Nov 2016 Feb 2017 May 2017 July 2017 Nov 2017 July 2018 Feb 2019 Mar 2019 Apr 2019 Aug 2019 Feb 2020 Milestone 1 Milestone 5 Availability of comprehensive characterisa�on of CDW-derived materials for their recycle or reuse Milestone 2 Weight-criteria based CDW separa�ng system Milestone 4 & 10 Design development of components & Specifica�ons of the conceptual design of the scaled-up processes Milestone 7 Produc�on of prefabricated building elements Start Sept 2016 End We are here Milestone 12 SAP approval by PMC Milestone 3 & 6 Robo�c NIR sensors based CDW sor�ng system & availability of a system of quality classes and poten�al applica�ons for recovered CDW-derived materials Project website crea�on Milestone 11 Successful large scale produc�on of the selected products and elements Milestone 8 Demonstra�on of the technical viability by means of building the demonstrators and performance analysis Milestone 9 Milestone 13 Final report approval by PMC Availability of the CDW streams across Europe Download in PDF YOU CAN ALSO FIND US ON: www.re4.eu REuse and REcycling of CDW materials and structures in energy efficient pREfabricated elements for building REfurbishment and construction Oct 2018 N°03 The sole responsibility of this publication lies with the author. The European Union is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. WHERE WE ARE Dear Reader, We are delighted to introduce the third edition of the RE 4 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. CETMA and FENIX TNT will present the RE 4 project during the upcoming edition of the ECTP conference “When EU Construction Industry shapes high-tech Sustainable Built Environment”. The 8 th ECTP open Conference will take place in Brussels on 13 th -14 th November 2018, and will be dedicated to presentation and discussion of current and anticipated innovation in the built environment field. 8 th ECTP Conference PAST EVENTS RE 4 project was presented during the event co-organised by FENIX TNT “Circular Hub: Circular economy in the construction sector” on 20 th September 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic. FENIX team had a chance to introduce the RE 4 project to more than 70 attendants from various fields: industry, ministry representatives, municipality representatives, architects, associations, universities, etc. Circular Hub: Circular economy in the construction sector Several sustainable building materials and components incorporating up to 100% of CDW (such as mineral aggregate of various size fractions, wood fibres, rigid plastic particles, bricks & tiles particles as well as large pieces of timber) were validated on lab scale: self-compacting and vibrated concretes with mineral CDW aggregates and ordinary Portland cement; vibrated concretes with mineral CDW aggregates and alkali activated binders of different origin; lightweight concretes with CDW aggregates of different composition and ordinary Portland cement; earthen building materials with fine CDWs; concrete building blocks; reconstituted tiles; wood and plastic insulation panels; timber beams, columns and weatherboarding. WHERE WE ARE PROJECT PROGRESS RE 4 ECO-SUSTAINABLE COMPONENTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR GREEN BUILDING PARTNERS UPCOMING EVENTS PAST EVENTS The general approach consisted in the optimization of innovative building solutions suitable for industrial applications aiming, at the same time, at the maximization of RE 4 CDW usage. RE 4 CDW has the potential to be used for green building materials and prefabricated components complying with target requirements set for industrial production. The physical and mechanical properties of RE 4 materials and components comply with the requirements set by European Standards and National Building Codes. HIGH QUALITY AGGREGATES FROM CDW? YES, RE 4 CAN! Tab. 1: EN 206:2013 existing (green) and proposed by RE 4 consortium (orange) quality classes for CDW mineral aggregate to be used in non-structural and structural concrete. When classifying coarse recycled mineral aggregates for use in new concrete, the constituent material is examined and quantified in relative proportions (see Fig. 2). Based on this quantification, the recycled aggregate is classified in the two quality classes Type A and Type B, which can be then used to various extent in new concrete based on class and expected exposure class. The novelty of our work is a suggested refinement of the quality classes and their suggested limits of use, based on the extensive assessment of mineral CDW and