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Description
Originated in the late ‘70s by EPA, brownfield redevelopment has evolved into a strategic pillar of European policy (e.g. Circular Economy Strategy) with significant potential to deliver sustainable growth opportunities. In the drive towards decarbonization, flagship initiatives, e.g., “A Resource Efficient Europe”, recognize land as a resource and set a target of zero land consumption among the 2050 targets. Brownfield regeneration is a comprehensive action aligned with sustainable design and calls for circular strategies focused on material fluxes, waste, emissions, and energy management to gain a panoramic perspective on sustainability ambitions, but a complex and challenging process. As a key innovation, Digital Twins (DT) are promising technologies to enable predictions, data sharing, and stakeholder communication by creating bidirectional connections between the physical sites and digital representation supporting decision-making processes for brownfields’ rehabilitation. Although there are some examples of best practices, a lack of consistency in the applied approaches indicates further scope for research and development of customizable frameworks. This study reviews the role of dynamic twinning models to provide comprehensive circular design operations in brownfield dynamization as a catalyst for sustainable land and resource management by identifying the gaps and proposing supporting information to speed up holistic and data-driven approaches for tailored strategies in selected cases.
| If your abstract is not accepted for an oral presentation, would you be interested in presenting it as a poster instead? | Yes |
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| If accepted by the Scientific Board, I agree to have my presentation/poster and abstract published on the Belgian Climate Centre websites and social media. | Yes |
