22 september 2022
Building tomorrow
This educational book about circular and biobased constructions was created within the context of the CBCI* project under the banner of Interreg in a collaboration between KU Leuven, HZ University of Applied Sciences and Avans University of Applied Sciences. *Circular Biobased Construction Industry Building tomorrow aims to become the single most important source of guidance for educators training and coaching the construction professionals of the circular future. It unlocks current know-how derived from practical research about the technical, financial, social and legal aspects of circular building with biobased materials. By exploiting circular economy principles, using biobased materials and applying newly developed approaches and instruments, it covers all major steps needed to realise sustainable buildings. 24 educational blueprints for circular constructions The educational blueprints are suitable for both bachelor's and master's curricula. Students will learn about today's sustainable construction industry based on insights, methods and authentic examples gained during the three-year CBCI project promoted by EU Interreg 2 Seas. The teacher can choose from 24 teaching modules, each with clearly described subjects, learning outcomes and educational approach. Every blueprint offers a ready-selected package of literature and educational materials that perfectly match the objectives and assignments. Together they demonstrate how to design a building project with sustainable goals in mind and offer various methods and tools to compare and contrast alternative building solutions. Nevertheless, each module can be studied independently from the others. Through shortened URLs and QR-codes that are provided with each blueprint, teachers and students have unlimited access to permanently updated online materials at no cost.
Lidwien Jacobs, Cihan Kayaçetin, Lode Lefevre, Frank Peeters, Stijn Verdoodt, Alexis Versele, Monique Voet