its performance in concrete conducted in the RE 4 project. Above the two already existing classes, two new are suggested: Type A+ and Type L (see Tab.1). The quality of classes Type A+ and Type A is suitable for use in concrete in load-bearing structures, whereas class Type B would be intended for applications in, for instance, concrete masonry units or in non-structural concrete. Type L should be used for mineral CDW, which have oven-dry density ≤ 2000 kg/m 3 , thereby qualifying as lightweight aggregate for lightweight concrete. The suggested classes can also be used for other products, e. g. reconstituted roof tiles (Type A+) and façade panel applications (Type A, B or L), with additional requirements on frost-resistance when relevant. The work on the quality classes and related issues, such as standardization and certification, will continue during the remainder of the RE 4 project, as well as in technical committees that the consortium partners have access to. Fig. 2: Constituent classification of 8/16 mm sorted CDW from southern Europe, following procedures and classes defined in the test standard It all starts with the sorting of the CDW. To properly select a suitable material for the recycling, RE 4 partners are developing a mobile CDW robotic sorting system. The CDW robotic sorting system, after being subjected to an intensive tuning and testing phase in the SIIT (Sistemi Intelligenti Integrati Tecnologie) laboratories in Genoa, Italy, is being tested in an industrial environment in Oxford, UK, under the supervision of STAM and CDE. This second part of test allowed verifying if the performance and results achieved in the laboratory can be equally achieved in an industrial site. Once the system was transferred to the UK, STAM and CDE worked together to minimize the error rate and increase production in terms of kg/h. A second commissioning session is scheduled for early November. The final aim is to improve and optimize the sorting activity, with the validation of the robotic sorting system in an industrial environment. SeRaMCo Conference CETMA will attend the SeRaMCo: “Secondary Raw Materials for Concrete Precast Products” conference and introduce the RE 4 project there. Initiated in 2017 with 10 European partners, SeRaMCo aims to replace primary raw materials with the high-quality materials recycled from construction and demolition waste. The conference will take place on 28 th - 29 th November 2018 in Luxembourg. BAMB Final event: Buildings as Material Banks – A Pathway for a Circular Future The partners from ZRS Architekten will present our project at the BAMB’s final event “BUILDINGS AS MATERIAL BANKS – A PATHWAY FOR A CIRCULAR FUTURE” that will be held in Brussels on 5 th to 7 th February 2019. The BAMB final event is part of the worldwide prestigious SBE19 Conference Series. 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 12 th 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 different origin as well as construction and demolition wastes in the RE 4 project. ReSiELP Project: “Go to Market” Technical Workshop Two RE 4 partners, CDE Global and Queen's University Belfast, represented the RE 4 project during the Circular Driven Economy Symposium, which took place in London on 18 th and 19 th September 2018. The symposium covered a range of topics with industry experts discussing ways to explore high-value opportunities for recovered C&D waste recycling materials. Circular Driven Economy Symposium Berlin´s Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection organized the first expert dialogue focused on the use of recycled concrete. This event took place on the 18 th and 19 th September 2018 in Berlin, Germany. RE 4 representatives from RISE attended this dialogue and introduced our project. Partners from ZRS Architekten also attended the symposium focused on the application of the recycled concrete and shared the project and its brochures with more than 100 participants. Expert dialogue: Use of Recycled Concrete (RC-Concrete) and 1 st Symposium on the application of RC Our project was also introduced outside Europe; partners from ZRS Architekten had a chance to share the project with the participants of the International Symposium on Earthen Structures in Bangalore, India on 22 nd - 24 th August 2018. The symposium provided an International Forum for information dissemination and exchange, discussions and debates on research and sustainable practice in the broad field of earthen structures, including materials, building techniques, climate responsive