Circularity baseline
Map current practices, material flows and product destinations within an agreed boundary.
CIRAID · Software in development
CIRAID
Circularity software in development.
CIRAID will first assess your organization’s current circularity. Its engineering diagnosis will then connect improvement opportunities to process changes, technical requirements, necessary tests and estimated benefits. The software is at the concept and industrial validation preparation stage.
In development
Québec manufacturing SMEs
Engineering approach
Pilot partners sought
From the initial baseline to practical improvements.
Planned functions will connect company data to technical knowledge, with visible assumptions and limitations.
Engineering diagnosis
Identify what prevents materials and products from staying in use.
Feasibility analysis
Examine process changes, technical requirements and tests before implementation.
Scenario comparison
Compare technical, economic and environmental effects where the available data permits.
Prioritized action plan
Present options with estimated costs and benefits, explicit assumptions and points to verify.
Progress monitoring
Reassess circularity and compare observed results with the initial baseline.
What your organization will receive.
Planned deliverables will distinguish established findings, estimates and opportunities that need verification.
Circularity assessment
A documented starting point for your organization.
- Material flows
- Circularity indicators
- Data sources
- Data limitations
Improvement briefs
The engineering reasoning behind each option.
- Technical prerequisites
- Process changes
- Required tests
- Estimated costs and benefits
Prioritized plan
Next actions guided by potential and feasibility.
- Options to investigate
- Visible assumptions
- Implementation steps
- Progress measures
A focused first version, validated with real data.
The first version will combine organizational assessment with detailed analysis of three to five interventions in one process or material family. Results will be compared with an expert assessment; where conditions permit, at least one improvement will be tested with a pilot business.
- Recommendation relevance and technical feasibility
- Analysis time and practical usefulness
- Estimated benefits compared with observed outcomes
- Reassessment against the initial circularity baseline
Engineering evidence and traceable calculations.
The methodology will be reviewed during development. Circularity tools already exist; CIRAID’s intended differentiation is the verifiable connection between diagnosis, feasibility conditions and implementation. Its value remains to be demonstrated through the pilot.
Recognized methods
Material flow analysis and circularity indicators, with references such as ISO 59020 where relevant. No certification is claimed.
Documented knowledge
Rules based on technical publications, industrial cases and expert review, retaining their sources and limits.
Company-specific calculations
Engineering and techno-economic calculations using confirmed inputs and explicit assumptions.
A defined role for AI
AI may assist document reading, follow-up questions and explanations. Reviewed rules and traceable calculations will govern recommendations.
Uncertainty made visible
Missing data and applicability limits will be reported. Uncertain cases will require expert input or an additional test.
An illustrative case
For production offcuts, examine composition, contamination, equipment and quality requirements before proposing reuse or recycling. Unknown composition first requires characterization.
Let’s discuss a concrete case
Could your company contribute to the CIRAID pilot?
We are seeking discussions with Québec manufacturing SMEs about their needs, available data and an initial use case. Pilot scope, responsibilities and validation criteria will be agreed together.
Contact the CIRAID project