Led by project co-ordinator Dr Feng Fu, the three-year REMADE project will develop energy efficient, smart building technologies and circular economy construction processes that support the EU’s sustainable growth strategy.
By Dr Shamim Quadir (Senior Communications Officer), Published
Launched this month, the European Commission’s Renovation Management for Adaptability and Disassembly Enhancement (REMADE) project aims to transform how building renovation is conceived, delivered and financed in Europe through a neighbourhood-centred Renovation-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, combining design for adaptability and disassembly (DfAD), advanced digital tools and co-created interventions.
REMADE will be delivered by a consortium of 16 EU academic and business partners led by project co-ordinator Dr Feng Fu, Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the School of Science & Technology, City St George’s, University of London, with consortium members based across Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK.*
Its project solutions are supported by a cloud-based, AI-enabled renovation platform using Building Information Modeling (BIM), digital twins, and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to track material inventory and run cloud-controlled Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC). The platform supports smart construction process planning and monitoring, in- and post-project energy consumption control, and the documentation of building transformations to enable future adaptation and reuse.
REMADE couples its technological backbone with participatory action research, co-design and social sciences expertise to embed neighbourhood needs, and cultural and historical practices into renovation strategies. Inhabitants, municipalities, social housing providers, SMEs and cultural actors will co-define interventions, validate designs and monitor outcomes across four diverse demonstration sites.
Economically, REMADE will develop and test new circular business models and funding logics: performance-based contracts, modular product-service systems, leasing schemes, and neighbourhood-scale material banks. These will be designed to be attractive for investors, insurers and public authorities by reducing risk through high-fidelity data, standardised contracts and transparent impact metrics.
By delivering replicable methods, tools and business models, REMADE aims to demonstrate measurable reductions in lifecycle carbon, waste and cost, while improving comfort, health, equity and quality of place, in ways that support the NEB and EU Renovation Wave initiatives in reshaping buildings and neighbourhoods towards inclusive and beautiful futures.
Reflecting on the launch of REMADE, Dr Feng Fu, project co-ordinator and lead, said:
Find out more
Visit the REMADE project page on European Commission website.
*Full list of consortium members
Aitown S.R.L, Italy; CBD gradbeno in poslovno projektiranje d.o.o, Slovenia; Consorci Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí de Sabadell, Spain; Digital for Planet -D4P, Switzerland; Fakulteta za industrijski inženiring Novo mesto, Slovenia; Harmonic Innovation Tech Factories Società Consortile per Azioni, Italy; Kemijski Inštitut, Slovenia; Kingston University, UK; Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı, Turkey; Lurederra, Fundación para el desarrollo Tecnológico y Social, Spain; MG Sustainable Engineering AB, Sweden; Naica Società Cooperativa, Italy; PANCO - Physikalische Technik, Anlagenbau und Consulting GmbH, Germany; Aljaž Seliškar , Slovenia, Univerza v Ljubljani, Slovenia.