architecture, building-comfort, energy in buildings, climate-change mitigation and emission reduction. International Symposium on Earthen Structures (ISES2018) Partners from the Queen's University Belfast presented our project at 14 th International Conference on Concrete Engineering and Technology and Workshop on Sustainable Construction and the Ability to Deliver Climate-Resilient Infrastructure in Kuala Lumpur on 7 th - 10 th August 2018. CONCET is a biennial international conference organized by the University of Malaya, Institution of Engineers Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi MARA. 14 th International Conference on Concrete Engineering and Technology (CONCET) CETMA representatives presented the RE 4 project at the International Conference on Applied Mineralogy & Advanced Materials 2018 on 24 th - 26 th July 2018 at Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy). They introduced some of the results related to the development of precast components and elements from CDW and got a lot of interest and positive feedback on the presented building solutions. International Conference on Applied Mineralogy & Advanced Materials 2018 On 5 th 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 results of RE 4 project obtained in its first 18-month period. Although China is one of the most advanced countries in the thematic areas covered by RE 4 , the visitors have been very impressed by team capacities and project ambition. Chinese delegation visit at CETMA's premises From 28 th to 30 th 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. RISUD Annual International Symposium 2018 On June 27 th and 28 th 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 RE 4 representatives from STAM participated. Sustainable places 2018 Fig. 1: RE 4 Sorting system testing Representatives of the RE 4 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 27 th June in Berlin. (Photo credits: Ulrich Rossmann) Cities in Transition: The Future is Circular RE 4 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 26 th June 2018. 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, etc. China Academy of Building Research representatives visited FENIX TNT Representatives of the Queen's University Belfast presented the RE 4 project at the International Conference on Alkali Activated Materials and Geopolymers: Versatile Materials Offering High Performance and Low Emissions from 27 th May to 1 st June 2018. This conference aimed to collect scientific and industrial contributions, to find 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. International Conference on Alkali Activated Materials and Geopolymers SOCIAL MEDIA Italian Association for Industrial Research awarded the Oscar Masi Prize for 2017 to ITC-CNR (Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) for its activities performed in the RE 4 Project as Linked Third Part of STRESS Scarl. The prize is dedicated to the Enabling technologies and innovative solutions for the sustainable city. 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 24 th 2018 during the AIRI Industrial Innovation Day. Oscar Masi Prize 2017 RISE representatives presented our project during the Arise Symposium at U Twente Circularity Through Design on 31 st May 2018 in the 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. Arise Symposium at U Twente Circularity Through Design On Thursday 24 th May 2018, RE 4 project was presented at 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. RE 4 was presented by partners from the QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST, ZRS ARCHITEKTEN INGENIEURE, FENIX TNT and CDE. ConWEEB Workshop FENIX TNT, as the dissemination leader of the RE 4 project, represented the project at Building Fairs in Brno, Czech Republic. From 25 th to 28 th April 2018 more than 40 000 visitors had a chance to see a unique presentation of all aspects of housing and house constructions, building management services, technical solutions and equipment. IBF – International Building Fair Click on the picture and access the newest interview about the RE 4 project with professor Marios Soutsos from the Queen´s University Belfast. RE 4 project is on Instagram too! Find us as “re4_project” and give us a follow! This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 723583 FENIX TNT created the very first graphic video describing the RE 4 project, our goals, partners, products, sorting system and much more. Click on the picture and access the project YouTube channel. (Photo credits: Ulrich Rossmann) MATERIALS COMPONENTS CDW DERIVED MATERIALS RE 4 MATERIALS RE 4 COMPONENTS* Mineral fractions Lightweight fractions Brick & tiles Timber Mineral CDW aggregates RE 4 self-compacting and vibrated concretes RE 4 Concrete building blocks Wood fibres Bricks & tiles CDW timber slats RE 4 lightweight concrete RE 4 Rigid plastic (RP) insulating panels RE 4 Insulation panels RE 4 Reconstituted roof tiles RE 4 Weatherboarding * Other load bearing and non-load bearing components are under development. Plastic CDW Mixed plastic and wood CDW RE 4 lightweight concrete
