REuse and REcycling of CDW materials and structures in energy efficient pREfabricated elements for building REfurbishment and construction – RE4
CDW have increasingly serious impacts on environmental, social and economic realms. There is no coherent framework for utilization of these wastes which are disposed both legally and illegally. Large quantities of CDW waste cause harmful effects on the environment if they are not managed in proper manner. This harms the environment, contributes to the increase of energy consumption, and depletes finite landfills resources. New technologies and strategies established in the RE4 project aim at reusing and recycling of CDW waste materials and structures in energy efficient prefabricated elements for building refurbishment and new constructions. These new technologies are supposed to change the approach to managing the CDW in European countries.
This project is funded by:
(i) “REcovery and uSe of Cement kIlN Dust as the alkali activator for Geopolymeric (Cementless) Concrete Building Blocks (RESCIND)”, EPSRC/Innovate ref nr: EP/N508962/1, Total grant value: £193K, Status: completed, https://ukerc.rl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ercri5.pl?GChoose=gecatsum&GRN=EP/N508962/1&GSumCat=99&GCatSum=2787&HTC=2E447519&SHTC=5A90D6;
(ii) “Converting waste glass into waterglass”, Invest Northern Ireland funded PoC project, Total grant value: £111K, Status: ongoing.
(iii) “Glass cUllet conversIon To wAteRglass (GUITAR)”, funded by Innovate UK, under competition call “ISCF Transforming foundation industries: Building a resilient recovery”, Total grant value: £641K (£253K funding in cash for QUB and remaining £388K between 4 industrial partners), Status: starting on 1/4/2021.
Whittaker, M. J., Grigoriadis, K., Soutsos, M., Sha, W., Klinge, A., Paganoni, S., Casado, M., Brander, L., Mousavi, M., Scullin, M., Correia, R., Zerbi, T., Staiano, G., Merli, I., Ingrosso, I., Attanasio, A. & Largo, A., “Novel construction and demolition waste (CDW) treatment and uses to maximize reuse and recycling,” Advances in Building Energy Research, Mar 2021, 15, 2, pp. 253-269.
Grigoriadis, K., Whittaker, M., Soutsos, M., Sha, W., Napolano, L., Klinge, A., Paganoni, S., Casado, M., Brander, L., Prieto Rabade, M., Mueller, U., Mousavi, M., During, O., Scullin, M., Correia, R., Zerbi, T., Merli, I., Ingrosso, I., Attanasio, A. & Largo, A., “Improving the Recycling Rate of the Construction Industry,” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT5) – Vol 1: Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies Conferences : Proceedings, Ganjian, E., Limbachiya, M., Ghafoori, N., Claisse, P. & Bagheri, M. (eds.). Coventry, 07 Jul 2019, Vol. 1. pp. 400-414.
Whittaker, M., Grigoriadis, K., Soutsos, M., Sha, W., Klinge, A., Paganoni, S., Casado, M., Brander, L., Scullin, M., Correia, R., Zerbi, T., Staiano, G., Merli, I., Ingrosso, I., Attanasio, A. & Largo, A., “Reuse and Recycling of CDW Materials and Structures in Energy Efficient Prefabricated Elements for Building Refurbishment and Construction - RE4,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Materials, Systems and Structures (SMSS 2019): Energy Efficient Building Design and Legislation. Bagaric, M., Banjad Pecur, I. & Kunzel, H. (eds.), 22 Mar 2019, Vol. 2. pp. 158-165.
The School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen's University Belfast is one of several partners involved in this project. Details of all partners are below and also available on the following website: http://www.re4.eu/partners
Technologies Design and Materials European Research Centre, Italy www.cetma.it
ACCIONA Construcción, Spain www.acciona.com
Research Institutes of Sweden www.cbi.se
CDE Global Limited, UK www.cdeglobal.com
Creagh Concrete Products Limited, UK www.creaghconcrete.co.uk
FENIX TNT SRO, Czech Republic www.fenixtnt.cz
Roswag Architekten Gesellschaft Von Architekten MBH, Germany https://www.zrs.berlin/
STAM SRL, Italy www.stamtech.com
Sviluppo Tecnologie E Ricerca Per L'Edilizia Sismicamente Sicura Ed Ecosostenibile SCARL, Italy www.stress-scarl.com
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology www.ntust.edu.tw
Vortex Hrdra S.R.L., Italy www.vortexhydra.com
Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management www.acrplus.org
This project aims to address the following SDGs:
Goal 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
This will be achieved by providing opportunity to generate an easily constructed and easily disassembled building.
Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
Project fits well within the urban mining strategies for waste management and the 3R policy of circular economy.
Goal 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
This will be accomplished by conservation of virgin material and instead use recycled aggregate as an added-value product.
Goal 13 - Climate Action
This goal will be reached by lowering the carbon footprint of new construction.
RE4 website:
- Marios Soutsos
Professor of Structures/Materials
School of Natural and Built Environment
Queen's University
David Keir Building
Stranmillis Road
Belfast BT9 5AG - m.soutsos@qub.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 4023
Fax: +44 (0)28 9097 4278