Inventory of the material bank. A demonstration of the innovation BIM for circular value flow planning (three pager)

The innovation BIM for circular value flow planning (BIM-CVFP) builds on the concept of Circular value flow planning (CVFP). The aim is to enable better planning of material flows and thus enable circular material flows and keeping material at a high quality in the industrial system as long and qualitative as possible. BIM for circular value flow planning is enabled by using a BIM model as the facilitator of data collected from the built environment to estimate the amount of material as well as the material quality and by doing so, enable decision making for increased circularity.

Ragn-Sells is demonstrating the innovation by testing how flat glass from windows are recycled to new flat glass for windows. The demo “flat glass to flat glass” shows the end of hat circle while the demonstration “inventory of the material bank”, demonstrates the initiating phase of the
innovation.

In the demonstration “inventory of the material bank” we explore methods for data collection and how the collected data can be enriched in a BIM-model. We look at a scenario where a BIM-model exists as well as a scenario where a BIM-model needs to be created using a 3D scan and point
cloud conversion.

Once data is collected and applied in the CP-IM platform, the CVFP module suggests what materials can be recycled, and which needs to be downgraded or sent to landfill.