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Nov 2016 Feb 2017 May 2017 July 2017 Nov 2017 July 2018 Feb 2019 Mar 2019 Apr 2019 Aug 2019 Feb 2020
Milestone 1
Milestone 5Availability ofcomprehensivecharacterisa�onof CDW-derivedmaterials for their recycle or reuse
Milestone 2Weight-criteriabased CDWsepara�ng system
Milestone 4 & 10Design development of components & Specifica�ons of the conceptual design of thescaled-up processes
Milestone 7Produc�on ofprefabricatedbuilding elements
Start
Sept 2016
End
We are here
Milestone 12SAP approval by PMC
Milestone 3 & 6Robo�c NIR sensors based CDW sor�ng system & availability of a system of quality classes and poten�al applica�ons for recovered CDW-derived materials
Project website crea�on
Milestone 11Successful largescale produc�onof the selectedproducts andelements
Milestone 8
Demonstra�onof the technicalviability by meansof building thedemonstratorsand performanceanalysis
Milestone 9
Milestone 13Final reportapproval by PMC
Availability of the CDW streams across Europe
Download in PDF
YOU CAN ALSO FIND US ON:
www.re4.eu
REuse and REcycling of CDW materials and structures in energy e�cient pREfabricated elements for building REfurbishment and construction
Oct 2018
N°03
The sole responsibility of this publication lies with the author. The European Union is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
WHERE WE ARE
Dear Reader,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.
CETMA and FENIX TNT will present the RE4 project during the upcoming edition of the ECTP conference “When EU Construction Industry shapes high-tech Sustainable Built Environment”. The 8th ECTP open Conference will take place in Brussels on 13th-14th November 2018, and will be dedicated to presentation and discussion of current and anticipated innovation in the built environment �eld.
8th ECTP Conference
PAST EVENTS
RE4 project was presented during the event co-organised by FENIX TNT “Circular Hub: Circular economy in the construction sector” on 20th
September 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic. FENIX team had a chance to introduce the RE4 project to more than 70 attendants from various �elds: industry, ministry representatives, municipality representatives, architects, associations, universities, etc.
Circular Hub: Circular economy in the construction sector
Several sustainable building materials and components incorporating up to 100% of CDW (such as mineral aggregate of various size fractions, wood �bres, rigid plastic particles, bricks & tiles particles as well as large pieces of timber) were validated on lab scale: self-compacting and vibrated concretes with mineral CDW aggregates and ordinary Portland cement; vibrated concretes with mineral CDW aggregates and alkali activated binders of di�erent origin; lightweight concretes with CDW aggregates of di�erent composition and ordinary Portland cement; earthen building materials with �ne CDWs; concrete building blocks; reconstituted tiles; wood and plastic insulation panels; timber beams, columns and weatherboarding.
WHERE WE ARE
PROJECT PROGRESS
RE4 ECO-SUSTAINABLE COMPONENTS NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR GREEN BUILDING
PARTNERS
UPCOMING EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
The general approach consisted in the optimization of innovative building solutions suitable for industrial applications aiming, at the same time, at the maximization of RE4 CDW usage. RE4 CDW has the potential to be used for green building materials and prefabricated components complying with target requirements set for industrial production. The physical and mechanical properties of RE4 materials and components comply with the requirements set by European Standards and National Building Codes.
HIGH QUALITY AGGREGATES FROM CDW? YES, RE4 CAN!
Tab. 1: EN 206:2013 existing (green) and proposed by RE4 consortium (orange) quality classes for CDW mineral aggregate to be used in non-structural and
structural concrete.
