Transformation and acceleration of the construction supply chain through smart factories

The European building stock is in high need of refurbishment due to its contribution excessive global energy consumption. In the North-Sea Region (NSR) alone there are 22 million houses built between 1950 and 1985 with an annual CO2 emission 79 Mton. Current deep retrofits carried out on a limited-scale production, which may result climate targets not being met time. To tackle for rapid renovations, prefabricated insulation elements integrated intelligent technologies, manufactured novel smart factories using mass customization, could offer solution. This approach also followed by Interreg project INDU-ZERO. examines far-reaching automated production develops blueprint construction factory NSR that can produce 15 000 renovation packages per year. paper aims quantify acceleration potential supply chain improving logistics, on-site mounting processes Dutch single-family terraced houses. First, design introduced. Then, procedure elaborated how be abbreviated. results show cycle time completed within two weeks through coordinated efforts mounting.