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except for chapter II.D. Self evaluation and III. Evaluation Report.
Executive summary of the Scientific Report (max.250 words):
The Action has achieved such a great number of members that it is one of the largest in TUD Domain. It proves that
the scientists have needs and interests for European level co-operation in life-time engineering and other
sustainability issues. The new Member States are well present, and that was also one of the original targets of the
proposal. The Action has brought together European experts in material and structural engineering as was the plan
of the proposers. Also, architecture is well represented adding valuable insight to design processes and applications
of LCA methods.
The Action has fostered the fruitful interaction between performance-based design, life-cycle assessment processes
and structural engineering within the framework of sustainability. Life-time engineering itself adopts and develops
new approaches of interdisciplinary methods. Sustainable construction aims at balanced results of construction
projects in which life-cycle assessments are the way to value and steer decisions. During the Action, combination of
these approaches has been the basic line that was also expressed as a main objective in the MoU. The fundamental
meaning of durability and structural service life design for the reliability of LCA results has been shown and methods
have been developed. Members are now able to apply LCA methods to structural design. LCA methods are mainly
with architectural background and they are quite far from the classic background of structural engineer. Thanks to
the interdisciplinary networking, structural engineers are now involved in case studies devoted to integrate the
environmental performances of structures with the structural design requirements.
Contacts
MC Chair
Science Officer:
Administrative Officer:
Dr Thierry GOGER
Ms Carmencita MALIMBAN
Tel. +351966042447
COST Office
COST Office
thierry.goger@cost.eu
carmencita.malimban@cost.eu
+32 2 533 38 32
+32 2 533 38 42
braganca@civil.uminho.pt
Details
Mou:
Objectives
The main objective of the Action is to promote science-based developments in sustainable constructions
in Europe through the collection and collaborative analysis of scientific results concerning life-time
structural engineering and especially the integration of environmental assessment methods and tools for
structural engineering.
Parties
Country
Date
Country
Date
Country
Date
Country
Date
Austria
02/06/2006
Belgium
11/05/2006
Bulgaria
12/11/2010
Croatia
03/04/2007
Cyprus
02/06/2006
Czech
21/11/2006
Denmark
11/05/2006
Finland
21/06/2006
Former
26/02/2007
Germany
29/05/2006
Greece
23/06/2006
Hungary
21/12/2006
Italy
17/05/2006
Latvia
29/05/2006
Lithuania
06/09/2006
Luxembourg
24/09/2007
Malta
24/10/2007
Netherlands
29/05/2006
Norway
10/05/2006
Poland
11/05/2006
Portugal
21/06/2006
Romania
24/05/2006
Serbia
24/09/2007
Slovenia
28/09/2006
Sweden
28/09/2006
Switzerland
30/10/2009
Turkey
03/12/2007
United
11/05/2006
Republic
Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia
Kingdom
Total: 28
Date
Country
Date
Country
Date
Country
Date
Total: 0
Italy
Working Groups
WG1
WG2
WG3
Chair R. Blok
Chair M. Veljkovic
Chair R. Landolfo
Website
http://www.cmm.pt/costc25
Vice-Chair H. Gervasio
Vice-Chair Z. Plewako
Vice-Chair V. Ungureanu
Vice Chair
Ms Heli KOUKKARI
LaboratoryConstructionsCivil EngineeringSchool of
heli.koukkari@vtt.fi
Portugal
braganca@civil.uminho.pt
Austria
Dr Christian SCHAUR
MC Member
Schaur ZTGmbH Dr. Ambros Giner Weg 30 6065 Thaur Austria
schaur@tirol.com
Belgium
Bulgaria
Dr Alexander TAUSHANOV
MC Member
UACEG 1 Smirnenski Blvd. 1046 Sofia Bulgaria
taushanov@hotmail.com
Croatia
Ms Jelena BLEIZIFFER
MC Member
MC Member
jbleiziffer@grad.hr
jradic@grad.hr
Cyprus
Mr Christos EFSTATHIADES
MC Member
Goverment of CyprusRepublic of Cyprus N/A - Please update this
record Nicosia Cyprus
cheftathiades@pwd.mcw.gov.cy
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Mr Jussi MATTILA
MC Member
Structural EngineeringTampere University of Technology PO Box
600 33101 Tampere Finland
jussi.mattila@tut.fi
Germany
Universitt Stuttgart Institute of Structural Design Pfaffenwaldring LS Ingenieurholzbau & Baukonstruktives EntwerfenInstitut fur
7 70569 Stuttgart Germany
Sekretariat@ke.uni-stuttgart.de
Greece
Dr Evangelos EFTHIMIOU
MC Member
MC Member
Greece
vefth@civil.auth.gr
Hungary
Dr Zoltan HUNYADI
MC Member
Faculty of Architecture, EngineeringBudapest University of
Technology and Economics Mq;egyetem rkp. 3. Building K II.
