Organization of a study day on Urban Mining in Brussels

On April 30, 2019 BBRI organizes a conference on “Urban Mining in Brussels”. The purpose of this session is to inform and stimulate industry players on innovations and technical developments for the reuse and recycling of materials and building components. The partners presented their work as part of the BBSM project : A. Romnée (CSTC),  Introduction E. Gobbo (UCLouvain), « Une approche bottom-up du métabolisme bruxellois : méthodologie via l’analyse de cas d’étude » M. Vanderick (Louis De Waele), “Pratique d’urban mining pour la rénovation d’un immeuble de bureau” W. Galle (VUB), « Dynamic design matrix, directives de conception et …

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Presentation of the BBSM project at the SB19 Brussels BAMB-CIRCPATH conference

On February 7, 2019, Emilie Gobbo (UCL) presents an article entitled “Energy Retrofit Scenarios: Material Flows and Circularity” at the international conference BAMB SB19 CIRCPATH. Presentations made during the conference are available at the following link : https://www.bamb2020.eu/final-event/research-days/presentations-sbe19-brussels-bamb-circpath/ The article can be downloaded from the IOP Conference Series website: Earth and Environmental Science : https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012029

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BBSM is also on the radio !!!

Two intervention on radio stations have also been noticed : In the “Débats première” program on April 4, 2018 at noon on la Première on the topic “Construction wastes and circular economy”. https://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/detail_dechets-de-construction-la-pollution-cachee?id=9883385 In the radio debate “Dans le plus simple appareil” on Radio Campus (May 12, 2018 at 14 :00) and Radio Panik (May 25, 2018 at 19:00): debate topic “Circular economy and construction materials re-use in Brussels”. The program podcast is available at : https://urban-ecology.be/blog/2018/4/26/2018-podcast-radio-lconomie-circulaire-et-la-rutilisation-des-matriaux-de-construction-bruxelles.

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