Research projects presented in Cape Town
Under the topic "Global Unity through Digital Transformation: Promoting Sustainability and Driving Net-Zero Goals," the event brought together researchers and professionals from around the world.
Anica Meins-Becker presented our paper "Towards a Digital Building Product Passport for Timber Components: Process Modeling of the CLT Value Chain" (Authors: Ann-Kathrin Ibach, Lukas Loeb, Agnes Kelm, Anica Meins-Becker, Jakob Deich, André Pomp). The target of the "TimberConnect" research project is to establish an IoT-based process structure for the digital and automated collection of relevant process data along the supply chain for timber components in a practical project to promote resource-efficient and recyclable construction. In particular, the project aims to strengthen the network between the various players in the wood component value chain by developing an industry-specific digital building product passport. This building product passport is to be filled in semi-automatically in order to avoid additional bureaucratic effort for future legal regulations. At the same time, consistent data should create more transparency and efficiency and enable new digital business models.
Agnes Kelm presented our paper "A concept of an IT infrastructure for construction product traceability" (Authors: Mohannad Esmail, Andree Berg, Agnes Kelm, Anica Meins-Becker). The research project "BIM and IoT-based traceability of construction products" aims to develop a holistic concept for data consistency and traceability of construction products. As part of the project, a labelling system is being developed to uniquely identify and link construction product data (digital product twins) to the as-planned models, based on BIM and the Internet of Things (IoT). The results were validated in a real test environment and implemented in a demonstrator.
Link to the abstracts: https: //acccbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/acccbe2025_draft-book-of-abstracts_final_version.pdf
