DeCO2 : Dynamic Decarbonization Pathways Framework: Integrating Technological, Social, And Policy Innovations For Sustainable Renovations In The Built Environment envisions a circular and sustainable decarbonised future for the ongoing renovation wave in Europe offering a location-based, user-centric portfolio of materials and renovation systems adapted to local industrial ecosystems and verticals. DeCO2 digital tools speed up the transition of the construction industry towards decarbonisation through Construction 4.0 enablers. DeCO2 will set up solid and long-lasting partnerships within the legal and regulatory framework and other stakeholders addressing the whole value chain for socio-economic innovation, facilitating to close the performance and design-to-market gap, including heritage buildings.

Through three large-scale demonstrators, the project aims to implement and showcase circular and technological innovations that contribute to the decarbonization of the built environment integrating new eco-friendly and recyclable materials, cutting-edge digital manufacturing techniques (including 3D printing and Robotics), and novel data-driven pathways across the local or regional level value chain.

In this context, IAAC plans to improve productivity, quality and reliability of its research on Ceramic Robotic Recycling; further develop the material, design and process of the ongoing 3D printing with recycled, bio-based and plant-based materials; as well as improving the technology for Building Scanning Analysis & Material Database according to market needs.

DeCO2 seeks to foster social innovation by people-centred, inclusive, creativity-driven, participatory processes activities for the development, implementation, and post-occupancy assessment of sustainable renovation solutions urging immediate behavioural shifts regarding the use and interaction with novel clean energy technologies and methods for climate neutrality.
By providing practical guidelines to public authorities, policy makers and other stakeholders on how to implement decarbonisation pathways the project aims to promote policy innovation and demonstrate the effectiveness and viability of innovative digital solutions, low disruptive construction and retrofitting processes on three physical demonstrators (demo cases) with policy innovation activities regarding national regulatory sandboxes through the integration of technological, social, and circular innovations. And lastly, assess the scalability and replicability of the demonstrated built environment decarbonization pathways for wider adoption by deploying the innovation pathways on three demonstrated Living Labs.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon programme through the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) under grant agreement No 101147781