Greenhouse gas and resource monitoring at ASFINAG construction sites

The construction industry is responsible for a significant proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions are mainly caused by energy consumption and the production of materials such as steel, cement, asphalt and concrete. As an innovative and sustainable motorway operator, ASFINAG is aware of its responsibility to protect the environment and the ecosystem. Reducing GHG emissions at its construction sites is very important to ASFINAG, as it wants to make a significant contribution to achieving the national and European climate targets that have been set. To make this possible, it is essential to know the emissions and material flows at its construction sites.

Currently, this data is collected decentrally at each construction site, independently of ASFINAG systems. The collection process is very time-consuming, as some of the data has to be recorded and evaluated manually. In particular, the integration of subcontractors poses a major challenge in practice for the general contractors commissioned by ASFINAG. In addition, all those involved in the project often have very different levels of expertise, which in turn has a major impact on data quality.

In order to be able to compare site-specific data, many distinctions must be made, some of which are also due to the technical collection methods currently available and the time resources of those involved in the construction process. In some cases, estimates must also be made, as detailed surveys would be disproportionately time-consuming. The data is currently evaluated and recorded using an Excel solution, which is imported into ASFINAG's HybridForms system landscape using drag and drop. However, this system is only used for data collection; benchmarking or further data analysis is not possible in this system.

With this IÖB challenge, ASFINAG is seeking technical solutions to reduce the time required for data collection and evaluation for those involved in the project, while also obtaining more and higher-quality data. The mass flows on the construction site should be recorded as completely as possible and used as a basis for calculating GHG emissions. This should be done with a high degree of automation and digitalisation.

Above all, GHG emissions must be recorded in a transparent and open manner so that a wide variety of emissions data can be used, such as ASFINAG calculation tools, Environmental Product Declarations, or other data sources from public database systems. Ideally, the existing ASFINAG calculation tools (mainly Excel solutions) will be embedded in this solution.

In addition, the ideal solution should be easy to use, include a ‘fill-in help’ function, enable interfaces (API) to the most common software programmes and platform solutions, and ensure quality-assured, structured data management. Ideally, the solution should also be BIM-compatible.

The most common software programmes include:

AVA Software

• ABK
• NEVARIS Success
• iTWO

Data management / ERF, forms, collaboration

• SAP
• HybridForms
• Project networld (exakt)
• thinkproject
• BMD

Operating systems

• Android
• iOS
• Windows 11

In summary, the most important factors for finding a solution are:

• Easy and intuitive operation
• High degree of automation and digitalisation
• Transparent emissions calculation
• As complete as possible recording of mass flows (material inflows and outflows)
• Flexible adaptation options for additional requirements or additional evaluation options
• Interfaces to common calculation programmes and database systems
• Implementation of existing evaluation tools
• Scalable system
• Structured data management
• Quality-assured system
• Ongoing recording and evaluation of all ASFINAG construction sites

This market survey is open to all technologies. Solutions that do not offer the above-mentioned ideal solution 100% are also welcome! The aim of the challenge is to gain an overview of innovations in the field of mass flow and GHG emissions recording on construction sites and to get to know potential implementation partners.

Not objectives:

• Proprietary database system (ASFINAG and its service providers should be granted exclusive rights of use for all known types of use, without spatial or temporal restrictions)
• Solution with a low degree of automation
• Solution based on a third-party cloud solution
• Solution involving abstract measurement methods
• Concepts

Take advantage of this opportunity to present your innovative approaches. ASFINAG is looking for specific products that can be implemented in the near future and enable the automated recording and processing of GHG emissions and mass flows on construction sites.

Companies should submit the following via the online form by 5th December 2025:

Company description & expertise
Briefly describe your company and use references to demonstrate your expertise in the field of data and GHG recording and evaluation. You can also present demos of solutions you have already developed.

Description of your solution
Focus in particular on how your solution would contribute to the desired result. Describe the overall approach of your solution and how, in addition to the technical implementation, the ongoing support and training requirements are taken into account.

The focus of the description should match the evaluation criteria and the requirements described. Please note that the (technical) approach behind the submitted solution should be presented as transparently as possible. In addition, both the derivation of the idea/product and the approach used behind the new solution should be presented in a clear and easily understandable manner.

If possible, provide convincing examples of use cases and references. Share your ideas regarding the course of the project (wishes, notes to the project managers).

Summary of added value
Summarise the unique selling points and key advantages! What makes your solution particularly innovative? What sets it apart?

Confidential information (for the jury only)
Give us an idea of what your proposal means in terms of finances and effort. This will help ASFINAG to design the procurement project within the right framework at an early stage. You are also welcome to submit a cost estimate for comparable solutions that have already been implemented.

In this text field, you can enter additional information that you would like to share exclusively with the project managers. Alternatively, you can send a PDF by email to the challenge moderator. You will also need a cover image. This will be your visual flagship in the overview of submissions for this challenge.

You also have the option of attaching a file. This file should supplement the text in the form fields, but not replace or repeat it! Use the file attachment for graphics, for example.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Consortium submissions are possible. Keep it short (guideline: maximum 10-12 presentation slides or 4-5 A4 pages). We are currently in the market exploration phase of the challenge. It is therefore not necessary to create drafts or feasibility studies specifically for this occasion.

References
If you already have a market-ready product, please include references or reference projects, including photos, with your submission.