An Open Data Platform for Early-Stage Building Circularity Assessment

Lina Morkunaite; Fayes Haitham Al-Naber; Ekaterina Petrova; Kjeld Svidt

An Open Data Platform for Early-Stage Building Circularity Assessment

Lina Morkunaite^*, Fayes Haitham Al-Naber, Ekaterina Petrova, Kjeld Svidt

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Abstract

The construction industry is a signiϐicant source of pollution and consumer of natural resources. As the damage to the environment is rapidly growing, the criticism towards the linear economy model is increasing. Circular Economy is perceived as an environmentally friendly alternative. However, Circular Economy implementation in the industry is still in its infancy. Researchers agree that the early design phase plays a signiϐicant role in building circularity, but early-stage circularity assessment is not a common practice. Therefore, this paper investigates the technical needs for early circularity assessment and proposes a novel assessment framework relying on Semantic Web and Linked Building Data technologies. A new Building Circularity Assessment Ontology ȋBCAOȌ is proposed to structure the scattered heterogenous manufacturer product data needed for the assessment. The ontology and the application framework are evaluated in a use case that reveals the potential in guiding the design decisions to more circular alternatives.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 38th International Conference of CIB W78, Luxembourg, 13-15 October, pp 813-822 (ISSN: 2706-6568)
Number of pages	10
Publisher	University of Ljubljana
Publication date	2021
Pages	813-822
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	The Joint Conference CIBW 78 - LDAC 2021 : The 38th CIB W78 conference on Information and Communication Technologies for AECO and the 8th LDAC workshop - Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg Duration: 11 Oct 2021 → 15 Oct 2021 Conference number: 38th and 8th https://www.cibw78-ldac-2021.lu/

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Conference	The Joint Conference CIBW 78 - LDAC 2021
Number	38th and 8th
Location	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
Country/Territory	Luxembourg
Period	11/10/2021 → 15/10/2021
Internet address	https://www.cibw78-ldac-2021.lu/

Series	Proceedings of the 37th International Conference of CIB W78
Volume	2021
ISSN	2706-6568

Keywords

Circular economy
Linked Building Data
Semantic Web
Ontologies

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Morkunaite, Lina ; Al-Naber, Fayes Haitham ; Petrova, Ekaterina et al. / An Open Data Platform for Early-Stage Building Circularity Assessment. Proceedings of the 38th International Conference of CIB W78, Luxembourg, 13-15 October, pp 813-822 (ISSN: 2706-6568). University of Ljubljana, 2021. pp. 813-822 (Proceedings of the 37th International Conference of CIB W78, Vol. 2021).

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Morkunaite, L, Al-Naber, FH, Petrova, E & Svidt, K 2021, An Open Data Platform for Early-Stage Building Circularity Assessment. in Proceedings of the 38th International Conference of CIB W78, Luxembourg, 13-15 October, pp 813-822 (ISSN: 2706-6568). University of Ljubljana, Proceedings of the 37th International Conference of CIB W78, vol. 2021, pp. 813-822, The Joint Conference CIBW 78 - LDAC 2021 , Luxembourg, 11/10/2021. <https://itc.scix.net/pdfs/w78-2021-paper-081.pdf>

An Open Data Platform for Early-Stage Building Circularity Assessment. / Morkunaite, Lina; Al-Naber, Fayes Haitham; Petrova, Ekaterina et al.
Proceedings of the 38th International Conference of CIB W78, Luxembourg, 13-15 October, pp 813-822 (ISSN: 2706-6568). University of Ljubljana, 2021. p. 813-822 (Proceedings of the 37th International Conference of CIB W78, Vol. 2021).

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