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Opportunities and Approaches for Sustainable Public Procurement

The Office of Government Procurement have produced an excellent document outlining a range of approaches to embedding sustainability into public procurement. See link.

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3D Modelling Tool for Tracking the Flow of On-Site Construction and Demolition Waste

This publication from the CityLoops project provides an overview of an interesting tool developed by the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences that tracks construction and demolition waste during the actual demolition process.

Towards a Circular Economy in the Built Environment

This report published by the Circular Buildings Coalition examines how to overcome market, finance and ownership challenges.

Circular Transitions Indicators V4.0

This WBCSD publication includes contributions from 30 companies who explore the level of circularity in their companies, the need for targets, and how do we monitor improvements resulting from circular activities.

The Healthy Clean Cities: European Cities for Climate-Neutral Construction Handbook

This handbook published by eit Climate-KIC in July 2022 shares lessons learned across several European countries based on exploring opportunities related to bio-based, circular and carbon-neutral construction.

Our Shared Understanding

This 2023 report published by the Circular Buildings Coalition (CBC) is a summary of core concepts that inform the transition to a circular economy.

Implementation of Circularity, Whole Life Carbon and Life Cycle Costing in Public Construction Projects

This 2023 handbook produced by the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) through their EPA funded Circular Life project provides a nice overview on how Level(s) and the Regenerate Tool can support circularity in construction.

The Circular Built Environment Playbook

The World Green Building Council (WGBC) have published a wonderful guidance document that explore the principles of the circular economy, the role of buildings and materials, design and retrofit opportunities, how to move towards regenerative design, levers for change, and a clear call to action. It also provides a suite of excellent case studies and

Towards a Circular Economy in the Built Environment

This 2023 report published by Metabolic, WGBC, Circle Economy, WBSCD, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, ARUP and supported by the Laudes Foundation examines strategies to overcome market, finance, and ownership challenges. This was a collaborative research effort by the Circular Buildings Coalition (CBC), which has been established to coordinate built environment stakeholders working towards this transition.

Embracing Circular Economy Practices

This guide published by the UK Business in the Community in March 2023 outlines how to embed circular economy principles within your organization to drive positive impact. This routemap aims to help businesses to reduce Scope 3 emission by supporting them in creating a circular economy strategy.

Advancing the circular economy through infrastructure

This report published in November 2021 by the Global Infrastructure Hub explores transitions pathways for practitioners in circular infrastructure. Two key benefits of circular infrastructure were identified – mitigating climate change and mitigating the risk of resource scarcity.