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BAMB Materials Passports Platform.
Visitors are invited to access the
platform and use the Materials
Passports to dismantle and rebuild
parts of the exhibition themselves.
The REMs exhibition launched its REMs exhibition, Brussels, January 2018
European tour in Brussels in January
2018. For more information on the potential is associated with significant related indicators where data
Materials Passports Platform, contact waste reduction (as much as 93%), provision makes this possible. For
materialspassports@bamb2020. as well as a cost reduction over the economic and environmental
eu. The REMs travelling schedule is time (60% over the course of four aspects, the impact of various
available on www.epea.nl/rems. transformation sequences). The scenarios at a building or system
abovementioned tools and Design level can be considered.
REVERSIBLE BUILDING DESIGN Protocol for Dynamic and Circular
Important steps have been taken to Building will be finalized in early The underpinning methodology
further develop BAMB’s reversible 2019. Updates and more information has been tested manually at both
building design tools, which are available at www.bamb2020.eu/ building and system level using
assess buildings’ reuse potential topics/reversible-building-design/ existing buildings in Brussels and
and transformation capacity. The the UK, and a new concept building
methodologies, protocols and tools CIRCULAR BUILDING ASSESSMENT demonstrating high reuse potential
in development have been tested (CBA) and transformation capacity in the
in BAMB pilot projects including the Later this year, BAMB will test an Netherlands. These examples have
Green Transformable Building Lab integrated assessment web-based shown there to be quantifiable
and the Green Design Centre. Based Circular Building Assessment tool carbon benefits from the adoption
on the tools’ assessments, a low on building projects in the Brussels of circular building scenarios when
score for reuse potential is associated region and beyond. The objective of compared to the usual situation.
with irreversible structures that this tool is to help decision makers, More examples, across a wider set of
make it difficult to recover materials, such as architects and their clients, building types and countries, will be
resulting in downcycling and recycling understand the benefits that could available by the end of the year as the
as the dominant reuse options on be derived when modelling circular second stage of testing is completed.
a material level. A high score for building scenarios versus the linear, This second testing phase will use
reuse potential is associated with or ‘business as usual’, equivalents. the CBA prototype tool and there
a reversible, or circular, structure The assessment encompasses may still be opportunities for readers
that allows for the ease of recovery environmental and economic of this article to get involved and
of materials without damage, and aspects, alongside social and health volunteer a project for assessment. l
consequently the direct reuse of
materials and maintaining their value. More information
The testing of the Reuse Potential www.BAMB2020.eu
Tool and Transformation Capacity linkedin.com/bamb2020
Tool in the GTB-Lab and GDC pilots facebook.com/bamb2020
has also helped to demonstrate twitter.com/bamb2020
a clear connection between the Contact: info@bamb2020.eu
reversibility of building structures and
their environmental and economic
impacts. For example, prototypes
developed for use in these pilots
indicate that a high score for reuse
The BAMB consortium consists of: Brussels Environment (LEAD PARTNER) - Environmental Protection
Encouragement Agency - Vrije Universiteit Brussels - Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek -
Building Research Establishment - Zuyd Hogeschool - IBM Netherlands - Sunda Hus i Linköping AB - Ronneby
Municipality - Technische Universiteit München - Universiteit Twente - Universidade do Minho - Sarajevo Green
Design Foundation - Drees & Sommer - BAM Construct UK.
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