Contributions of the circular economy to the UN sustainable development goals through sustainable construction

Ogunmakinde, Olabode Emmanuel; Egbelakin, Temitope; Sher, Willy

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106023

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“…As a result of this, but also due to the need to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of the construction industry, expectations towards the businesses and other actors acting as suppliers of homes to make changes in their dominating practices have increased (ONeill and Gibbs 2014; Jussila and Lähtinen 2020). Changing sustainability practices do not only relate to businesses, but also concern needs and views of other stakeholders (e.g., authorities, consumers), who are involved in building processes or use of buildings (Ogunmakinde et al 2022). These needs for business changes do not concern specifically WMC, but all types of building processes in the global construction industry markets (Holt 2013;Jonsson and Rudberg 2014).…”

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“…Climate change, as the most pressing global problem facing humanity, calls for a sustainable change towards adoption of low-carbon solutions in the emission intensive construction industry, for example, in relation to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Ogunmakinde et al 2022). Since wood is a renewable material with relatively low embodied fossil carbon, timber structures have beneficial climate impacts compared to other construction materials (Geng et al 2017;Hafner and Schäfer 2017;Hildebrand et al 2017;Peñaloza et al 2016).…”

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Wooden multi-storey construction market development – systematic literature review within a global scope with insights on the Nordic region

Jussila¹,

Nagy²,

Lähtinen³

et al. 2022

Silva Fenn.

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Climate change sets high pressures on the construction industry to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Due to the carbon storage properties and potential to use renewable resources efficiently, wooden multi-storey construction (WMC) is an interesting alternative for the construction industry to enhance sustainable development combined with the aesthetic and well-being benefits of wood perceived among many consumers. For forest industry firms, industrial wood construction is a possibility to seek for business opportunities and bring socio-economic benefits for local economies. Despite positive drivers, WMC still remains a niche even in the forest-rich countries.The purpose of our study is to add understanding on the WMC market development by conducting a systematic literature analysis on international peer-reviewed studies from the past 20 years. Our special focus is on the role of WMC in the housing markets studied from the perspectives of the demand, supply and local governance factors. As specific aims, we 1) synthesize the key barriers and enabling factors for the WMC market growth; 2) identify the actors addressed in the existing studies connected to the WMC market development, and 3) summarize research methods and analytical approaches used in the previous studies. As a systematic method to make literature searches in Web of Science and Scopus for years 2000â2020, we employed PRISMA guidelines. By using pre-determined keywords, our searches resulted in a sample of 696 articles, of which 42 full articles were after selection procedure included in-depth content analysis. Our results showed cost-efficiency gains from industrialized prefabrication and perceived sustainability benefits by consumers and architects enabled a WMC market diffusion. The lack of experiences on the WMC, and path dependencies to use concrete and steel continue to be key barriers for increased WMC. Although our research scope was the global WMC market development, most of the literature concerned the Nordic region. The key actors covered in the literature were businesses (e.g., contractors, manufacturers and architects) involved in the wood construction value-chains, while residents and actors in the local governance were seldomly addressed. Currently, case studies, the use of qualitative data sets and focus on the Nordic region dominate the literature. This hinders the generalizability of findings in different regional contexts. In the future, more research is needed on how sustainability-driven wood construction value-chains are successfully shaping up in different geographical regions, and how they could challenge the dominant concrete-based construction regime.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wooden multi-storey construction market development – systematic literature review within a global scope with insights on the Nordic region

Jussila¹,

Nagy²,

Lähtinen³

et al. 2022

Silva Fenn.

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“…In any case, the point is that the birth and development of the ecological tiles' circular ecosystem is primarily due to external, political, corporate, environmental or even social pressures, and not the benefits provided by a circular economy. As much as several studies, e.g., [15,69,70] suggest that economic gains are factors that directly drive the adoption of more sustainable practices, in the case of this particular ecosystem, external pressures outweigh the financial aspects.…”

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Exploring the Dynamic of a Circular Ecosystem: A Case Study about Drivers and Barriers

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The circular economy (CE) aims to minimize the environmental impact caused throughout the entire production chain, which can be achieved by implementing circular strategies in collaboration with different actors within a business ecosystem. Although the close relationship between CE and business ecosystem concepts, which originated the term “circular ecosystem”, research about this subject is necessary, given the scarcity of empirical studies addressing the phenomenon. Therefore, this study aims to contribute by investigating a Brazilian circular ecosystem specialized in the manufacture of ecological tiles through recycled carton packages. The exploratory case study method was selected to characterize the ecosystem and identify 27 drivers and 17 barriers that enhance and hinder the ecosystem’s existence and functioning. Our findings, summarized by a framework, demonstrate the need for integration among the ecosystem’s actors so that its value proposition can be delivered. This issue is crucial for collecting post-consumer packaging for recycling and manufacturing ecological tiles. However, actors within the circular ecosystem face some obstacles to collecting the amount of packaging post-consumer material, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, this work generates discussions and future studies on circular ecosystems, especially in the Brazilian context, where there is little evidence in this research field.

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“…A leading concern was how to determine the scope of PCDS statements? Since the earlier BAMB project struggled with this, there have been continuing discussions over where CE data stops and other green data such as sustainability starts, for example in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals [51]. The guidance used to answer this question was; which data for the circular economy, as defined in the nomenclature, are missing or not standardized from other green or sustainability criteria?…”

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The Product Circularity Data Sheet—A Standardized Digital Fingerprint for Circular Economy Data about Products

Mulhall

Ayed²,

Schroeder³

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Energies

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Background. Laws that enable a circular economy (CE) are being enacted globally, but reliable standardized and digitized CE data about products is scarce, and many CE platforms have differing exclusive formats. In response to these challenges, the Ministry of The Economy of Luxembourg launched the Circularity Dataset Standardization Initiative to develop a globalized open-source industry standard to allow the exchange of standardized data throughout the supply cycle, based on these objectives: (a) Provide basic product circularity data about products. (b) Improve circularity data sharing efficiency. (c) Encourage improved product circularity performance. A policy objective was to have the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) voted to create a working group. Methods. A state-of-play analysis was performed concurrently with consultations with industry, auditors, data experts, and data aggregation platforms. Results. Problem statements were generated. Based on those, a solution called Product Circularity Data Sheet (PCDS) was formulated. A proof of concept (POC) template and guidance were developed and piloted with manufacturers and platforms, thus fulfilling objective (a). For objective (b), IT ecosystem requirements were developed, and aspects are being piloted in third party aggregation platforms. Objective (c) awaits implementation of the IT ecosystem. The policy objective related to the ISO was met. Conclusions and future research. In order to fully test the PCDS, it is necessary to: conduct more pilots, define governance, and establish auditing and authentication procedures.

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Contributions of the circular economy to the UN sustainable development goals through sustainable construction

Cited by 198 publications

References 96 publications

Wooden multi-storey construction market development – systematic literature review within a global scope with insights on the Nordic region

Wooden multi-storey construction market development – systematic literature review within a global scope with insights on the Nordic region

Exploring the Dynamic of a Circular Ecosystem: A Case Study about Drivers and Barriers

The Product Circularity Data Sheet—A Standardized Digital Fingerprint for Circular Economy Data about Products

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