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
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