Editorial: Circular economy in the built environment

Glass, Jacqueline; Greenfield, David W.

doi:10.1680/jwarm.2017.170.1.1

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“…A shift in culture in the construction sector is also required as it is notable for exhibiting resistance to new technologies [129]. Action towards a "zero carbon" construction sector is urgently needed to prevent the acceleration of climate change and to ensure the more sustainable use of natural resources to move us towards a more circular economy and secure the availability of materials in the future [130]. Besides this, innovation in the sector will create new export opportunities [131] and contribute to the clean growth of the world economy.…”

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confidence: 99%

Synthetic biology for the development of bio-based binders for greener construction materials

2019

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Synthetic biology for the development of bio-based binders for greener construction materials

2019

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“…The building industry affects the materials flow, the need for products, job markets, etc., on a massive scale. Therefore, the building industry plays an essential role in the economy [31,32], and even in politics, on a universal scale [33][34][35]. The building industry is global capital intensive, providing jobs for more than 1,800,000 people, accounting for USD 1.7 trillion, and is involved in around 9% of the GDP growth.…”

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Construction for Health; Reversing the Impacts

Shahnoori

Mohammadi

2022

Buildings

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The health of humans and the planet are the most vital contemporary issues and essential components of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Scientists and professionals strive for integrated, evolving, healthy, and sustainable solutions encompassing biodiversity and industrial ecology, while offering viable economic attainments. The building industry, especially construction, is an extensive economic counterpart that largely influences health on various levels. On a practical scale, most direct or indirect impacts on health are related to conventional construction systems (CCSs), particularly their materialisations and implementation methods. Therefore, from a global perspective, emerging technologies or remodelled methods to accomplish sustainable use, reuse, and recycling, and improving the planet’s health to ensure the wellbeing of its inhabitants, are crucial. The current research is part of a broader study on “programmable construction systems” (PCSs), concentrating on “programmable construction materials” (PCMs) for health. Therefore, issues are reviewed, relevancies are addressed, and health-oriented concepts are discussed. Example concepts of formulation and the simplified toolkit creations follow the problems’ sources in a case study, providing insight into the resulting multiscale impacts on real-life practices. The results prove the method’s potential and validate its simplicity and applicability through an abstract examination of a newly built case study. Finally, the summarised outcomes of other extensive studies on societal preferences also confirm the feasibility of the hypothesis (i.e., the healthy materialisation) also from a social perspective.

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“…As noted above, existent research on the CE has dedicated little attention to the meso scale, even though a number of authors have stressed the importance of orienting CE research towards the built environment and the building scale (Glass et al, 2017;Pomponi and Moncaster, 2017;Leising et al, 2018). In Europe, the built environment accounts for almost half of total energy consumption, and more than 50% of all extracted materials (BPIE, 2011).…”

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The circular economy in urban projects

Appendino

Roux²,

Saadé-Sbeih

et al. 2021

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Over the last decade, the concept of the circular economy (CE) has gained momentum among practitioners, politicians, and scholars because of its promise of achieving sustainability goals. However, there is still a need to demonstrate and assess the positive environmental impacts of the CE. With respect to the building sector, the CE is still a relatively new topic. To date, research has tended to focus primarily on the macro-scale (cities or eco-parks) and the micro-scale (manufactured products or construction materials). Nevertheless, the often- neglected built environment is also expected to play a crucial role in the transition towards a CE due to its high contribution to various environmental burdens. This paper contributes to this growing area of research by reviewing four cases of ‘circular neighbourhood’ projects in Europe. First, a conceptual framework analysis is defined and applied to the cases. Second, CE initiatives and actions are identified and classified using interviews and document analysis. Third, the use of assessment tools within these CE projects is investigated. The results demonstrate a diverse representation of the CE paradigm and the growing role played by the assessment tools.

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Editorial: Circular economy in the built environment

Cited by 5 publications

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Synthetic biology for the development of bio-based binders for greener construction materials

Synthetic biology for the development of bio-based binders for greener construction materials

Construction for Health; Reversing the Impacts

The circular economy in urban projects

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