On 1 July, the Drastic project was represented at the Intercluster Conference Sustainable Construction in Barcelona, jointly organised by the Clúster de l'Energia Eficient de Catalunya and the Clúster de Materials Avançats de Catalunya, with the involvement of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

The Drastic project is delighted to announce an upcoming webinar on 16 September 2026, focusing on the future of circular façades and External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS).

Registrations are now open for the upcoming Drastic project’s French Demonstrator’s webinar on 10 June 2026, exploring how circular solutions can support office renovation projects through material reuse and whole life carbon reduction.

On 6 May 2026, the Drastic Project participated in the Circular Construction & Materials Innovation session at the EU Sustainable Construction event in Brussels, Belgium. The discussion brought together policymakers, industry representatives, researchers and investors to explore the market conditions, policy frameworks and assessment approaches needed to support circular construction at scale across Europe.

On 5 March 2026, Carolin Spirinckx, Project Manager at Drastic’s coordinating partner VITO, represented the Drastic Project as part of a workshop on sustainable & energy-efficient building materials in Naples, Italy at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.

Discover key insights from the first European Drastic webinar- ‘Circularity in the built environment: From global vision to local action’.

The Drastic project has launched its first webinar in a new series exploring circularity in the built environment. Taking place on 11 March 2026, the session will examine how global policy, national strategies and project-level innovation can work together to accelerate implementation.

Sorigué explored how R&D&I can support the circular economy in construction at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025.

At this year’s Smart City Expo, held in Barcelona, Spain, members of the Drastic consortium hosted a special roundtable panel on Wednesday 5 November, which offered the chance to explore one of the most pressing challenges—and opportunities—in the sector: how to make circular construction a reality.

Drastic’s fourth General Assembly, held at Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, gathered the project’s consortium at a pivotal moment, as Drastic hits its two-year mark and is privy to a clearer view of the challenges ahead, via the experiences and lessons learned from two years of project proceedings.