Facades-as-a-Service: A cross-disciplinary model for the (re)development of circular building envelopes

Accelerating strategic investment in an energy- and material resource-efficient built environment<br/><br/>The de-carbonisation of the built environment hinges on the use of clean, renewable energy and the conservation of materials and components within circular reprocessing loops. The Façades-as-a-Service research concept aims to accelerate the...

Facades-as-a-Service: Systemic managerial, financial, and governance innovation to enable a circular economy for buildings. Lessons learnt from a full-scale pilot project in the Netherlands

Introduction: The challenge of the energy transition in the built environment has, in recent years, been exacerbated by rising awareness of the material resource limitations we face on the path towards sustainable development. In this context the concepts of Circular Economy (CE) and Product-Service Systems (PSS) have emerged as potentially...

Façades-as-a-Service: The Role of Technology in the Circular Servitisation of the Building Envelope

The servitisation of the built environment, through the implementation of product–service systems, is considered a promising business strategy to achieve a circular economy transition. This servitisation faces a number of practical challenges, among them the technological readiness and effective integration and application of existing and...

Building energy retrofit-as-a-service: a Total Value of Ownership assessment methodology to support whole life-cycle building circularity and decarbonisation: Construction Management and Economics

The regulatory drive to accelerate the clean energy and circular economy transitions in the European building stock is currently failing to overcome systemic implementation barriers. These barriers include high initial investment costs, misaligned financial incentives among stakeholders, and the relatively low cost of less sustainable energy and...

Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project: 2.7.3.FLD D4. Final Dissemination Activities Report

Scientific and professional dissemination of the Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project. This technical report is an annex to the Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project 2019 performance report(2.7.3.FLD.D1). For general information on the Facade Leasing research project, its process, and objectives please refer to the aforementioned document. The...

Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project: 4.2.6.FLD D3. Business Delivery Report

Incentivising investment and long-term collaboration in high-performance facadeprojects. This technical report is an annex to the Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project 2019 performance report(2.7.3.FLD.D1). For general information on the Facade Leasing research project, its process, and objectives please refer to the aforementioned document. This...

Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project: 2.7.3.FLD D2. Final Technical Delivery Report

This technical report is an annex to the Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project 2019 performance report(2.7.3.FLD.D1). For general information on the Facade Leasing research project, its process, and objectives please refer to the aforementioned document. This technical delivery report focuses on the design, engineering, construction, and...

Façade Leasing Demonstrator Project: Business Delivery Report

This technical report is an annex to the Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project 2018 performance report (4.2.6.FLD.D1). For general information on the Facade<br/>Leasing research project, its process, and objectives please refer to the aforementioned document. This technical delivery report focuses on the economic and business model aspects of the...

Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project. Technical Delivery Report: Annex 4.2.6. FLD D2

Accelerating deep building energy retrofits within the Circular Economy transition. This technical report is an annex to the Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project 2018 performance report (4.2.6.FLD.D1). For general information on the Facade Leasing research project, its process, and objectives please refer to the aforementioned document.<br/>This...

Circular Business Models: Building a Database of Case Studie

Façade Leasing: Drivers and barriers to the delivery of integrated Façades-as-a-Service

The construction and renovation of the building envelope represents a significant fraction of a project’s life-cycle costs. It also has a determinant effect on the potential reduction in energy use, as well as on the improvement of the building’s indoor comfort. Nevertheless, the challenge of a low rate and depth in building energy renovations...

Integrated Facades as a Product-Service System: Business process innovation to accelerate integral product implementation

The Circular Economy (CE) attempts to realign business incentives, across all fields of human industry, to support the preservation of raw materials within closed economic loops. Within this conceptual frame, Product-Service Systems (PSS) combine the use of tangible products such as building technologies, with intangible maintenance and...

A zero-energy refurbishment solution for residential apartment buildings by applying an integrated, prefabricated façade module

The ambition to renovate the post-war building stock to an energy-neutral quality is getting a lot of attention in social housing association and other institutional owners, financial institutions and users. The Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth indicates that 300.000 dwellings have to be renovated in the Netherlands annually. An effective...

Investigating the business case for a zero-energy refurbishment of residential buildings by applying a pre-fabricated façade module

The ambition to renovate the post-war building stock to an energy-neutral quality is getting a lot of attention from social housing corporations and other institutional owners, financial organizations, and users. An effective renovation plan must significantly improve the current energy performance of a target building towards nearly zero-energy...