CEO & CAMO Ontologies: A circulation medium for materials in the construction industry

Elke Sauter; R.L.G. Lemmens; Pieter Pauwels

doi:10.1201/9781315228914-208/

CEO & CAMO Ontologies: A circulation medium for materials in the construction industry

Elke Sauter, R.L.G. Lemmens, Pieter Pauwels

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This paper evaluates the potential of semantic technologies to facilitate building material circulation in the construction industry within the Circular Economy (CE) context. It suggests building material passports as a data source for the materials to be circulated and then integrates them by means of Linked Data. A common language is proposed to combine and re-use the material data in the CE with the creation of two ontologies: Circular Exchange Ontology (CEO) and the Circular Materials and Activities Ontology (CAMO).The ontologies annotate materials under a CE classification scheme and describe the elements required for material exchange to occur: actors, the activities they perform and the referents of these activities (resources, products, tools and waste). An evaluation of the ontologies is made by means of use case-driven SPARQL queries. Further, a wide-scale evaluation addresses how a decentralized data ecosystem can enable users to publish information and dynamically interact with different repositories to exchange materials. Results indicate that these ontologies can foster a circulation medium between diverse construction industry resources. Future work contemplates validation of both ontologies in a real-world-setting with computer scientists and companies in the construction sector in the Benelux area.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment in Civil Engineering: Towards an Integrated Vision
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2018), 28-31 October 2018, Ghent, Belgium
Editors	Robby Caspeele, Luc Taerwe, Dan M. Frangopol
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	CRC Press (Taylor & Francis)
Pages	1645-1652
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315228914
ISBN (Print)	9781138626331
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315228914-208/
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	6th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2018 - Ghent, Belgium Duration: 28 Oct 2018 → 31 Oct 2018 Conference number: 6 http://www.ialcce2018.org/#/home

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Conference	6th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2018
Abbreviated title	IALCCE 2018
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Ghent
Period	28/10/18 → 31/10/18
Internet address	http://www.ialcce2018.org/#/home

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Ontology
Circular economy
Geoinformation

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Sauter, E., Lemmens, R. L. G., & Pauwels, P. (2018). CEO & CAMO Ontologies: A circulation medium for materials in the construction industry. In R. Caspeele, L. Taerwe, & D. M. Frangopol (Eds.), Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment in Civil Engineering: Towards an Integrated Vision: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2018), 28-31 October 2018, Ghent, Belgium (pp. 1645-1652). CRC Press (Taylor & Francis). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315228914-208/

Sauter, Elke ; Lemmens, R.L.G. ; Pauwels, Pieter. / CEO & CAMO Ontologies : A circulation medium for materials in the construction industry. Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment in Civil Engineering: Towards an Integrated Vision: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2018), 28-31 October 2018, Ghent, Belgium. editor / Robby Caspeele ; Luc Taerwe ; Dan M. Frangopol. London : CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2018. pp. 1645-1652

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Sauter, E, Lemmens, RLG & Pauwels, P 2018, CEO & CAMO Ontologies: A circulation medium for materials in the construction industry. in R Caspeele, L Taerwe & DM Frangopol (eds), Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment in Civil Engineering: Towards an Integrated Vision: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2018), 28-31 October 2018, Ghent, Belgium. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), London, pp. 1645-1652, 6th International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering, IALCCE 2018, Ghent, Belgium, 28/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315228914-208/

CEO & CAMO Ontologies: A circulation medium for materials in the construction industry. / Sauter, Elke; Lemmens, R.L.G.; Pauwels, Pieter.
Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment in Civil Engineering: Towards an Integrated Vision: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2018), 28-31 October 2018, Ghent, Belgium. ed. / Robby Caspeele; Luc Taerwe; Dan M. Frangopol. London: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2018. p. 1645-1652.

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Sauter E, Lemmens RLG, Pauwels P. CEO & CAMO Ontologies: A circulation medium for materials in the construction industry. In Caspeele R, Taerwe L, Frangopol DM, editors, Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment in Civil Engineering: Towards an Integrated Vision: Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2018), 28-31 October 2018, Ghent, Belgium. London: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis). 2018. p. 1645-1652 doi: 10.1201/9781315228914-208/

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