Circular Hotspot
Dr. John Scahill and Philippa King from the Build360 group will be participating in the Circularity in the Built Environment Deep Dive, 31 May 9.00-12.30, see https://www.dublincirculareconomyhotspot.com/event
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Journal Paper Alert: ‘Developing Regenerate: A circular economy engagement tool for the assessment of new and existing buildings’
Excellent paper published by Charles Gillott, Will Mihkelson, Maud Lanau, Dave Cheshire, Danielle Densley Tingley, see link.
Multi-scale, circular economic potential of non-residential building stock
Really interesting project from the Urban Flows Observatory in the University of Sheffield, which aims to to develop a spatially multi-scale framework to assess CE potential in individual buildings, cities and countries. The framework, applied to non-residential construction in the UK, will enable estimation of CE potential in the existing stock. It will utilise bottom-up
Latest
Journal Paper Alert: ‘Developing Regenerate: A circular economy engagement tool for the assessment of new and existing buildings’
Excellent paper published by Charles Gillott, Will Mihkelson, Maud Lanau, Dave Cheshire, Danielle Densley Tingley, see link.
UKGBC Circular Economy Metrics for Buildings
A deep dive into best practice approaches for measuring circular economy principles in the built environment by the Circular Economy Forum, see link.
Circular Economy Taxonomy Study: Buildings do not meet EU requirements
An excellent study by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) examined the market-readiness of the circular economy criteria proposed in the EU Taxonomy. Several challenges were identified including: reuse of material content, use of recyclates, insufficient information flows, and a lack of circular construction methods, see link for full report.