27/a. Budapest Hungary
zhunyadi@epsz.bme.hu
Italy
MC Member
MC Member
Italy
mfumo@unina.it
landolfo@unina.it
Latvia
Lithuania
Dr Rosita NORVAISIENE
MC Member
MC Member
rsimkus@asi.lt, simkus@mail.lt
rosita.norvaisiene@asi.lt
Luxembourg
Dr Oliver HECHLER
MC Member
University of Luxembourg, ArcelorMittal Chair of Facade
Engineering Campus Kirchberg, 6, rue Coudenhove-Kalergi 1359
Luxembourg-Kirchberg Luxembourg
oliver.hechler@arcelormittal.com
Malta
Dr Vincent BUHAGIAR
MC Member
Faculty of the Built Environment Department of Architecture , & University of Malta, Faculty for the Built Environment
Urban Design, University of Malta MSD 2080 Msida MSD 2080
Malta
Pembroke Malta
vincent.buhagiar@um.edu.mt
ruben.p.borg@um.edu.mt
Netherlands
MC Member
MC Member
PlanningUniversity of Technology Eindhoven Den Dolech 2, P.O. designArchitecture Building and PlanningTU/e University of
Box 513 5600 MB Eindhoven Netherlands
f.v.herwijnen@bwk.tue.nl
Eindhoven Netherlands
R.Blok@bwk.tue.nl
Norway
Dr Sigrid STRAND-HANSSEN
Dr Guri KRIGSVOLL
MC Member
MC Member
Oslo Norway
Oslo Norway
sigrid.strand-hanssen@sintef.no
guri.krigsvoll@sintef.no
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Dr Viorel UNGUREANU
MC Member
MC Member
Timisoara Romania
viorel@constructii.west.ro
dan.dubina@ct.upt.ro
Serbia
Dr Vlastimir RADONJANIN
MC Member
MC Member
SciencesUniversity of Novi Sad Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6 21000 Aleksandra 73 11000 Belgrade Serbia
Novi Sad Serbia
radonv@uns.ac.rs
Slovenia
sneska@imk.grf.bg.ac.rs
Sweden
University of GavleTBUniveristy of Gavle N/A - Please update this Lulea University of TechnologyStructural Eng.- Steel
record 801 76 Gavle Sweden
mga@hig.se
Sweden
milan.veljkovic@ltu.se
Dr Satish CHANDRA
MC Substitute Member
Institute of ConservationGothenburg University Box 130, St.
Nygatan 23-25 40530 Gothenburg Sweden
satish.chandra@icug.gu.se
Switzerland
Mr Tiziano TERUZZI
MC Member
MC Member
tiziano.teruzzi@supsi.ch
ezio.cadoni@supsi.ch
PENDING
Turkey
United Kingdom
MC Member
MC Member
Kingdom
a.long@qub.ac.uk
roger@crane-environmental.co.uk
Mr Douglas FERGUSON
MC Substitute Member
Dr Carolyn HAYLES
MC Substitute Member
c.hayles@qub.ac.uk
Non-COST Participants
Italy
Mr Paolo NEGRO
Joint Research Center Institute for the Protection and Security of
the Citizen
paolo.negro@jrc.it
Date
03-oct2006
16-nov2006
13-dc2006
21-mars2007
13-avr2007
07-juin2007
13-sept2007
24-janv2008
04-avr2008
20-mai2008
06-oct2008
19-janv2009
11-mai2009
16-juil-2009
23-oct2009
08-fvr2010
29-mars2010
24-mai2010
28-juil-2010
05-nov2010
07-dc2010
03-fvr2011
Place
Brussels (BE)
26
Cost
18157,76
Amsterdam
(NL)
Eindhoven
(NL)
Milan (IT)
10
7793,66
Paid
59
44790,08
Paid
6129,68
Paid
Oslo (NO)
53
45277,54
Paid
7926,44
Paid
Lisbon (PT)
52
51076,87
Paid
Brussels (BE)
10
6977,96
Paid
Belgrade (RS)
46
38980,92
Paid
Brussels (BE)
39
29131,13
Paid
Dresden (DE)
60
53581,88
Paid
Stuttgart (DE)
8004,2
Paid
57
47368,07
Paid
7436,01
Paid
49
45062,15
Paid
10
8717,31
Paid
Naples (IT)
2896,37
Paid
Izmir (TR)
55
53785,78
Paid
Valetta (MT)
Brussels (BE)
1
10
1459
7073,54
Paid
Paid
Brussels (BE)
3936,27
Paid
Innsbruck (AT)
