“Digital Process Chain for Energy Renovations Using Prefabrication”

Duration: 1.01.2025 – 31.12.2028

The DigiFab project will create a fast, cost-effective renovation process using: 1) a digital workflow with co-creation methods; 2) adaptable prefabricated modules featuring passive and active technologies to reach NZEB standards; and 3) BIM-based software for assessment and automation. Renovations will take just 2 days per 200 m² unit and cost 30% less than traditional methods.

The fully digital process – from design to completion – will minimize delays and costs by collecting accurate data, involving occupants early, and creating digital twins for optimized design. Prefabricated modules will be produced using modern construction methods and tailored to each project. They will use sustainable materials, smart energy systems, and be installed with site-specific adjustments monitored via technologies like laser scanning. The process will also track waste and noise, ensuring environmental compliance. The proposed solution will be demonstrated in Spain, Austria, and Greece across diverse building types.

In the DigiFab project, ASM plays a key role in incorporating social sciences and stakeholder engagement into the renovation process:

• Co-creation with end users: ASM leads the development and application of a co-creation approach to gather and integrate feedback from building occupants and stakeholders into the renovation design process ensuring the voice of end users is central to the renovation workflow, supporting better design decisions, higher satisfaction, and stronger adoption of DigiFab solutions. This includes conducting workshops, interviews, and surveys to assess user expectations and satisfaction with indoor environmental quality (IEQ) before and after renovation.
• Exploitation and commercialisation: ASM contributes to development of the exploitation and commercialisation strategy for effective implementation of the proposed solution to the market.

“European City Squared: Computational Social Science Simulation for Democracy”

Programme: Horizon Europe

Duration: 1.01.2025 – 31.12.2027

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The European City Squared project will use real and synthetic data with advanced computational social science to create an agent-based simulation platform. By combining science, technology, and social choice theory, the project will test different voting methods—especially Quadratic Voting. This innovative system could improve how public goods are distributed and encourage cooperation, helping reduce polarization and build trust in government. The project brings together scientists, city officials, universities, entrepreneurs, and civil society to deliver new insights and practical tools for more efficient and participatory democratic processes.

In the EuropeanCIty² project, ASM is responsible for several key tasks:

• Communication, dissemination and engagement: ASM ensures the project's results are effectively shared with stakeholders and the public including creating and managing websites, social media, promotional materials, and events for public and stakeholder engagement.
• Co-definition of research and market needs: involving social sciences and humanities (SSH) in research performance, applying methods from social sciences and humanities to evaluate the effect of new democratic mechanisms like Quadratic Voting, societal impact assessment and stakeholder engagement,