📢 Blog post: The tendering procedure for the pilot project in Germany – Episode 1: The competition By Jakob Fischer, BTU The Sternentor Youth Centre enters a new phase: an EU-wide tender for planning & building with reused concrete elements. #ReCreate #Horizon2020

✨CiBEn 2025 is not only about knowledge sharing - it’s about community. Join researchers and practitioners from around the world, meet colleagues, and connect with new partners for circular construction. #CiBEn2025 #CircularEconomy #Horizon2020

The Dutch mock-up in Heerde proves that reclaimed concrete can build a circular future! ♻️ Lessons from this full-scale test now guide the next #ReCreateProject pilot. 👉 recreate-project.eu/2025/10/10/the… #CircularConstruction #Innovation

Digital tools meet circular design ♻️ Researchers from KTH explored how BIM (Revit) and CAD (Rhino) can model reusable precast concrete using the LOIN standard - defining just the right amount of data for efficient reuse. ➡️papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att… #CircularConstruction

♻️Join us for an open lecture on circular construction and concrete reuse! 📅22 Oct, 17:15 📌A108, KTH School of Architecture 🎙️Prof. Angelika Mettke- pioneer in concrete reuse & leader of ReCreate Germany. 🔄Reused concrete = key to circular, low-carbon construction.

Digital tools for circular construction: • LCA crucial, data gaps persist • BIM + LCA streamline assessment • Future: digital twins & material passports 🔗sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🎥 Highlights from CIBEN 2025 in Tampere! Inspiring people, innovative ideas, and a shared drive for a circular built environment. 🌍 👉 Watch the recap: youtube.com/watch?v=2ExKYu… #Recreate #CiBEn2025 #circularconstruction #sustainability

🏢Reusing concrete isn’t just a construction challenge- it’s a data challenge. ✳️NFC, BLE, QR codes + BIM/Digital Twins make precast elements traceable, reusable and circular. 💡 DOI: 10.35490/EC3.2023.220

At the CiBEn 2025 conference, Jennifer Minner, Associate Professor at Cornell University, discussed the urgency of the circular transition, key opportunities for the next decade, and design’s role in creating resilient cities. youtube.com/watch?v=L-CVvH…

🧱 Reusing precast concrete cuts more carbon than recycling - but rising material demand limits the gains. Still, it’s key for a circular, low-carbon future. ♻️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.resc…

Lionel Devlieger, Associate Professor at Ghent University, on how history and reuse can guide today’s circular transition in construction. 🏛️♻️ 🎥 CiBEn 2025, Tampere, Finland youtube.com/watch?v=p_ko1U…

♻️ Reusing concrete is an underused climate solution. Most precast elements are still reusable, while carbonation is low (<6% of embodied carbon). Reuse brings far greater climate benefits. DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2024.110536

At CiBEn 2025, Dr. Maud Lanau explained why viewing the built environment as a living system is key to creating more resource- and carbon-efficient cities. Full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=LOyK8f…

🔍 New study on concrete reuse: 12–15 samples give the most reliable strength assessment; fewer can overestimate it. Correction factors make reuse safer for reclaimed or existing elements. Better data = safer reuse = more circular construction ♻️ doi.org/10.1002/suco.7…

ReCreate has achieved its first commercial reuse of precast concrete elements in Finland! Deconstructed elements from Suutarila were processed by Consolis Parma and reused in a new school in and daycare centre- a major step for circular construction. recreate-project.eu/2025/11/25/fir…

🎥 Watch our interview with Satu Huuhka, ReCreate Project Coordinator and CiBEn 2025 Chair. “It’s a huge undertaking to transform the entire industry, but together we can make it.” youtube.com/watch?v=ufexf6…

KTH Housing Studio students mapped 130+ Swedish buildings slated for demolition. Findings: issuu.com/kth-arkitektur… Led by Helena Westerlind and Erik Stenberg, they are now designing housing using reclaimed structural components.

Impact doesn’t happen by accident, it’s built by people. Our Project Coordinator Satu Huuhka is featured as a winner on the Sininen Pallo platform. Well deserved. en.sininenpallo.fi/winners-en

Productive days in Tampere! RP3 review meeting of the ReCreate project is successfully completed and topped off with a site visit and valuable discussions for the next phase. 💡 recreate-project.eu/2025/12/05/rec… #Horizon2020

How can BIM accelerate circular construction? Our newest article explores why Building Information Modelling is key to planning, managing and reusing precast concrete elements. Another step forward in ReCreate’s work! Read more: recreate-project.eu/2025/12/11/bim… #Horizon2020