Trend Cards

1. 

   The importance of Social Media in our life

2. 

   Intelligent 3D model-based process

3. 

   Creating three-dimensional objects from digital file using a printer

4. 

   The growing importance of the "Made in..."

5. 

   Human capital flight

6. 

   Insufficient infrastructure development and labor shortage

7. 

   Skilled labor shortage in the construction industry

8. 

   Earth moving effects on buildings and systems

9. 

   More flexibility, fewer formalities and easier synergies

10. 

    Regulations for waste management

11. 

    Use of energy from a source that is not depleted when used

12. 

    Propagation of noise with harmful impact on the activities

13. 

    Increasing of fire protection requirments

14. 

    Lose less heat, and thereby save more money

15. 

    Walls less thick but more performing

16. 

    Quality of environmental conditions in a building

17. 

    More building made with wood

18. 

    Durability in the construction industry

19. 

    Assemblies components of a structure in a factory

20. 

    Small houses in big cities

21. 

    Collective exchange of resources

22. 

    Spend more for individual time, security and health

23. 

    Pro-active consumer involved with designing or customizing products

24. 

    Data and technology create efficiencies and enhance quality of life

25. 

    System in which assets or services are shared between private people

26. 

    Flexibility in place, time and organization characterizes new jobs

27. 

    Increasing relevance of ethical values in consumer behavior

28. 

    Transformation of all activities into digital forms

29. 

    Electronic and software-based mechanical devices

30. 

    Automatized systems able to process tasks without human input

31. 

    Computer systems able to perform tasks that require human intelligence

32. 

    New ways to see the reality

33. 

    Exchange and transport data or information

34. 

    Absence or reduced availability of resources

35. 

    Degree of productivity to accomplish a goal

36. 

    Material innovation at molecular and nano level and in manufacturing

37. 

    The connection between objects and internet

38. 

    Free availability of relevant market information to market participants

39. 

    Regionally uneven development of demography

40. 

    Shift of population from rural areas towards urban centers

41. 

    Free movement of goods, services, capital, people

42. 

    Economic inequality is the unequal distribution of opportunity

43. 

    Change of global and regional climate patterns

44. 

    Material cycles reduce materials’ need and waste

45. 

    Habits that improve physical and mental health

46. 

    Ability to continue a defined behavior indefinitely