Circular Economy Indexing in Construction Industry Using Big Data and AI

Collaborative Research Program 2023-2025

This research proposal aims to utilize state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to develop a novel Circular City Indexing (CCI) method for construction job site management and operation. Creating circularity indexes for cities is a new research area; recent research initiatives evidence its emergence and importance, e.g., ICLEI Europe and OECD have recently funded similar research. CCI typically involves Big Data Analysis (BDA) and provides a concise measurement of the factors extracted from the data related to urban performances supporting local, national, and international green policies. This project focuses on a novel contribution to the built environment part of the circular developments in cities. Thus, it will facilitate developing a CCI for the built environment, focusing on construction activities.