Blockchain-Enabled Provenance Tracking for Sustainable Material Reuse in Construction Supply Chains

IF 2.8 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Future Internet Pub Date : 2024-04-17 DOI:10.3390/fi16040135

Stanly Wilson, Kwabena Adu-Duodu, Yinhao Li, Ringo W. H. Sham, Mohammed Almubarak, Yingli Wang, E. Solaiman, Charith Perera, R. Ranjan, Omer Rana

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Abstract

The growing complexity of construction supply chains and the significant impact of the construction industry on the environment demand an understanding of how to reuse and repurpose materials. In response to this critical challenge, research gaps that are significant in promoting material circularity are described. Despite its potential, the use of blockchain technology in construction faces challenges in verifiability, scalability, privacy, and interoperability. We propose a novel multilayer blockchain framework to enhance provenance tracking and data retrieval to enable a reliable audit trail. The framework utilises a privacy-centric solution that combines decentralised and centralised storage, security, and privacy. Furthermore, the framework implements access control to strengthen security and privacy, fostering transparency and information sharing among the stakeholders. These contributions collectively lead to trusted material circularity in a built environment. The implementation framework aims to create a prototype for blockchain applications in construction supply chains.

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用区块链追踪建筑供应链中可持续材料再利用的出处

建筑供应链日益复杂，建筑业对环境产生了重大影响，这就要求我们了解如何对材料进行再利用和再利用。为应对这一严峻挑战，本文介绍了在促进材料循环性方面存在的重大研究缺口。尽管区块链技术潜力巨大，但其在建筑领域的应用却面临着可验证性、可扩展性、隐私性和互操作性等方面的挑战。我们提出了一个新颖的多层区块链框架，以加强出处跟踪和数据检索，从而实现可靠的审计跟踪。该框架采用以隐私为中心的解决方案，将分散和集中存储、安全性和隐私性结合在一起。此外，该框架还实施了访问控制，以加强安全性和隐私性，促进利益相关者之间的透明度和信息共享。这些贡献共同促成了建筑环境中的可信材料循环。该实施框架旨在为建筑供应链中的区块链应用创建一个原型。

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Future Internet Computer Science-Computer Networks and Communications

CiteScore

7.10

自引率

5.90%

发文量

303

审稿时长

11 weeks

期刊介绍： Future Internet is a scholarly open access journal which provides an advanced forum for science and research concerned with evolution of Internet technologies and related smart systems for “Net-Living” development. The general reference subject is therefore the evolution towards the future internet ecosystem, which is feeding a continuous, intensive, artificial transformation of the lived environment, for a widespread and significant improvement of well-being in all spheres of human life (private, public, professional). Included topics are: • advanced communications network infrastructures • evolution of internet basic services • internet of things • netted peripheral sensors • industrial internet • centralized and distributed data centers • embedded computing • cloud computing • software defined network functions and network virtualization • cloud-let and fog-computing • big data, open data and analytical tools • cyber-physical systems • network and distributed operating systems • web services • semantic structures and related software tools • artificial and augmented intelligence • augmented reality • system interoperability and flexible service composition • smart mission-critical system architectures • smart terminals and applications • pro-sumer tools for application design and development • cyber security compliance • privacy compliance • reliability compliance • dependability compliance • accountability compliance • trust compliance • technical quality of basic services.