What is proposed
The project develops prefabricated modular elements based on DfAD for facades and interior partitions, integrating energy-efficient technologies that can be quickly installed, reconfigured, and dismantled with minimal disruption to occupants. These solutions are supported by a cloud-based, AI-enabled renovation platform that utilizes BIM, digital twins, IoT sensors, material inventories, and cloud-controlled LCA/LCC. The platform supports the intelligent planning and monitoring of construction processes, as well as the monitoring of energy consumption during and after the project, documenting building transformations to enable future adaptations and reuses. REMADE combines this technological framework with participatory action research, co-design, and social science expertise to integrate neighborhood needs and cultural and historical practices into renovation strategies. Residents, municipalities, social housing providers, SMEs, and cultural actors jointly define interventions, validate projects, and monitor results across four different demonstration sites.
From an economic perspective, REMADE develops and tests new circular business models and financing approaches: performance-based contracts, modular product-service systems, leasing schemes, and neighborhood-scale material banks. These are designed to be attractive to investors, insurers, and public authorities, reducing risk through high-fidelity data, standardized contracts, and transparent impact metrics. By providing replicable methods, tools, and business models, REMADE aims to demonstrate measurable reductions in carbon emissions, waste, and lifecycle costs, while improving comfort, health, equity, and place quality, in support of the NEB and the EU Renovation Wave in reshaping buildings and neighborhoods toward an inclusive and beautiful future.