TODAY's WASTE, TOMORROW MATERIAL - Circular Economy in Construction" workshop. He was followed by Michael Scullin from CDE Global who was in charge of our interactive poster session.
The workshop took place in Wels, Austria on 28th February 2019 and was a part of World Sustainable Energy Days 2019, the session "Innovation Workshops Energy and Buildings."
It was a pleasure to talk with you about RE4 project and we cannot wait to show you further updates.
Thanks for being interested in what we do and see you next time!
Our project partners from the Queen's University Belfast will represent our project at the RILEM conference on Sustainable Materials Systems and Structures in Rovinj, Croatia on 18-22 March 2019. The project will be presented via paper “REUSE AND RECYCLING OF CDW MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES IN ENERGY EFFICIENT PREFABRICATED ELEMENTS FOR BUILDING REFURBISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION - RE4”.
The scope of the conference is to gather scientists, practitioners, members of technical committees and users of technical recommendations, to jointly at the same place discuss and envision the future sustainable development of materials, systems and structures in a holistic, global way.
RE4 representatives from ZRS Architekten will present a paper titled "Strategies for circular, prefabricated buildings made from waste" at the BAMB 2020 final event "BUILDINGS AS MATERIAL BANKS – A PATHWAY FOR A CIRCULAR FUTURE" (SBE19 Brussels – BAMB-CIRCPATH) that will be held in Brussels from 5th to 7th of February 2019.
We proudly share with you an article about RE4 project published in the winter edition of the European Energy Magazine!
Find RE4 project on page 31.
Merry Christmas and Happy New year to all of you!
Five H2020 research and innovation projects (RE4, VEEP, GREEN INSTRUCT, INNOWEE and FISSAC) are pleased to invite you to the World Sustainable Energy Days in Wels, Austria workshop “TODAY´s WASTE, TOMORROW MATERIAL” – Circular Economy in Construction which will be held within the session “Innovation Workshops Energy and Buildings” of the World Sustainable Energy Days in Wels, Austria
The workshop is dedicated to researchers, industrial companies, professionals and wide public. Projects representatives will introduce their results and lead interactive discussions related to the topic.
Workshop registration is free of charge, but it is necessary to be registered on the WSED conference in order to participate in the workshop.
When? 28th February 2019, afternoon session
Where? Stadthalle Wels, Pollheimerstrasse 1, A-4600, Wels, Austria
Register to the workshop HERE
Register to WSED HERE
Download the workshop flyer HERE
Contact person: Petra Colantonio, petra.colantonio@fenixtnt.cz
On 14th November 2018, Acciona representatives gave a talk about strategies to reuse and recycle Construction & Demolition waste at the General Assembly MATERPLAT 2018. MATERPLAT is an Advanced Materials and Nanomaterials Spanish Technological Platform, fostering and promoting innovation in the advanced materials and nanomaterials R&D&I Spanish system, by building a framework of encounter and collaboration between the different agents of the company, science, and technology Spanish system.
During the presentation, ACCIONA also introduced RE4 project as one of the possible solutions.
University of Luxembourg invites you to the mid-term conference of the European project SeRaMCo: “Secondary Raw Materials for Concrete Precast Products”. Initiated in 2017 with 10 European partners, SeRaMCo aims to replace primary raw materials with high-quality materials recycled from construction and demolition waste. The mid-term conference will be a great opportunity to show the first results of the project SeRaMCo and to discuss the subject with invited expert speakers.
When? 28th-29th November 2018
Where? University of Luxembourg
See you there!
Have a look at the presentation that Alessandro Largo from CETMA gave yesterday, during the 8th ECTP conference in Brussels!
RE4 project is today presented by RINA at Ecomondo in Rimini together with other H2020 projects. Ecomondo is the leading expo for the green and circular economy.
We are delighted to introduce the third edition of the RE4 newsletter. In this edition, we will share with you what types of prefabricated building materials we are able to produce from construction & demolition waste (CDW), progress made in the development of the sorting system, and of course a list of planned and past events.
Download the newsletter HERE.
The RE4 project consortium has gathered on 17th- 18th October in Gothenburg, Sweden for the General Assembly meeting after 24 months of the project. Partners discussed the project progress, shared the results with the consortium and planned activities for the next period of the project.
