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.
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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 CBCI-project
The European-funded Circular Biobased Construction Industry (CBCI) project investigates how we can use raw materials in construction more efficiently, thereby reducing CO2 emissions. Not only in the construction phase, but throughout the entire life cycle of a building. For the transition to a circular economy, an integral approach to circular and biobased construction has been
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
Circular-Foam: Systemic expansion of territorial CIRCULAR Ecosystems for end-of-life FOAM Project
The project ‘CIRCULAR FOAM – Systemic expansion of territorial CIRCULAR Ecosystems for end-of-life FOAM’ will develop and demonstrate all technological steps required to achieve circularity of plastics in post-consumer applications, using the example of rigid PU foams used as insulation in refrigerators and construction, see link.
Pop-Machina is a Horizon 2020 project that seeks to highlight and reinforce the links between the maker movement and circular economy in order to promote environmental sustainability and generate socio-economic benefits in European cities, see link
The MOBile and Innovative Circularity for CONstruction PROducts (MOBICCON-PRO) project will develop, introduce and demonstrate integrated innovative circular solutions to recover resources from construction and demolition waste (CDW) and decrease consumption of raw construction materials by applying in-situ selective separation/demolition, novel CDW recycling and production of recycled and innovative construction materials, components and products, see
ATU M.Sc. in Circular Economy Leadership for the Built Environment
The Atlantic Technological University (Galway-Mayo) Department of Building and Civil Engineering is delighted to invite applications for the Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, and M.Sc. in Circular Economy Leadership for the Built Environment. Applicants can select whatever option suits them best as outlined in the attached brochure and the links provided below. The Postgraduate Certificate and
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
ERA industrial technology roadmap for circular technologies and business models in the textile, construction and energy-intensive industries
This roadmap aims to provide policymakers with an overview of the technologies, which cover the entire life cycle of products. They are assessed against five criteria: technology-readiness level; circularity potential; economic performance; contribution to zero pollution; and potential side-effects of implementation.
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