Description
Tech-TO.BE will build an inclusive, pan-European community to bridge the fundamental digitalisation gap in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation (AECO) value chain. While digitalisation promises greater efficiency, sustainability, and integration, fragmented knowledge, isolated implementation, uneven diffusion and the limited participation of underrepresented groups – especially women and Young Researchers and Innovators (YRIs) – constrain its transformative potential.
The Action embraces digitalisation as a complex process, including the human dimension, rather than the mere adoption of technologies, through three interlinked objectives. (1) Develop a harmonised map of digital applications in AECO, based on an online and free pan-European database and a shared taxonomy to overcome the fragmented and inconsistent knowledge of digital developments. (2) Create an accessible-to-all inventory of use cases that narrates the measurable multi-dimensional effects of digital implementations to counteract the isolated implementation and integration of digital solutions. (3) Provide a transferable blueprint, with particular attention to less digitalised countries, to overcome uneven diffusion of digitalisation across social, environmental and geographical contexts.
With this holistic approach the Action fosters dialogue between academia, industry, policymakers and civil society to coordinate and propel the European twin transition. While transforming previously independent efforts into structured, collaborative progress, Tech-TO.BE places the human dimension at the core. The participants in this COST Action, from different countries and sectors, and of various networking initiatives, will pave the way to promising careers and the development of groundbreaking international projects toward a fair, innovative and sustainable built environment.
Action keywords
Digitalisation - Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operation - Built environment - Innovation - Twin transition
Management Committee
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Main Contacts
Action Contacts
COST Staff
Working Groups
| Number | Title | Leader |
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| 1 | Categorise digital technology development | TBA |
| 2 | Gather evidence of digital technology implementation from stakeholders | TBA |
| 3 | Formulate strategies for even digital technology diffusion | TBA |
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