Thanks to the local organizers of the meeting – partners from RISE, the consortium had a chance to attend a night sightseeing tour in the city.
Watch the newest interview about the RE4 project with professor Marios Soutsos from the Queen´s University Belfast.
We are happy to share with you some moments from the event co-organised by our dissemination partner FENIX TNT and Institute of Circular Economy INCIEN and Business Innovation Centre BIC BRNO – “Circular Hub: Circular economy in the construction sector” on 20th September in Prague, Czech Republic. FENIX team had a chance to introduce the RE4 project to the more than 70 attendants from various fields: industry, ministry representatives (Ministry of the environment, Ministry of industry and business), municipality representatives, architects, associations, universities, etc.
RE4 project was presented during the workshop „New Era of Concrete" of the ECO-Binder project on 20th September 2018 in Treviso, Italy. The project was introduced by FENIX TNT via brochures and poster presentation.
CETMA has taken part in the "Go to Market" Technical Workshop of ReSiELP European Project, arranged at the offices of EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology - Raw Materials on 12th September 2018 in Berlin. CETMA has interacted with the participants bringing its experience on the huge potentialities of recycled materials for the building sector such as glass recovered from PV-panels, industrial by-products of dfferent origin as well as construction and demolition wastes in the RE4 project.
RE4 project will be presented by FENIX TNT during the "Circular hub: Circular economy in the construction sector" on 20th September 2018 in Prague, CZ. The workshop will be held only in the Czech language.
Agenda and registration.
Partners from the Queen's University Belfast presented our project at 14th International Conference on Concrete Engineering and Technology and Workshop on Sustainable Construction and the Ability to Deliver Climate-Resilient Infrastructure in Kuala Lumpur on 7th - 10th August 2018. CONCET is a biennial international conference organized by the University of Malaya, Institution of Engineers Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi MARA.
Two RE4 partners, CDE Global and Queen's University Belfast, will represent the RE4 project during the Circular Driven Economy Symposium which takes place in London on 18th and 19th September 2018.
The symposium will cover a range of topics with industry experts discussing ways to explore high-value opportunities for recovered C&D waste recycling materials.
More about the conference HERE.
From 28th to 30th July, partners from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology presented our project at The RISUD Annual International Symposium (RAIS) Series in Hong Kong. The symposium aimed to provide an international platform for in-depth exchanges in key areas related to sustainable urban development and to serve as a catalyst for international collaboration.
Berlin´s Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection is organizing the first expert dialogue focused on the use of recycled concrete. This event will take place on the 18th and 19th September in Berlin, Germany. RE4 representatives from RISE CBI will attend this event and introduce our project.
Representatives of CETMA - Technologies Design and Materials European Research Centre, introduced the RE4 project at the International Conference on Applied Mineralogy & Advanced Materials 2018 at Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy), 24-26 July 2018. CETMA representatives presented some of the results achieved by CETMA related to the development of precast components and elements from CDW.
On 5th July 2018, a Chinese delegation composed of representatives of the Industrial Association of Shanghai, entrepreneurs and journalists, visiting the Apulia region for a prospecting business travel, made a stop at CETMA’s premises. The DCE Area had the opportunity to present to visitors the goals, activities and main obtained results of RE4 project in its first 18-month period. Although China is one of the most advanced countries in the thematic areas covered by RE4, the visitors have been very impressed by team capacities and project ambition. We hope that this first handshake can be an opportunity for future collaborations.
Representatives of the RE4 project from ZRS Architekten presented our project at the "CITIES IN TRANSITION: THE FUTURE IS CIRCULAR". To exchange practical knowledge and discuss specific proposals for solutions, the symposium addressed the following topics: MATERIALS & BUILDINGS and CITY & SOCIETY. The event took place on 27th June in Berlin. (Photo credits: Ulrich Rossmann)
On June 27th and 28th 2018 INES Research & Development hosted the Sustainable Places Conference 2018, an official EU Sustainable Energy Day aimed to foster innovative market solutions and empower synergies between Energy-efficient Buildings (EeB) and the interdependent smart grids, policies, construction actors, and forward-thinking communities. More than 165 delegates including the RE4 representatives from STAM participated.
