Economical impact
Considering that the main objective of CHRAF is the promotion and implementation of cultural heritage research activities at European level, this would lead to the strengthening of the new market niche of cultural heritage conservation and restoration in the following aspects:

• Increasing of the activity and the market share:
         - Increasing the activities in built heritage in the EU
         - Impact for the construction sector
         - Impact for the tourism sector
• Saving money in management of cultural heritage
• Development of new products and methodologies for restoration

Societal impact
The preservation of cultural heritage is directly addressed to persons; therefore the promotion of cultural heritage research would result, in the long term, in the promotion of cultural activities carried out by the European citizens and the improvement of their quality of life.

Impact in the construction sector
The active engagement of the European construction industry in cultural heritage safeguarding gives a unique opportunity for its transformation into R&D intensive industry. Furthermore, the cooperative work in interdisciplinary teams with institutes, universities, stakeholders and restoration professionals in the preservation of cultural heritage is crucially important for future generations and offers very significant RTD challenges. Knowledge deriving from the fundamental research will be made available to end-users (like industry, heritage authorities and restoration architects) in a direct way.