49
38510,79
Partly
paid
Brussels (BE)
Naples (IT)
Stockholm
(SE)
Timisoara
(RO)
Brussels (BE)
Paid part
Status
Paid
Total
534073,4
STSM
Beneficiary
Ms get N. Ccen
Ms Helena Gervasio
Ms Lucrezia Cascini
Mr RUBEN PAUL BORG
Ms Ornella Iuorio
Mr Iordanis Zygomalas
Dr Christina Giarma
Mr Joo Pinheiro
Dr Ricardo Filipe Mesquita da Silva
Mateus
Dr Evangelos Efthymiou
Date
26-dc2007
02-mars2008
02-mars2008
22-mars2008
26-janv2009
21-sept2009
04-mai2010
06-mars2010
14-juin2010
12-juin2010
From
Izmir (TR)
Coimbra (PT)
To
Thessaloniki
(EL)
Espoo (FI)
80136 (IT)
(FI)
1100
Paid
Pembroke
(MT)
Naples (IT)
Ljubljana (SI)
1550
Paid
Timisoara
(RO)
Eindhoven
(NL)
Ljubljana (SI)
1100
Paid
2060
Paid
1350
Paid
Lulea (SE)
2500
Paid
Espoo (FI)
1310
Paid
Naples (IT)
1500
Paid
Thessaloniki
(EL)
Thessaloniki
(EL)
Coimbra (PT)
Guimares
(PT)
Thessaloniki
(EL)
Cost
2500
Status
Paid
1476
Paid
Total
16.446
Workshops
Title
Joint MC and 1st WG meetings
Joint MC and WG meeting
1st Workshop and MC Meeting
Joint MC and WG Meeting
Joint MC and WG
Joint MC and WG
Joint MC + WG Meeting
Final Conference
Date
13-dc2006
13-avr2007
13-sept2007
04-avr2008
06-oct2008
11-mai2009
23-oct2009
03-fvr2011
Place
Eindhoven
(NL)
Oslo (NO)
Cost
4.496
Status
Paid
5.965
Paid
Lisbon (PT)
9.697
Paid
Belgrade (RS)
3.803
Paid
Dresden (DE)
10.000
Paid
Naples (IT)
10.000
Paid
6.639
Paid
3.968
TBR
Timisoara
(RO)
Innsbruck (DE)
Total
54.567
General Support Grants
Title
Website
Website
Website
Date
04-dc2006
04-mai2007
30-sept2008
Cost
2.000
Status
Paid
2.000
Paid
2.000
Paid
Total
6.000
Schools
Type
SCHOOL_LECTURERS
SCHOOL_LECTURERS
Date
13-fvr2008
13-fvr2008
13-fvr2008
17-mai2009
17-mai2009
17-mai2009
23-juil-2010
Place
Eindhoven
(NL)
Eindhoven
(NL)
Eindhoven
(NL)
Thessaloniki
(EL)
Thessaloniki
(EL)
Thessaloniki
(EL)
Malta (MT)
SCHOOL_ORGANISER
23-juil-2010
Malta (MT)
SCHOOL_STUDENTS
23-juil-2010
Malta (MT)
SCHOOL_ORGANISER
SCHOOL_STUDENTS
SCHOOL_LECTURERS
SCHOOL_ORGANISER
SCHOOL_STUDENTS
title
LCA
Cost
485,8
Status
Paid
LCA
8201
Paid
LCA
9600
Paid
14146,43
Paid
8801,33
Paid
42290
Paid
LCA in Struct.
Eng
LCA in Struct.
Eng
LCA in Struct.
Eng
9425,89
Paid
870
Paid
24780
Paid
Total
118600,5
Dissemination
Title
Training School Lectures Notes
Date
30-juil-2010
Cost
3.000
Status
Paid
Total
3.000
Action
Total
732687
II. Scientific Report prepared by the Chair of the Management Committee of the
Action (same layout as in the Monitoring Progress Report)
Innovative knowledge resulting from COST networking through the Action. (Specific examples
of Results vs. Objectives)
Combination of expertises and research fields has resulted to new research and educational
strategies (new mixed research methods to understand interaction of users, society and
technologies):
- Integration of LCA in sustainability rating methodologies
- Recognition of LCA as an integral part of structural engineering
- Integration of degradation models in methods of lifetime engineering
- Finding weighting methods for global assessment
- Development of recycled construction materials
- For more details see list of collaborative papers in Table of Contents of C25 Publications in
Appendixes 1 to 8.
