Project Database and Environmental and Circularity Database containing information on Basajaun Façade System Modules

1. INTRODUCTION

The Basajaun project aims to build a sustainable joint between rural and urban areas through circular and innovative wood construction value chains. Building façade was one of the innovations developed in Basajaun, which were implemented in digital and real scale demo buildings. The main innovation for the façade includes the implementation of  hybrid bio-based polymers and wood over three technological systems that incorporate increased use of wood-based components and a novel bio-composite material: the frame profiles, the insulation equipment, and the seal system. This implies the need to verify the reduction of environmental impact, including the calculation of its Embodied Carbon.  

2. REPOSITORY

The Project Database and Environmental and Circularity Database presented here serve as repositories of the specific information related to the Basajaun Façade System's life cycles (A1-A5) employed to assess its cradle-to-practical-completion Embodied Carbon. It can also be used to validate the digital Semantic Framework conceived for the facilitation of Façade Environmental Assessment beneath the project.The Project Database contains datasets with technical information on each façade module analysed. This should be regarded as a complete database for the Basajaun commission job, including (1, 2, and 3) the list of materials, components, and processes related to three different modules (Glazed Vision, Opaque, and Window modules); (4) the façade modules assembly off-site; (5) Information on transporting modules to the construction site; and (6) the construction activities related to Opaque and Window modules.The Environmental and Circularity Database is designed to be unique to the production plant and contains the four datasets. The first dataset (1) provides information on the environmental impact of each possible single material, component, or process related to the façade module's life cycle (e.g., carbon factors). Assembly off-site (2) and logistics (3) consumption and emissions data are stored separately in two different datasets. Finally, the dataset related to construction site options (4) contains data on all working activities related to the façade modules. 

3. INSTALLATION

All datasets are in .csv format with data separated by a ";". Private data belonging to third parties or under copyright, which cannot be published, have been replaced with "omitted".