RE4 project was introduced to the representatives of the China Academy of Building Research (CABR) who visited the FENIX TNT premises in Brno, Czech Republic on 26th June.
CABR is the largest comprehensive R&D institution in the building sector in China. Their research and business cover 70 fields of such specialties as building structure, soil foundation, earthquake-resistance engineering, building environment and energy efficiency, building software, construction mechanization, building fire-prevention, construction technology and building materials. In recent years, CABR has put more efforts to research and development of technologies concerning green buildings, new energy applications, disaster prevention and mitigation and intelligent integration.
RE4 project was presented via presentation, video and brochures.
We proudly share with you the very first RE4 promo video!
The graphic video was created by FENIX TNT and it is introducing the RE4 project, its objectives, concept, demosites and much more.
AIRI – (Italian Association for Industrial Research) awarded the Oscar Masi Prize for 2017 - dedicated to the Enabling technologies and innovative solutions for the sustainable city - to ITC-CNR (Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione – Consoglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) for its activities in RE4 Project as Linked Thid Part to STRESS Scarl.
The Oscar Masi prize, reserved to the associated members of the category Public Research Bodies and Universities, was assigned by a special jury composed of representatives from the association and from the Italian Ministries for University and Research and for Economic Development and presented on May the 24th 2018 during the AIRI Industrial Innovation Day, dedicated to “Innovative technologies for the recovery and recycling of products and materials in the circular economy”. The RE4 Project activities were presented by Antonio Bonati and the prize for ITC-CNR was received by prof. Antonio Occhiuzzi (ITC-CNR Director).
Conference paper about the RE4 project has been accepted to the INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON EARTHEN STRUCTURES (ISES2018) in Bangalore, India. The conference will take place from 22nd to 24th August 2018 and our project will be represented by Roswag Architekten.
Download the conference brochure here.
RE4 project partners will meet at General Assembly Meeting after 18 months in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting will take place on 20th and 21st June 2018 and the second day will be dedicated to presentation of the project progress to the Project Officer.
Representatives of the Queen's University Belfast presented the RE4 project at the International Conference on Alkali Activated Materials and Geopolymers: Versatile Materials Offering High Performance and Low Emissions from 27th May to 1st June 2018 in Tomar, Portugal. This conference aims to collect scientfic and industrial contributions, tofind technical solutions enabling the application of geopolymers and related materials, to reduce waste and emissions in ceramic and cement manufacturing, and to provide high-performance materials.
RE4 project was presented by FENIX TNT during the Workshop called “E2VENT project – Horizon 2020 in practice”. The workshop took place on 30th May in Technology Centre CAS in Prague, Czech Republic. The project was represented via roll-up and brochures.
RISE representatives presented our project during the Arise Symposium at U Twente Circularity Through Design on 31st May 2018 in Neschede (Netherlands). Arise’s symposium aimed to be a highly interactive event for both seasoned experts and entry-level professionals and students. This symposium provided a unique opportunity to meet, share and discuss circularity in the field of design-research for sustainability and energy, in a forum.
On Thursday 24th May, RE4 project cooganized the ConWEEB Workshop in CSIC Office in Brussels. It was a great opportunity to meet professionals and representatives of H2020 European projects that are dealing with turning construction waste into energy-efficient buildings. The attendants had a chance to see not only our project but also, VEEP project, Green Instruct project and InnoWee project. RE4 was presented by partners from the QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST, ROSWAG ARCHITEKTEN, FENIX TNT and CDE.
From now on, we will share exciting moments from the project on Instagram! Find us HERE.
RE4, VEEP, INNOWEE and Green Instruct. These four European research projects under the H2020 programme organise a common workshop within the EU Green Week on 24th May 2018 in Brussels. The workshop called ConWEEB (Converting construction waste into energy-efficient buildings) present innovative solutions for converting construction and demolition waste (CDW) into new prefabricated elements for better energy efficiency of buildings.
For more information please visit section ConWEEB workshop.
Registration is free of charge!
As we informed you, RE4 consortium released the second project newsletter. The newsletter is now available also on the ECTP website. Click here to access the link.
The European Construction, built environment and energy efficient building Technology Platform (ECTP) is a leading membership organization promoting and influencing the future of the Built Environment.
