{"id":18326,"date":"2022-11-07T15:51:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T14:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/resource-management-decarbonation-successful\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:51:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T14:51:52","slug":"resource-management-decarbonation-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/en\/resource-management-decarbonation-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Resource Management for successful decarbonization &#8211; by \u00c9ric Allodi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Circular Signature\u00ae allows to simulate product combinations and to deliver to the owner a controlled circular performance, which tends towards carbon neutrality (expected for 2050 at the European level)&#8230; provided that future used resources are properly managed in a regenerative ecosystem, to do what we call Resource Management. Indeed, it would be hard to imagine that the carbon that is sequestered in wood-frame buildings and biobased products would be released during the next deconstruction, because the wood would be incinerated or buried. However, this is what happens all too often.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15904\" style=\"width: 1224px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png\" alt=\"National Low Carbon Strategy - Resource Management for a successful decarbonization\" width=\"1224\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4.png 1000w, https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4-1024x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-4-768x300.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecologie.gouv.fr\/strategie-nationale-bas-carbone-snbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Low Carbon Strategy<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This article is a follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/batiment-banque-de-materiaux\/\">&#8220;The Ecodesign of a &#8220;Materials Bank Building&#8221; in 3 Points&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The role of the Resource Manager in a circular building<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15762\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15762 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Fig.6-300x290.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Fig.6-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/upcyclea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Fig.6.png 352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ecosystem valuation indicators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the absence of <strong>resource management<\/strong> over time that would result in end-of-life recovery such as reuse, upcycling or recycling, any eco-design would be useless. This is why this management, which is still called <strong>Resource Management<\/strong>, is an essential complement to eco-design.<\/p>\n<p>The owner&#8217;s <strong>Resource Manager\u00ae<\/strong>(or delegated Property\/Facility Manager) leverages the functions of the Digital Materials Bank to identify and track profitable value-added ecosystems, through reuse, upcycling or recycling, and ensure that a building is a source of revenue and not waste. Initial experience suggests a <strong>ROI of up to 15% of the product acquisition cost <\/strong>(source: Upcyclea), bearing in mind that the scarcity of resources and certain pandemic or geopolitical events may inevitably increase the value of products &#8220;placed&#8221; in the buildings. That&#8217;s why we talk about &#8220;digital banking&#8221; and &#8220;material banking&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Ecosystem valuation indicators<\/h3>\n<p>Here again, digitization and data reported by stakeholders can be used to generate ecosystem indicators that measure the volume of waste and<sub>CO2<\/sub> avoided, the water balance and the economic balance of each ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To be resilient and meet the 2050 &#8220;Net-0 Emissions&#8221; objectives, the city must control the resources it uses and industrialize its deconstruction, construction and building management processes to regenerate these resources.<\/strong>  Digitization of information and processes is a prerequisite for managing the complexity of the circular model, and enabling the implementation of low-carbon ecosystems&#8230; and profitable ones.  <strong>Because without profitability, there is no circular economy, and without a circular economy there is no resilience or carbon neutrality.  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More than a lever, digital technology has become a necessity to move into a post-industrial era that harmoniously combines ecology and economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Circular Signature\u00ae allows to simulate product combinations and to deliver to the owner a controlled circular performance, which tends towards carbon neutrality (expected for 2050 at the European level)&#8230; provided that future used resources are properly managed in a regenerative ecosystem, to do what we call Resource Management. 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