Towards the digitalization and automation of circular and sustainable construction and demolition waste management – project RECONMATIC

Abstract

The construction sector is responsible for a large part of CO2 emissions, consumption of resources and generation of waste globally. Although the importance of construction and demolition waste management in a circular and sustainable way has been acknowledged on an academic and policy level, there are still steps needed to be taken both in terms of expanding the use of such principles in waste management frameworks but also in terms of increasing their efficiency through the digitalization and automation of their processes. This article provides a presentation of the RECONMATIC project, a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action project, that aims to develop novel tools, technologies and methodologies that can contribute in such a manner in multiple construction phases and project types or material and product life cycle stages.