RE4 consortium would like to share with you the second project newsletter, aiming to provide you with the latest news and information about the project progress. In this newsletter, you will find information about Mapping and analysis of CDW reuse and recycling, Developing advanced sorting technologies, Valorization of lightweight CDW for insulating building materials and much more.
Download the PDF version here.
RE4 project team was testing robotized CDW sorting system - real time classification in SIIT facilities of STAM S.r.l. in Genoa, Italy. You can watch a video report from the testing on you YouTube channel here.
Save the date for visiting Building Fairs in Brno (Czech Republic). From 25th to 28th April 2018 you will have a chance to see a unique presentation of all aspects of housing and house constructions, building management services, technical solutions and equipment.
The RE4 project will be presented by FENIX TNT.
The RE4 project was introduced by one of the project partners, ROSWAG ARCHITEKTEN, on the BAUNETZ ARCHITEKTEN website, which is the largest German-language online architecture magazine with more than 11 million page-views a month and 1.4 million visits.
The RE4 project is briefly presented on the European Demolition Association (EDA) website in section Projects.
The EDA has a strong focus on developments in Europe, which are of interest to the demolition industry.
Acciona, one of the project partners, attended the one-day workshop with the China Academy of Building Research organized by ACCIONA Construction Technological Center on 1st March 2018. They took this opportunity to present several EU funded projects, including RE4.
Read about RE4 project at ECTP (The European Construction, built environment and energy efficient building Technology Platform), which is a leading membership organisation promoting and influencing the future of the Built Environment.
The platform is managed by BusinessEurope and its national members that contributes to the EU’s agenda on circular economy. It continuously brings new examples of innovative ways in which industry, SMEs and other business add to the circular economy in Europe. At the same time, it highlights the regulatory and non-regulatory challenges these businesses still face to upscale their current initiatives or to start new ones. The platform is a unique bottom-up business-led hub of knowledge and expertise. Read about the project here.
The RE4 project will be presented by FENIX TNT at BUDMA - INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE FAIR in Poznan, Poland. The fair will take place form 30th January to 2nd February 2018.
BUDMA is the largest construction industry trade fair in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. The fair is dedicated to the four major groups of visitors: architects, traders, contractors, and developers. Each year, more than 800 exhibitors meets here over 45 000 professionals. Exhibitors exposure is complemented by a rich programme of events, debates, conferences and seminars regarding the latest trends and regulation industry held by the recognized industry authorities.
We are glad to share with you the scientific work provided by Diagnostics and Civil Engineering Area (authors Agnese Attanasio and Alessandro Largo) uploaded on the open access platform of ProScience https://www.scientevents.com/proscience/.
This work, entitled “Valorization of construction and demolition wastes: RE4 building solutions”, focuses on the main challenges of the RE4 Project, which aims at the valorization of construction and demolition wastes (CDW) to be used as raw materials for novel and sustainable building solutions. The main goal of the project is to radically modify the conservative construction approach by promoting new technological solutions for the design and development of structural and non-structural pre-fabricated elements with high degree of recycled materials from CDW (e.g., concretes, bricks, tiles, fine fractions or lightweight materials e.g. plastic, wood) and reused structures from the partial or total demolition of buildings available in Europe. RE4 represents one of the main EU front-runner projects in the field of CDW valorization, reuse and recycling, whom results might pave the way towards a greener and more sustainable Construction industry in Europe that will be based totally on circular economy concept in the near future.
The RE4 project was introduced within the FENIX´s presentation at the EKOinnovation Forum on 30th November in Krtiny, Czech Republic. The forum aims to accelerate the emergence of modern solutions into everyday life. Participants were provided with an interesting discussion of current and future trends in this area and introduced modern sustainable technologies that can provide European Union countries with global competitiveness.
On 22nd of November 2017, the Technological Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic organized an information day focused on the Horizon 2020 programme (with emphasis on Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing) in the National Technical Library in Prague. The RE4 project was introduced by Petra Colantonio from FENIX TNT.
The RE4 project was presented at the ISOBIO project WORKSHOP "Eco-materials for low carbon construction" in Madrid on 21st November 2017. RE4 project was introduced by María Casado from Acciona.
