HISER - Holistic Innovative Solutions for an Efficient Recycling and Recovery of Valuable Raw Materials from Complex Construction and Demolition Waste
Updated on 21.06.2024
The main goal of HISER project is to develop and demonstrate novel cost-effective technological and non-technological holistic solutions for a higher recovery of raw materials from ever more complex C&DW, by considering circular economy approaches throughout the building value chain (from the End-of-Life Buildings to new Buildings).
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The following solutions are proposed:
- Harmonized procedures complemented with an intelligent tool and a supply chain tracking system, for highly-efficient sorting at source in demolition and refurbishment works.
- Advanced sorting and recycling technologies for the production and automated quality assessment of high-purity raw materials from complex C&DW.
- Development of optimized building products (low embodied energy cements, green concretes, bricks, plasterboards and gypsum plasters, extruded composites) through the partial replacement of virgin raw materials by higher amounts of secondary high-purity raw materials recovered from complex C&DW.
Relevance for Circular Systemic Solutions
This project offers insights and analyses for interested cities and regions which are working on CSSs for reducing and reusing construction and demolition waste, especially those interested in standardising the certification of recovered materials from CDW. The deliverables of the project can help cities and regions in analysing the policy framework in their Mapping phase of CSS deployment, while their improvement suggestions can help with identifying intervention areas and building a CSS case during the Design phase. Finally, the policy recommendations arising from this project can help local authorities in their decision-making processes related to the management of CDW.
Main results and lessons learnt
The project produced a number of relevant and useful outputs, including:
- Report on Strategy and proposal for measures to be undertaken towards Standardization and Certification
- Report on Policy Recommendations
These can be found on: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/642085/results
Horizon programme and topic
Programme:
- H2020-EU.3.5. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Climate action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials
Topic:
- WASTE-3-2014 - Recycling of raw materials from products and buildings
Responsible organisation and contact details
Project consortium partners
- FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
- ACCIONA CONSTRUCCION SA
- Groupe Archimen
- ASM RESEARCH SOLUTIONS STRATEGY SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA
- Conenor Oy
- RINA CONSULTING SPA
- DUMOULIN BRICKS
- Inashco R&D B.V
- KNAUF GMBH
- KS LAATUENERGIA OY
- HOLCIM INNOVATION CENTER SAS
- MEBIN BV
- RINA SERVICES SPA
- RTT STEINERT GMBH
- STRUKTON CIVIEL BV
- TIIHONEN ISMO
- EMBUILD VZW
- SOCIEDAD PUBLICA DE GESTION AMBIENTAL IHOBE SA
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES
- UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN
- FUNDACION GAIKER
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT
- VLAAMSE INSTELLING VOOR TECHNOLOGISCH ONDERZOEK N.V.
- TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
- SELFRAG AG
- ADR TECHNOLOGY BV
e.g. re-use of public spaces and facilities in urban areas
e.g. electrical engineering, furniture and interior, textile and fashion
<5 000
large 500 000-200 000, medium 200 000-50 000, and small cities 50 000-5 000
large metropolitan area >1.5 million, metropolitan area 1.5 million-500 000
predominantly urban regions, intermediate and predominantly rural regions, refer to TERCET typology NUTS 3 region
e.g. commercial, residential, service, industrial
