Beautiful, inclusive and sustainable neighbourhoods for communities · Advancing sustainable maintenance and repair measures for existing buildings

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: • Extended service life and reduced life cycle environmental impacts of existing buildings, contributing to a more sustainable[1] built environment[1]. • Easier application and more frequent use of predictive maintenance in existing buildings.

Prolonging the lifespan and improving the performance of existing buildings are among key strategies to decrease new construction rates, which will help reduce the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing of new construction products, generating less waste and thus reducing GHG emissions and contributing to a more sustainable built environment. Recent legal and policy developments such as the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) reinforce the importance…