The RE4 project was presented by FENIX TNT team at the 33rd International CAE Conference and Exhibition in Vincenza, Italy on 6th and 7th November 2017.
The conference and exhibition cover the rich landscape of Simulation Based Engineering and Sciences; distinguished speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, training courses and dedicated Research Agora are all there to enrich the experience with their leading insight in the use of simulation to meet the needs of Industry 4.0.
We are pleased to share with you the moments from the last RE4 General Assembly (M12) which took place from 20th to 21st September in Berlin, Germany and was hosted by one of the project partners, Roswag Architekten. The consortium shared the overall progress of the project over the past six months and discussed a detailed plan for the next 6-month period. Part of the meeting was also an Exploitation Workshop, which presented a clear vision of the objectives of the project and a well-planned strategy for the protection and exploitation of results.
The meeting was attended by all 13 partners including CETMA - project coordinator, Acciona, CBI, CDE Global, Creagh Concrete Products Ltd, FENIX TNT, Queen's University Belfast, Roswag Architekten, Stress Scarl, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Vortex Hydra, ACR+ and STAM.
Thanks to Roswag Architekten, the meeting participants had the opportunity to see Berlin and the local architecture. After this interesting sightseeing tour, ROS architects invited partners to their Berlin studio, where everyone could see the results achieved so far in the RE4 project.
The whole meeting was successful and very beneficial. Another progress meeting is going to happen in Brussels after six months and we believe it will be at least as successful as this one in Berlin.
Progress Meeting (M12) of RE4 project will take place from 20th to 21st September in Berlin, Germany and hosted by ROS. The consortium will share an overall progress in the project achieved over the past six months and discuss a detailed plan for the next 6-month period.
Part of the meeting will also be an Explotation Workshop, led by FENIX TNT. The Explotation Workshop presents a clear vision of the objectives of the project and a well-planned strategy for protection and exploitation of results.
During the HISER Conference which took place 21st–23rd June 2017 in Delft, the Netherlands, one of our partners STAM presented the paper connected with the RE4 project: “Indexing and Sorting Robot Based on Hyperspectral and Reflectance Information for CDW Recycling”.
The conference was dedicated to advances in recycling and management of construction and demolition waste.
The RE4 project was presented by FENIX TNT during the Seminar “Communication strategy in H2020 projects” which took place 20th June 2017 in the Technology Centre CAS in Prague, the Czech Republic. The event was dedicated to education in the field of communication and dissemination in European projects.
The RE4 project was presented by Petra Colantonio from FENIX TNT during the Workshop of the Partnership in Public and Private Sector in HORIZON 2020. The event was organised by the Technology centre CAS in Prague, the Czech Republic and took place on 24th May 2017. The aim of the workshop was to inform about results made during the programs PPP Factories of the Future, Energy-efficient Buildings and SPIRE a Photonics.
The RE4 project was presented by ACCIONA during the First VEEP project International Workshop "Engaging with Stakeholders" which has been held in the framework of the BIBM Congress (17-19 May 2017) on May 17th in Madrid, Spain. Different industrial stakeholders from more than 20 Worldwide countries participated the event!
Please find at the following link more details about the VEEP workshop.
The RE4 project was presented during the seminar: “Circular Economy in the building construction sector”, organised by SARP, which took place on 17th May 2017 in Warsaw, Poland in Zamoyscy Palace. The Seminar was dedicated to the dissemination of the idea of a new bio-renewable, easy-to-use panels, BRIMEE panels, drawing attention on questions important for end-users (architects, engineers, investors).
Speakers from University of Technology and organisations connected with “green buildings” as well as representatives of BRIMEE project and other EU projects presented different topics related to the circular economy in the construction sector.
We are proud that the RE4 Project is one of the 155 energy-efficient H2020 and FP7 projects presented in the 6th edition of the EeB PPP Project Review 2017. This yearly publication presents the progress and results of 110 co-funded projects within the EeB PPP under the 7th framework programme (FP7) for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 and 45 co-funded projects under the HORIZON 2020 programme for 2014, 2015 and 2016.
The International Building Fair in Brno, Czech Republic took place during 26th – 29th April 2017. The RE4 project was there, exhibited by FENIX TNT.