When classifying coarse recycled mineral aggregates for use in new concrete, the constituent material is examined and quanti�ed in relative proportions (see Fig. 2). Based on this quanti�cation, the recycled aggregate is classi�ed in the two quality classes Type A and Type B, which can be then used to various extent in new concrete based on class and expected exposure class. The novelty of our work is a suggested re�nement of the quality classes and their suggested limits of use, based on the extensive assessment of mineral CDW and its performance in concrete conducted in the RE4 project. Above the two already existing classes, two new are suggested: Type A+ and Type L (see Tab.1). The quality of classes Type A+ and Type A is suitable for use in concrete in load-bearing structures, whereas class Type B would be intended for applications in, for instance, concrete masonry units or in non-structural concrete. Type L should be used for mineral CDW, which have oven-dry density ≤ 2000 kg/m3, thereby qualifying as lightweight aggregate for lightweight concrete. The suggested classes can also be used for other products, e. g. reconstituted roof tiles (Type A+) and façade panel applications (Type A, B or L), with additional requirements on frost-resistance when relevant. The work on the quality classes and related issues, such as standardization and certi�cation, will continue during the remainder of the RE4 project, as well as in technical committees that the consortium partners have access to.
Fig. 2: Constituent classi�cation of 8/16 mm sorted CDW from southern Europe, following procedures and classes de�ned in the test standard
It all starts with the sorting of the CDW. To properly select a suitable material for the recycling, RE4 partners are developing a mobile CDW robotic sorting system. The CDW robotic sorting system, after being subjected to an intensive tuning and testing phase in the SIIT (Sistemi Intelligenti Integrati Tecnologie) laboratories in Genoa, Italy, is being tested in an industrial environment in Oxford, UK, under the supervision of STAM and CDE. This second part of test allowed verifying if the performance and results achieved in the laboratory can be equally achieved in an industrial site. Once the system was transferred to the UK, STAM and CDE worked together to minimize the error rate and increase production in terms of kg/h. A second commissioning session is scheduled for early November. The �nal aim is to improve and optimize the sorting activity, with the validation of the robotic sorting system in an industrial environment.
SeRaMCo ConferenceCETMA will attend the SeRaMCo: “Secondary Raw Materials for Concrete Precast Products” conference and introduce the RE4 project there. Initiated in 2017 with 10 European partners, SeRaMCo aims to replace primary raw materials with the high-quality materials recycled from construction and demolition waste. The conference will take place on 28th - 29th November 2018 in Luxembourg.
BAMB Final event: Buildings as Material Banks – A Pathway for a Circular Future The partners from ZRS Architekten will present our project at the BAMB’s �nal event “BUILDINGS AS MATERIAL BANKS – A PATHWAY FOR A CIRCULAR FUTURE” that will be held in Brussels on 5th to 7th February 2019. The BAMB �nal event is part of the worldwide prestigious SBE19 Conference Series.
CETMA has taken part in the “Go to Market” Technical Workshop of ReSiELP European Project, arranged at the o�ces 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 di�erent origin as well as construction and demolition wastes in the RE4 project.
ReSiELP Project: “Go to Market” Technical Workshop
Two RE4 partners, CDE Global and Queen's University Belfast, represented the RE4 project during the Circular Driven Economy Symposium, which took place in London on 18th and 19th September 2018. The symposium covered a range of topics with industry experts discussing ways to explore high-value opportunities for recovered C&D waste recycling materials.
Circular Driven Economy Symposium
Berlin´s Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection organized the �rst expert dialogue focused on the use of recycled concrete. This event took place on the 18th and 19th September 2018 in Berlin, Germany. RE4 representatives from RISE attended this dialogue and introduced our project. Partners from ZRS Architekten also attended the symposium focused on the application of the recycled concrete and shared the project and its brochures with more than 100 participants.
Expert dialogue: Use of Recycled Concrete (RC-Concrete) and 1st Symposium on the application of RC
Our project was also introduced outside Europe; partners from ZRS Architekten had a chance to share the project with the participants of the International Symposium on Earthen Structures in Bangalore, India on 22nd- 24th August 2018. The symposium provided an International Forum for information dissemination and exchange, discussions and debates on research and sustainable practice in the broad �eld of earthen structures, including materials, building techniques, climate responsive architecture, building-comfort, energy in buildings, climate-change mitigation and emission reduction.
