The task force will look at what is making industrialised construction difficult to adopt in Europe and identify practical ways to overcome these barriers.
Institutes & CentersInstitute for Renewable Energy - Energy & Resource-Efficient Buildings - News - Eurac Research joins the new European Task Force on Offsite Construction
Credit: Eurac Research | Ludovica Galeazzi
On 30 June, the Task Force on Offsite Construction, established by the European Commission and coordinated by DG GROW, held its kick-off meeting. The initiative is part of the European Affordable Housing Plan and the European Strategy for Housing Construction, with the goal of identifying the barriers that still slow down the adoption of industrialised construction across Europe and helping define practical measures to overcome them.
The kick-off brought together around 180 representatives from public institutions, research organisations and industry from across Europe.
Being part of this Task Force means bringing more than 15 years of research on building envelope innovation to the table. During this time, we have developed expertise in:
- industrialised building renovation;
- circular building components and systems;
- adaptive and multifunctional façades;
- the development and validation of innovative technologies.
This work is supported by specialised laboratories, Living Labs and demonstration buildings, where we develop, test and validate new solutions under real conditions. Through projects such as INSPIRE, 4RinEU, SINFONIA, STARDUST, INFINITE, MEZeroE, BuildUPspeed and ZERAF, we have generated data, developed methods and validated solutions that we now bring to the Task Force.
During the kick-off, Roberto Lollini, Group Leader of the Energy & Resource-Efficient Buildings Group highlighted two key priorities: the need for shared metrics and reliable assessment methods to measure the benefits of industrialised construction, and the importance of involving the entire value chain. Industrialisation is not only about prefabrication:it is about how design, manufacturing, validation, construction and building operation work together.
At Eurac Research, we believe research should support European policies that lead to buildings using fewer resources, producing fewer emissions, and providing more efficient, sustainable and comfortable places to live and work.
The same vision drives the Building Envelope Alliance, the new European network bringing together research, industry and testing infrastructures to accelerate innovation in building envelopes.
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