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COMMUNICATION
Buildings as material banks:
Steps forwards
The EU funded H2020 BAMB and components are temporarily http://passports.bamb2020.eu This
project, Buildings As Material ‘deposited’ into a functional element new BAMB Materials Passports
Banks, brings 16 partners or part of the building. When socio- Platform will fill a gap in the
from 7 European countries economic conditions are favourable, marketplace by providing a ‘one-
together for one mission – enabling (a part of) the materials, products stop-shop’ to describe circular
a systemic shift in the building sector and components may be retrieved economy value across the building
by creating circular solutions (see for another investment: another cycle, especially for using and re-
previous presentations of the project building or another high quality using components and materials, and
in EEI of Summer 2016 and 2017). application. Seeing material resources reducing the generation of waste.
as a temporary way of materialising
Considering Buildings as “Material investments opens the door to a wide A central aim is to support the
Banks” is seeing them as repositories range of circular business models, in transition of the building industry
or stockpiles of valuable, high quality which economic and environmental from a linear economy to a circular
materials that can easily be taken value is conserved and created one by letting users identify
apart and recovered. By harvesting through the reuse of materials, value potential throughout the
materials and parts during the products, components and buildings, building cycle, from planning and
deconstruction and renovation of while (performance based) services construction through occupancy,
buildings, these materials can be are provided to support the daily repairs, renovations, repurposing and
reused in the construction, operation life of (end) users. More information decommissioning, and by making
or refurbishment of other buildings, about the BAMB vision is available on it possible to continuously track
thus reducing waste and primary www.bamb2020.eu/topics/blueprint/ component and materials quality
resource use. Moreover, the term vision/. & modifications. The Materials
‘Buildings as Material Banks’ refers Passports Platform, currently a
to a materialised investment. It MATERIALS PASSPORTS PLATFORM prototype forming the core of a
is more than investing money in PROTOTYPE AND THE REMS materials passport system, is ready
property funds. In this vision, the EXHIBITION for testing by industry partners and
building itself is considered as A powerful new tool for materials it can be experienced by visiting
a materialised savings account banking across Europe has been the Reversible Experience Modules
for material resources, through launched at the end of 2017 and (REMs) exhibition.
which building materials, products made accessible through
The REMs exhibition is the largest
©E.Durmisevic, 4D architects. travelling exhibition of circularity in
the built environment. It consists of
more than 70 building materials and
products, all optimized for healthy
use and reuse. Together, they form
exhibition space that resembles parts
of actual buildings, with a hallway,
an office area, a home area and an
outside area. In the REMs exhibition,
all showcased products and
materials will be represented in the
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