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.
Industry
The built environment sector has a key role to play in the transition towards a decarbonized and circular economy. This section provides a suite of resources to support industry professionals across the whole value chain to embed circular economy principles in a holistic manner.
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UKGBC Case Studies
The UKGBC has collated an excellent suite of best practice, real-world examples of climate action and innovation in the built environment, 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.
The Circular Built Tool
The guide is organized into a practical questions that come up in every construction project: How do I get started? Which aspects of circular construction do I include in my project? How do I follow up on them? How can I evaluate my project after delivery? The ‘Circular Built’ tool is a guidance tool that
Transition Pathway for Construction
The EU Commission has produced an excellent document outlining a transition pathway for construction. It aims to offer a bottom-up understanding of the scale, cost, and conditions for resilience, competitiveness, the green and digital transition. It outlines 6 building blocks covering: competitiveness; skills and talent; enabling frameworks; research, innovation and technology; funding; and towards a
Roadmap Circular Land Tendering: An Introduction to Circular Building Projects
Metabolic and SGS Search produced an excellent document entitled ‘Roadmap for Circular Land Tendering, which provides guidance on steps that can be taken to stimulate, measure and reward circular building practices and innovation. With this Roadmap, Amsterdam is the first city in the world to develop an instrument for embedding the principles of circular construction
ARUP Circular Building Case Studies
ARUP have published a suite of excellent case studies demonstrating best practice in circular buildings from across the world https://ce-toolkit.dhub.arup.com/case_studies
End-of-Waste, By-Products and Waste Licensing Pathfinders Thematic Working Group (TWG) Industry Fact Sheet (2022)
End-of-Waste and By-Product Determination as Toolsin Delivering a Circular Economy
How can Ireland’s End-of-Waste and By-Product Regulations best support a Circular Economy?
CIRCULÉIRE Thematic Working Group Synthesis Report (2022)
End-of-Waste and By-Product Circular Economy Worksheets
Prepared by CIRCULÉIRE.
Organizing for the Circular Economy
A workbook for developing circular business models
Building Value
A pathway to circular construction finance