Gaps analysis and identification of actions addressing 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: 45-58

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

FINAL REPORT

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CHAPTER 3: GAPS ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF

ACTIONS ADDRESSING THE GAPS

Introduction to Task 3

Objectives

The objectives of Task 3 are:

• to analyse, based on outcomes from Tasks 1 and 2, t he gaps that still have to be

addressed at EU, national, regional and sectoral levels to ensure a widespread use

and efficient functioning of building logbook for all building types;

• to identify actions to be undertaken by the European Commission, Member States or

other stakeholders, to address those gaps;

• to characterise each of these actions according to predefined featu res, including a

qualitative assessment regarding the feasibility, added value and resources needed

for each action, potential synergies with the analysis of the building logbooks related

initiatives, acceptability by the professionals in the sector, together with an

estimation of the effort sharing between the European Commission, national, regional

and local administrations, professional organisations in the construction and building

sectors, other market players and the research community.

Approach implemented

The approach implemented is depicted on Figure 14. It combines an analytical methodology

based on answers received to the online survey and interviews (Task 1) and on outcomes

related to existing initiatives (Task 2) with an expert approach.

Figure 14: Approach for the gaps analysis

The key gaps to be addressed are firstly identified based on:

• A comparison of the data fields and functionalities to be included in Digital Building

Logbooks according to Task 1’s online survey and interviews, with the data fields and

functionalities implemented by the existing initiatives reviewed in Task 2;

• A review of the barriers and success factors for ongoing and discontinued initiatives,

as analysed by Task 2;

• Expert views based on previous works and research projects.