Abstract
This paper evaluates the potential of semantic technologies to facilitate building material circulation in the construction industry within the Circular Economy (CE) context. It suggests building material passports as a data source for the materials to be circulated and then integrates them by means of Linked Data. A common language is proposed to combine and re-use the material data in the CE with the creation of two ontologies: Circular Exchange Ontology (CEO) and the Circular Materials and Activities Ontology (CAMO). The ontologies annotate materials under a CE classification scheme and describe the elements required for material exchange to occur: actors, the activities they perform and the referents of these activities (resources, products, tools and waste). An evaluation of the ontologies is made by means of use case-driven SPARQL queries. Further, a wide-scale evaluation addresses how a decentralized data ecosystem can enable users to publish information and dynamically interact with different repositories to exchange materials. Results indicate that these ontologies can foster a circulation medium between diverse construction industry resources. Future work contemplates validation of both ontologies in a real-world-setting with computer scientists and companies in the construction sector in the Benelux area.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Life-Cycle analysis and assessment in civil engineering: towards an integrated vision |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2018) |
| Editors | Robby Caspeele, Luc Taerwe, Dan Frangopol |
| Place of Publication | Leiden |
| Publisher | CRC Press/Balkema |
| Pages | 1645-1652 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-315-22891-4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-138-62633-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 6th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2018 - Ghent, Belgium Duration: 28 Oct 2018 → 31 Oct 2018 Conference number: 6 http://www.ialcce2018.org/ |
Publication series
| Name | Life-Cycle of Civil Engineering Systems |
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| Publisher | CRC Press |
Conference
| Conference | 6th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2018 |
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| Abbreviated title | IALCCE |
| Country/Territory | Belgium |
| City | Ghent |
| Period | 28/10/18 → 31/10/18 |
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