International Symposium on Earthen Structures (ISES2018)
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.
14th International Conference on Concrete Engineering and Technology (CONCET)
CETMA representatives presented the RE4 project at the International Conference on Applied Mineralogy & Advanced Materials 2018 on 24th - 26th July 2018 at Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy). They introduced some of the results related to the development of precast components and elements from CDW and got a lot of interest and positive feedback on the presented building solutions.
International Conference on Applied Mineralogy & Advanced Materials 2018
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 results of RE4 project obtained in its �rst 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.
Chinese delegation visit at CETMA's premises
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.
RISUD Annual International Symposium 2018
On June 27th and 28th 2018, INES Research & Development hosted the Sustainable Places Conference 2018, an o�cial EU Sustainable Energy Day aimed to foster innovative market solutions and empower synergies between Energy-e�cient 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.
Sustainable places 2018
Fig. 1: RE4 Sorting system testing
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 speci�c 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)
Cities in Transition: The Future is Circular
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 2018. CABR is the largest comprehensive R&D institution in the building sector in China. Their research and business cover 70 �elds of such specialties as building structure, soil foundation, earthquake-resistance engineering, building environment, etc.
China Academy of Building Research representatives visited FENIX TNT
Representatives of the Queen's University Belfast presented the RE4 project at the International Conference on Alkali Activated Materials and Geopolymers: Versatile Materials O�ering High Performance and Low Emissions from 27th May to 1st June 2018. This conference aimed to collect scienti�c and industrial contributions, to �nd 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.
International Conference on Alkali Activated Materials and Geopolymers
SOCIAL MEDIA
Italian Association for Industrial Research awarded the Oscar Masi Prize for 2017 to ITC-CNR (Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche) for its activities performed in the RE4 Project as Linked Third Part of STRESS Scarl. The prize is dedicated to the Enabling technologies and innovative solutions for the sustainable city.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.
Oscar Masi Prize 2017
RISE representatives presented our project during the Arise Symposium at U Twente Circularity Through Design on 31st May 2018 in the 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 �eld of design-research for sustainability and energy, in a forum.
Arise Symposium at U Twente Circularity Through Design
On Thursday 24th May 2018, RE4 project was presented at the CONWEEB Workshop in CSIC O�ce 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-e�cient 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, ZRS ARCHITEKTEN INGENIEURE, FENIX TNT and CDE.
ConWEEB Workshop
FENIX TNT, as the dissemination leader of the RE4 project, represented the project at Building Fairs in Brno, Czech Republic. From 25th to 28th April 2018 more than 40 000 visitors had a chance to see a unique presentation of all aspects of housing and house constructions, building management services, technical solutions and equipment.
IBF – International Building Fair
Click on the picture and access the newest interview about the RE4 project with professor Marios Soutsos from the Queen´s University Belfast.
RE4 project is on Instagram too! Find us as “re4_project” and give us a follow!
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 723583
FENIX TNT created the very �rst graphic video describing the RE4 project, our goals, partners, products, sorting system and much more. Click on the picture and access the project YouTube channel.
(Photo credits: Ulrich Rossmann)
MATERIALS
COMPONENTS
CDW DERIVED MATERIALS RE4 MATERIALS RE4 COMPONENTS*
Mineral fractions
Lightweight fractions
Brick & tiles
Timber
Mineral CDW aggregates
RE4 self-compacting and vibrated concretes
RE4 Concrete building blocks
Wood �bres
Bricks & tiles
CDW timber slats
RE4 lightweight concrete
RE4 Rigid plastic (RP) insulating panels
RE4 Insulation panels
RE4 Reconstituted roof tiles
RE4 Weatherboarding
* Other load bearing and non-load bearing components are under development.
Plastic CDW
Mixed plastic and wood CDW
RE4 lightweight concrete
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