Fairs in Brno are well known for a unique presentation of all aspects of housing and house constructions, building management services, technical solutions, equipment, interior design and furniture. Visitors can learn about the latest developments, trends, products and services in various fields.
One of the RE4 project partners, Creagh Concrete company released a new video of their “rapidres” Fastrack Build System. See 3D video of construction.
The RE4 project could be found on the Build UP portal. The BUILD UP portal is an interactive web portal targets professionals in the building sector with interests in the latest developments on technical and practical levels, policy legislations, financial issues, and innovative ideas.
6 months after the kick-off meeting of the RE4 project, the consortium met again on 21st and 22nd March, 2017 at Queen’s University Belfast, the UK. Partners from across Europe came together to review, discuss and evaluate the project’s progress and to plan next steps. Besides 32 participants from the consortium, the meeting was attended by Mr. Carlos Saraiva Martins, the Project Officer.
The first day of the meeting was dedicated to several parallel meetings during which partners discussed the progress done in particular areas of the project. Later that day, participants had a chance to visit the CDE Global and the Creagh company. The CDE Global, located in Cookstown, is world’s largest campus dedicated to the wet processing of materials in the sand & aggregates mining, C&D waste recycling, industrial sands and environmental sectors. Partners has a unique opportunity to observe the promises where the machines are assembled.
The Creagh Concrete Products Ltd company, located in Toomebridge, produces concrete products for a diverse range of market sectors throughout Ireland and the UK. Participants visited the entire complex, in which the production is held. Partners had a chance to witness the full process of prefabricated concrete components production – from a production of formwork and reinforcement to storing the finished pieces of the product.
The work package (WP) leaders’ presentations were scheduled for the second day of the meeting. Each of the WP leaders presented what has been achieved until then and what is planned for upcoming 6 months in their work packages. The meeting was round off with the visit of the QUB’s labs. During the visit, an equipment such as experimental water tank with wave producer, was introduced to partners.
Pictures can be seen in the section Gallery.
RE4 poster, leaflet and roll up poster to be used during dissemination events were designed by ACR+ and can be downloaded from the section Documents.
The RE4 project was exhibited during the event “Giornate di Studio sui Geopolimeri”, organized by the Universities of Naples, which has taken place on the 26th and 27th January, 2017 in Naples (Italy), hosted by University Parthenope – Technologies Dept.
The overall concept, objectives and challenges of RE4 project were introduced to both academic community and industrial experts attending the event.
Pictures can be seen in the section Gallery.
The RE4 project was exhibited during BRIMEE Conference organized by FENIX TNT. The conference took place on the 25th January, 2017 at the Rectorate Brno University of Technology in Brno, Czech Republic.
Participants of the conference had a chance to see presentations about various topics linked to green materials, new technologies and innovations in the construction sector. The event was concluded with the BRIMEE project demo site visit, where panels made of the Nano Crystalline Cellulose foam have been installed. Pictures can be seen in the section Gallery.
The RE4 project was exhibited by FENIX TNT on BAU17, the World’s Leading Trade Fair connected with civil engineering, which took place in Munich, Germany on the 16th – 21th January 2017. BAU presented a display of architecture, materials and systems for commercial and residential construction and interior design, for both new-build and R&M projects. Every year around 2,000 exhibitors from more than 40 countries showcases a comprehensive range of materials and technologies for planning and construction.
Pictures can be seen in the section Gallery.
The article about the RE4 project has been published in CBIs national concrete customer magazine. The article titled: “Construction and demolition waste as raw material for energy-efficient building components” presents the project in general.
Article can be downloaded from the section Documents.
STAM organized its annual workshop on the 16th December, 2016, in Villa del Principe, Genova. During the workshop, which was attended by about four dozen experts from the scientific and industrial fields, STAM presented the RE4 project.
Pictures can be seen in the section Gallery.
The RE4 project officially started on 1st September 2016. The kick off meeting of the European project RE4 was held in Brindisi, Italy on 15th September. Project coordinator CETMA hosted 12 partners from 7 European countries and 1 partner from Taiwan. Partners discussed how set objectives can be achieved and how the expectations of the end users and interest groups can be met with respect to the intended project outcome. There was introduced plan for the first six months of the project and all partners could discover interesting premises of CETMA and know better each other.
Pictures can be seen in the section Gallery.
