Annual Meeting Beam me up!
Building Stock Models for Circular Urban Development part of DUT Driving Urban Tansitions Programm
WP4 Design tool exploration lead by MHA ENSA-UGA
Date : 17th to 18th September 2026
Location : Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Copenhagen,
The four research teams from SINTEF (Norway), RISE (Sweden), the Department of the Built Environment at Aalborg University and the MHA ENSA-UGA laboratory met in Copenhagen for the annual meeting of the BEAM ME UP project, a winner of the DUT programme.
Beam me up! aims to enhance building stock models for circular urban development by incorporating diverse data sources to predict construction material streams for reuse, repurposing, and recycling. Leveraging circular economy principles, the project supports the building sector in reducing environmental impacts and fostering sustainable urban growth. To address gaps in current models, Beam me up! will integrate both top-down and bottom-up data, including spatial data, building codes, and specific building characteristics, to produce accurate models reflecting real-world building stocks across varied regions. By incorporating machine learning and advanced estimation techniques, the project aims to enhance model granularity, allowing for precise predictions of material streams and supporting efficient resource planning and circular strategies.