ACCORD's objective is to digitalise permitting and compliance processes using BIM and other data sources to improve the productivity and quality of design and construction processes, support the design of climate-neutral buildings and advance a sustainable built environment in line with the EU Green Deal and new European Bauhaus initiative.
These digitized processes must be human-centred, transparent and cost-effective for the permit applicants and authorities. Another objective is to develop and integrate technical solutions for automating compliance checking of buildings in their design, construction and renovation/demolition lifecycle phases. All this will be based on open and neutral data exchange standards.
ACCORD will develop a semantic framework for European digital building permitting processes, regulations, data and tools. This framework will drive rule formalization and integration of existing compliance tools as microservices.
Solutions and tools are to be developed, providing consistency, interoperability and reliability with national regulatory frameworks, processes and standards. The solutions are implemented and demonstrated across construction projects in various EU regulatory contexts: UK, Finland, Estonia, Germany and Spain.
ACCORD supports work programme KSOs, expected outcomes and impacts by 1) developing open APIs allowing local authorities to choose their digital services without a lock-in, 2) automating the checking of environmental regulations (CO2 emissions, LCA and circular economy) by developing machine-readable rules, thus steering the digital and green transition, and involving relevant stakeholders through co-creation, and 3) creating information guidelines for structured data models to increase the value of buildings and reduce their operating costs and 4) providing the open ACCORD framework based on microservices allowing businesses to connect and develop solutions resulting in a scalable, durable and flexible permitting ecosystem.
Partners
- TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
- FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV
- UNIVERSITAET KOBLENZ-LANDAU
- OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONSORTIUM EUROPE
- CONSEIL DES ARCHITECTES D'EUROPE
- MAJANDUS JA KOMMUNIKATSIOONIMINISTEERIUM
- FREIE UND HANSESTADT HAMBURG
- AYUNTAMIENTO DE MALGRAT DE MAR
- SIRMA AI EAD
- SOLIBRI OY
- FUTURE INSIGHT GROUP BV
- AETHER ENGINEERING S.A.S. TRA PROFESSIONISTI DI CHRISTOVASILIS IOANNIS
- INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM
- INSTITUT DE TECNOLOGIA DE LA CONSTRUCCION DE CATALUNYA
- FUNDACIO PRIVADA UNIVERSITAT I TECNOLOGIA
- STIFTELSEN HOGSKOLAN I JONKOPING
- CLOUDPERMIT OY
- TEGEL PROJEKT GMBH
Start date: 1 September 2022 - End date: 31 August 2025
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101056973.