Significant scientific breakthroughs as part of the COST Action. (Specific examples)
- For the first time there is a methodology to assess sustainability of bridges
- Guidelines how to perform life-cycle analysis in construction projects (both bridges and
buildings)
- Science based approaches (modelling and simulation) to lifetime engineering including
maintenance scenarios
Tangible medium term socio-economic impacts achieved or expected. (Specific examples)
Many members are now regarded as frontrunners in this particular field of expertise
- local authorities like e.g. the city of Eindhoven (NL), the city of Espoo (FI), Valetta (MT) and
in several cities in Portugal.
- national assessment and rating systems like e.g. PT, FI, UK, DE
- EUs Enterprise Construction LCA Workshops VTT
- Advisory panels of EU FP7 projects (see below)
Positive impacts to the harmonization process and knowledge transfer:
- e.g. 1st National Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering in Belgrade on 4-5 June 2009,
organised by the Faculty of Civil Engineering of University of Belgrade and the Faculty of
Technical Sciences of University of Novi Sad.
- New Member States + Candidate states several new members in the European networks
Uptake of advanced science-based methods and tools in everyday design processes (bridges
and buildings), like e.g. assessment method of flexibility/adaptability to be used building
design process.
Several members are planning new educational courses and programmes in their universities
that will bring environmentally literate workforce to companies and society.
Spin off of new EC RTD Framework Programme proposals/projects. (List)
RFCS 2010: Project SB_Steel - Sustainable Building Project in Steel (C25 participants: VTT
FI, U of Coimbra PT and U of Minho PT)
FP7 2009: Project OPEN HOUSE- Benchmarking and mainstreaming building sustainability
in the EU based on transparency and openness (open source and availability) from model
to implementation (C25 participants: University of Ljubljana SI. C25 members of expert
panel: VTT FI, University of Naples IT, Aalborg University DK and University of
Minho PT)
ERASMUS MUNDUS 2009-2013: EMJD, Joint doctorate programme, Proposal for a
doctorate course in sustainable steel constructions. C25 participants :University of
Additional knowledge obtained from working with other disciplines within the COST framework.
(Specific examples)
C25 Members have expertises to cover C25 needs and the collaboration / communication
with C23, C24, C26 and TU0701. The interaction with C26 has recognised by C26 as
beneficial to them. New Actions will also benefit from the knowledge gathered by C25 and
vice-versa.
Evaluation of whether the level of inter-disciplinarity is sufficient to potentially provide socioeconomic impacts. (Specific examples)
- Ricardo Mateus from University of Minho (Portugal) in VTT Technical Research Centre of
Finland.
- Evangelos Efthymiou from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in University of Naples
(Italy).
The C25 Student Competition: About 40 students expressed their interest in participating in.
At the end 23 students belonging to 8 teams submitted their projects. The 3 first prizes
offered by the Association of Architects of Naples were awarded to 4 teams (2 teams in the
3rd place ex aequo) during the C25 Naples Symposium (11-12 May 2009).
Involvement of researchers from outside of COST Countries. (Number of participants from nonCOST Countries approved by the CSO. Give % of such participants from countries with
reciprocal agreements. Specify their contribution)
None. There are no Non-COST participants.
Advancement and promotion of scientific knowledge through publications and other outreach
activities. (Number of publications and other outreach activities that resulted from COST
networking through the Action. Complete list should be given in an annex)
C25 Final Conference in Innsbruck, 2011
Training School in Malta, 2010
Training School in Thessaloniki, 2009
1st International Exergy, Life Cycle Assessment, and Sustainability Workshop & Symposium
(ELCAS), 4 - 6 June, 2009, Nisyros, Greece
CIB-iiSBE-UNEP World Conference about Sustainable Construction SB08 in Melbourne,
September, 2008 (paper Mateus - Bragana - Koukkari)
Activities and projects with COST network colleagues.
Many members are contributing to European Technology Platforms; especially to ECTP
(Aristotle Univ. Thessaloniki, Czech Tech. Univ., Norwegian Univ. of Tech., Tech. Univ. of
Denmark, Vilnius Tech. Univ., VTT, Univ. of Minho) and ESTEP (Univ. Coimbra, Univ. Lule,
VTT).
Some other members are Eureka National Representatives: Lus Bragana (Portugal), Roko
Zarnik (Slovenia) and some others are collaborating in FP7 activities (see above).
Most of the members of the Technical Committee 14 of the European Convention for
Constructional Steelwork ECCS became involved in C25.
Co-operation with the International Initiative for the Sustainable Built Environment - iiSBE in
the preparation of the Thessaloniki Training Course.
The capacity of the Action members to raise research funds.
Almost all the members have their own projects that support the research activity that is
needed to carry to contribute to C25.