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COMMUNICATION

The BAMB Project :
Buildings As Material Banks

The EU funded BAMB project, © Elma Durmisevic
Buildings As Material Banks,
brings 16 partners from 8
European countries together
for one mission – enabling a systemic
shift in the building sector by creating
circular solutions.

Today, building materials end up as
waste when no longer needed, with
effects like destroying ecosystems,
increasing environmental costs, and
creating risks of resource scarcity. To
create a sustainable future, the building
sector needs to move towards a circular
economy.

Whether an industry goes circular down the usage of resources to a rate The BAMB consortium consists
or not depends on the value of the that meets the capacity of the planet. of: Brussels Environment (IBGE-
materials within it – worthless materials BIM) - Environmental Protection
are waste, while valuable materials The project is developing and Encouragement Agency (EPEA)
are recycled. Increased value equals integrating tools that will enable the - Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) -
less waste, and that is what BAMB is shift: Materials Passports and Reversible Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch
creating – ways to increase the values of Building Design – supported by new Onderzoek (VITO) - Building Research
building materials. business models, policy propositions Establishment (BRE) - Zuyd Hogeschool
and management and decision-making - IBM Netherlands - Sunda Hus i
BAMB will enable a systemic shift where models. During the course of the Linköping AB - Ronneby Municipality -
dynamically and flexibly designed project these new approaches will be Technische Universiteit München (TUM)
buildings can be incorporated into demonstrated and refined with input - Universiteit Twente - Universidade
a circular economy. Through design from 6 pilots. do Minho - Sarajevo Green Design
and circular value chains, materials Foundation - Drees & Sommer - BAM
in buildings sustain their value – in a The BAMB project started in September Construct UK - Aurubis Bulgaria. ●
sector producing less waste and using 2015 and will progress for 3 years as an
less virgin resources. Instead of being innovation action within the EU funded
to-be waste, buildings will function as Horizon 2020 program.
banks of valuable materials – slowing

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