Date: October 10, 2007

 Minutes of the meeting 

Participants:

 Agenda 

• 0.    Introduction
• 1.    Detail of WG priorities in ECTP-SRA
• 2.    Short overview of funding opportunities in FP7
• 3.    Propositions of project ideas brokerage
• 4.   Conclusion of parallel sessions: priorities / projects

 

• 0.   Introduction

   Presentation of the participants 

• 1.   Detail of WG priorities in ECTP-SRA

   See attached power point presentation 

• 2.   Short overview of funding opportunities in FP7

   See attached power point presentation 

• 3.   Exchange info in running projects 

  Meeting participants comment their experience on the last environment call. Main conclusion is that it is better focused on certain specific theme instead of presenting “wide” projects. It is necessary to convince the evaluators about the applicability of the results. 

• 4.   Propositions of project ideas brokerage 

  The participants show interest on the following issues: 

  • Primary raw materials (miners, fundamental stones…) in high added value applications
  • Reusing – Recycling wastes
  • Sustainable concrete & sustainable aggregate production
  • High performance building materials
  • Contaminated soil and groundwater in natural and built environment – Assessment and remediation
  • Improvement of water resources
  • Geotechnical
  • Natural hazards
  • Non destructive analysis for buildings (acoustical and thermal)
  • Energy efficient buildings
  • Zero energy – zero emission buildings
  • Energy storage
  • Building retrofitting
  • Infrastructure refurbishment
  • Real state management
  • Re-vegetation of landscapes affected by infrastructures
  • Assessment – Decision support system for design and planning process
  • Assessment of sustainability
  • Implementation of the REACH Directive 

  In order to prepare the brokerage event of the ECTP plenary Assembly in Amsterdam a template will be provided. 

• 5.   First draft for (Title and a few lines per topic) for “Benchmarking of sustainability” 

  Topic: Benchmarking of sustainability in construction 

  Development of performance indicators and supporting tools for the assessment of environmental, social and economical impacts of construction products, building, infrastructures and built environments along its whole life cycle. 

Output/deliverables 

• •         Performance indicators for materials, buildings and built environments
• •         Performance rating systems for materials, buildings and built environments
• •         Weighting systems for sustainability assessment
• •         Sustainability classification and labeling process for buildings, infrastructures and built environments
• •         Harmonized Environmental Product Assessment
• •         Databases and tools for the environmental assessment of construction products, building, infrastructures and built environments
• •         Support to and implementation CEN/TC350 

Topic: New approach to sustainability in construction 

New concepts, technologies and tools implementing from the design stages the environmental, social and economical assessment of construction products, building, infrastructures and built environments along its whole life cycle (research by design instead of design by research) 

Output/deliverables 

• ·         New products
• ·         New building design concepts
• ·         New infrastructures design concepts
• ·         New urban design and planning concepts 

• 6.   Identification of where the environmental technologies part of the Environment  Programme should focus in this 2009 call: 

  The comments about this issue related to  

• ·         COST actions
• ·         Input from NTPs