- PROJECT CODE: 101181021
- PROJECT TITLE: Empowering climate-smart, circular, and zero-waste use of underutilized wood from the forest and building stock in the construction sector to support the New European Bauhaus (WoodStock)
- PROJECT LEADER: Rok Prislan, PhD
- PERIOD: 01. 11. 2024 – 31. 10. 2028
- BUDGET:861.253,27 EUR (513.875,00 EUR for InnoRenew CoE)
- FINANCING: Horizon Europe
- PROJECT COORDINATOR: UNIVERSITEIT GENT (UGent) (Belgium)
- PARTNERS: UNIVERSITEIT GENT (Belgium); NIBIO – NORSK INSTITUTT FOR BIOOKONOMI (Norway); INNORENEW COE (Slovenia); TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT (Netherlands); AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR (Finland); UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX (France); NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU (Norway); WETA BV (Belgium); UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY (Ireland); POLITECHNIKA LODZKA (Poland); INNOVAWOOD ASBL (Belgium); CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES INDUSTRIES DU BOIS AISBL (Belgium); UNIVERZA NA PRIMORSKEM UNIVERSITA DEL LITORALE (Slovenia)
WoodStock is a multifaceted project dedicated to advancing climate-smart wood construction practices in alignment with the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative. A primary focus is the quantification and mapping of wood resources, including under-utilized streams, using a novel Tier 3 level Harvested Wood Products methodology and dynamic Material Flow Analysis modelling to gain insightsinto wood utilization potential, climate mitigation impacts, and resource availability. This also entails a robust dynamic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology for the assessment of environmental, social, and economic impacts associated with various resource streams and scenarios.
WoodStock will tap into collective expertise to develop zero-waste and circular building designs, harnessing the power of digital twins, assessing human health and well-being aspects by co-creation activities with a multitude of actors, following the NEB principles and values, in 6 Living Labs (LLs) in 6 different European regions. Through systemic circular solutions for zero-waste and community-based wood construction, aligning novel business strategies with policy recommendations, and dedicated demo, training and educational activities the project endeavours to incentivize climate-smart and increased sustainable wood use in construction.
An inspirational climate-smart guideline document for circular use of wood streams, a WoodBook with building blueprints based on the NEB values, beautiful, together and sustainable, and an EU-roadmap for the future are some of the Key Exploitable Results (KERs) that will be available on the European Wood Construction Observatory (EWCO). This observatory will be a central, AI-powered hub for best practices, guidelines, and innovative solutions, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration among stakeholders, and ensuring the longevity and impact beyond the project’s lifetime, in alignment with the NEB Academy.
InnoRenew CoE project activities
InnoRenew CoE is leading the work package for human health and well-being and for wood construction observatory & NEB lab. They will be promoting the integration of health and well-being into future wood-based built environments, analyzing the regional, demographic and professional acceptance for under-utilized wood resources, identifying design principles to promote health and cultural acceptance and exploring methods to quantify human benefits in wood-based built environment in-situ. Additionally, they will create the open access European Wood Construction Observatory (EWCO) and assure its sustainability beyond the project’s lifetime. Moreover, InnoRenew CoE will host one of six Living labs in the project to increase the robustness of the methods, fair participation and maximize the utilization of co-creation results towards key exploitable project results.
