Project Resources

Welcome to the Circular Reno Resource page, your gateway to the open-source knowledge, tools, and learning materials developed throughout the Interreg North-West Europe project. 

Designed to support the transition towards low-carbon renovation, these resources bring together practical guidance, decision-making tools, training materials, and technical insights to help accelerate the uptake of circular, bio-based retrofit solutions. 

Drawing on the project's experience across Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands, this library showcases scalable approaches using materials such as straw, wood, biopolymers, and miscanthus, alongside resources covering local value chains, policy recommendations, and innovative construction methods. Whether you are a public authority, housing provider, manufacturer, designer, contractor, researcher, or educator, you are invited to explore, use, and share these freely available resources to help scale circular renovation across Europe.

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Crop selection, a processing selection, a building material selection, and a procurement guideThe full guide in English
Ecosystem services
Circularity
System providers
Overview biobased materials

The full guide and additional document in German
Comparative study of bio-based prefab solutionsComparative study
First bio-based prototypeFirst bio-based prototype
Second bio-based prototypeSecond bio-based prototype
Technical & financial datasheets for the functional prototypesTechnical and financial datasheet
General protocol for the development of biobased deep energy retrofit strategies – in French contextGeneral protocol in French context
Embedded carbon methodology analysisInternational analysis
Building regulation compliance analysisInternational analysis
Building regulation strategyEmbodied Carbon
Standardization
Communication plan
Carbon storage methodologyCarbon storage methodology
Develop a carbon storage implementation strategyDevelop the strategy
Forecast tool for regional material for constructionForecast tool
Multi-benefits white paperThe white paper
Forecast tool use guideForecast tool use guide
Fact sheet: business case for biobuild façade and roof serial renovationFactsheet business case for:
Hemp
Miscanthus
Flax
Straw
Value chain guidelineGuideline value chain
Fact sheets: comparison of bio-build solutions to conventional systems

Factsheet bio-build solutions:
Hemp
Miscanthus
Flax
Straw

MOOC Series: Building Expertise in Bio-based and Agro-based Construction Materials
All Moocs 

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