Annex 1. Detailed description and characterisation of each action that addresses the gaps

• Author: Carbonar, Giulia; Sterling, Raymond; Spirinckx, Carolin; Vandevelde, Birgit; De Groote, Maarten; Dourlens-Quaranta, Sophie; Lodigiani, Alessandro; Volt, Jonathan; Borragán, Guillermo; Glicker, Jessica; Kondratenko, Irena; Toth, Zsolt; Rajagopalan, Neethi; De Regel, Sofie; Rapf, Oliver; Calderoni, Marco; Loureiro, Tatiana
• Pages: 107-125

STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A EUROPEAN UNION FRAMEWORK FOR DIGITAL BUILDING LOGBOOKS

FINAL REPORT

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ANNEX 1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION AND

CHARACTERISATION OF EACH ACTION THAT ADDRESSES

THE GAPS

Action A. Launch of publicly funded R&I projects to further explore the Digital Building Logbook concept

and its implementation

Action A.

Launch of publicly funded R&I projects to further explore the Digital

Building Logbook concept and its implementation

Action type

Supportive action

Description

Research and Innovation projects could be funded at European level, and

possibly at Member State level, in order to further explore the Digital Building

Logbook concept and its implementation. Such projects would encompass for

instance the following aspects: economic and business models, Digital Building

Logbook’s features and functionalities, User eXperience, interoperability, data

governance, connection with other initiatives, etc. Such projects would also aim

to demonstrate the benefits of Digital Building Logbooks in terms of resource

efficiency, decarbonisation, safety and health.

If funded at EU level, such projects should be required to mutually cooperate

and to provide joint recommendations to policy makers (as for instance the

BRIDGE initiative does for H2020 projects in the field of smart grids and energy

storage68). Connection with the DigiPLACE project69 should also be required.

DigiPLACE is a framework which allows the development of future digital

platforms as common ecosystems of digital services that will support innovation,

commerce, etc. The project is aiming at creating a digital platform that will

integrate technologies, applications and services of the digital construction

industry. Building logbooks could be potentially part of the work for EU wide data

spaces. 70

Finally, it would also be beneficial to list all the R&I projects funded at Member

State level which contribute to exploring the Digital Building Logbook concept.

Gaps

addressed

Effort sharing

The European Commission and/or the national

administrations would select and fund R&I projects

through open calls.

Stakeholders from the research sector,

professional organisations in the construction and

building sectors as well as other market players

(software developers, UX experts, financial and

insurance companies...) could participate in such

projects.

68 See https://www.h2020-bridge.eu/.

69 See https://www.digiplaceproject.eu/.

70 See https://www.ebc-construction.eu/2019/09/06/introducing-the-digiplace-project-a-digital-platform-for-

construction-in-europe/

Gap #1Funding model

Gap #2Benefits

Gap #3Scope and purpose

Gap #4User-friendliness

Gap #5Updates

Gap #6Interoperability

Gap #7Data governance

Gap #8Legal framework

Gap #9Role of EU and MS

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Strengths

and

weaknesses

Main strength of this action is that it would help

demonstrating the Digital Building Logbook

concept within different environments, identifying

business models and illustrating benefits (at

societal level or stakeholder-specific), thus

facilitating the acceptability of Digital Building

Logbook by the concerned stakeholders.

Synergies with other initiatives could also be

explored thanks to such actions. Cost of such

projects is kept under control. Added value

depends on how the projects are performing and

how results are disseminated and exploited. In

addition, those results would be made available

after a few years since such R&I projects should

last some 3-4 years.

Links with

other

actions

Action B.

Action D.

Action E.

Action F.

Action H.

Action J.

Cost-benefit analysis

Market potential study of specific functionalities

Communication campaign & awareness raising activities

Make the Digital Building Logbook mandatory for public buildings

User eXperience study

Development of a standard for data collection, data management and

interoperability