Second phase of the study: recommendations of priority actions to the commission

• 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: 61-62

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PART II. SECOND PHASE OF THE STUDY:

RECOMMENDATIONS OF PRIORITY

ACTIONS TO THE COMMISSION

In the previous phase of the study, the main gaps to foster a widespread use and efficient

functioning of digital building logbook and the actions to address these gaps, have been

identified by the involved experts.

The three-step approach described in the previous chapter enabled a well-informed choice

of the following three actions, worked out in detail in this part:

•[Priority Action 1]Development of a standardised approachfor data collection,

data management and interoperability and its legal framework.

•[Priority Action 2]Development of guidelines for linking existing databases.

•[Priority Action 3]Launch of public funded R&I projects to further explore the

Digital Building Logbook concept and its implementation.

Following the three-step approach, the priority actions identified are therefore concrete,

sustainable and create impact to both the end users and construction sector and public

authorities. The board of experts decided to exclude the action “Market potential study of

specific functionalities” (Action D - in red) from the list of priority European Commission

actions given that this action will need to be carried out by market actors rather than the

European Commission. The final classification of the selected actions is shown in Table 10.

Table 10: Classification of actions as a function of the score obtained.

A comprehensive assessment of each selected priority action was carried out, including:

•a set-up and roll-out plan;

•a feasibility evaluation; and

•synergies with existing EU and international initiatives.

The assessment builds further on step 1 of the threshold criteria and is based on in-house

expertise, desktop research and interviews with external experts.