Wood-for-construction supply chain digital twin to drive circular economy and actor-based LCA informationShow others and affiliations
2025 (English)In: Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, E-ISSN 1879-1786, Vol. 520, article id 146074Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The integration of Digital Twin (DT) technologies and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the construction sector presents significant opportunities for improving resource efficiency, enhancing material traceability, and supporting circular economy strategies. However, the lack of standardized methodologies and data interoperability remains a major barrier to effective implementation. This study introduces the Forest to Building Digital Framework (F2BDF), a structured approach that combines DT technologies, actor-based LCA, and supply chain management digital tools to optimize the environmental performance of wood construction. The research is among the earliest to develop a digital system throughout the life cycle from the extraction of raw materials to the construction. The framework is built on a hierarchical structure where digitalized different actors’ subsystems within the supply chain generate real-time production data, feeding into a centralized backbone network. These data are the foundation for a decision support module designed to assess environmental impacts and evaluate circularity scenarios. The study integrates geospatial analysis (GIS), real-time manufacturing data (CAx and BIM), and digital product information. The validation process in an industrial setting exhibits how enhanced data integration can support real-time sustainability assessments with primary foreground data and optimize resource utilization. The results included enhanced material circularity options, data portability, and building materials tracking, as well as semi-automatically contributing to achieving more dynamic and actor-based LCA information. By digitizing multiple stakeholders and making product, production, and transportation data accessible via APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), widespread digital frameworks can offer a scalable solution for improving sustainability across the wood construction sector. © 2025 The Authors
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2025. Vol. 520, article id 146074
Keywords [en]
Dynamic environmental product declaration, Life cycle assessment, Semantic data models, Smart manufacturing industry, Supply chain digital twin, Application programming interfaces (API), Building materials, Construction industry, Data integration, Digital twin, Environmental impact, Environmental management, Environmental technology, Interoperability, Life cycle, Smart manufacturing, Supply chain management, Supply chains, Sustainable development, Wood, Wooden construction, Circular economy, Construction sectors, Environmental product declarations, Manufacturing industries, Semantic data model, Wood construction, Decision support systems
National Category
Construction Management
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-81719DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146074Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105010336644OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-81719DiVA, id: diva2:2064849
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