

CIRCAIDE creates an AI-supported digital service that helps bring together and use information about buildings and building materials before demolition or construction work begins. Building and renovation projects create a lot of waste, even though many materials are still perfectly usable in construction. This often happens because information about available materials is missing, unclear, or comes too late. The service makes it easier for planners and builders to consider existing materials from the very start of a project, and when materials are mapped carefully and clearly, it is easier to plan and carry out their reuse or recycling in practice. By working together across the Central Baltic region, CIRCAIDE helps reduce waste, save natural resources, and support more sustainable construction.
As a result of the project, a shared digital service will be available that brings together useful and up to date information about buildings and materials before demolition and construction work begins. The service will be tested in real building demolition projects in Kouvola and Tallinn to explore how building parts and materials can be reused more easily in new construction projects. When useful information is available early, planners can make better decisions and avoid unnecessary waste of usable materials. Through cooperation between organizations in different countries, common ways of working will be developed and shared across borders. In the long term, this supports more resource efficient construction and reduces waste across the Central Baltic region.
As a result of the project, a shared digital service will be available that brings together useful and up to date information about buildings and materials before demolition and construction work begins. The service will be tested in real building demolition projects in Kouvola and Tallinn to explore how building parts and materials can be reused more easily in new construction projects. When useful information is available early, planners can make better decisions and avoid unnecessary waste of usable materials. Through cooperation between organizations in different countries, common ways of working will be developed and shared across borders. In the long term, this supports more resource efficient construction and reduces waste across the Central Baltic region.
Duration 01.06.2026 - 31.05.2029
Total budget
Programme priority
Improved environment and resource useProgramme objective
PO3 - Joint circular economy solutionsLead partner
South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
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