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From a climate perspective, avoiding parallel operation of physical and digital infrastructures seems advisable. However, neither a physical-only nor digital-only scenario is feasible because the demand for digital media is increasing, while physical media must be kept due to legal, academic and cultural requirements. It is thus necessary to find an optimal mix of infrastructures that is economically viable, meets legal, academic and cultural requirements, simplifies user access, minimizes energy use and emissions.
The ReVerDi project applies the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment approach to assess these infrastructures from an environmental, social-cultural and economic perspective. It thereby provides the scientific basis required for national libraries and other GLAM institutions to create future-proof infrastructures.
Project leader
Uta Pottgiesser, Architect, PhD, is Chair of Heritage & Technology at TU Delft (Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment), The Netherlands and also Professor of Building Construction and Materials at TH OWL and there member of the Institute of Design Strategies (IDS), Germany. Dr. Pottgiesser has more than twenty-seven years experience as a practising architect and researching scientist concerned with the protection, reuse and improvement of the built heritage and environment. As co-founder and member of the European Facade Network (efn) and co-founder of the international "Master of Integrated Design (MID)” at TH OWL, she has been researching, teaching and lecturing internationally. Since 2022 she serves as Chair of DOCOMOMO International, an NGOa with 80 national working parties worldwide. She is member and vice-chair of German working party and was Chair of the Docomomo International Specialist Committee of Technology (ISC/T) from 2016-2021.
Project consortium
The consortium consists of three research groups and three national libraries from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Country teams consisting of a research group and a library are responsible for project implementation in the respective country, while each research group is responsible for a transnational focus topic (environmental, social-cultural, economic). The three research groups have complementary backgrounds (natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities) and expertise (digital technologies, LCA, cultural heritage), which provide a strong foundation.
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