Enabling environments for a sustainable and circular construction sector

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Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: Demonstrated environments that effectively enable the testing, validation, deployment and upscaling of NEB-aligned innovative construction solutions [1] are available to construction companies. Insights, data, evidence for replication and policy uptake, and practical blueprints are generated on the design, implementation and effectiveness of enabling environments and feed the three pillars of the NEB Academy [2] . Scope: The construction sector plays a central role in delivering on the EU’s climate, environmental, economic and social objectives. Accelerating its transition towards more sustainability and circularity is key to strengthen the competitiveness of the European construction industry and enhance global leadership. However, the uptake and deployment of innovation in the traditional [3] and offsite [4] construction sector is hampered by regulatory, institutional, fiscal, financial and societal barriers such as inadequate fiscal incentives, fragmented value chains, limited access to finance, insufficient standardisation, skills gaps, or low societal acceptance. In addition, access to real-life testing and demonstration environments remains insufficient, further constraining the validation and market uptake of innovative solutions. Accelerating the transition towards more sustainability and circularity in the construction sector thus requires supportive enabling envir... EU contribution per project: EUR 3,500,000 to EUR 5,380,000 (euros, not converted). UK organisations can apply as the UK is associated to Horizon Europe. Check the topic conditions.