Open AccessCircular Economy in the Built Environment: Supporting Emerging Concepts
Author(s) -
Pekka Huovila,
Usha IyerRaniga,
Soumen Maity
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/297/1/012003
Subject(s) - circular economy , demolition , architectural engineering , engineering , built environment , sustainability , civil engineering , sustainable development , business , environmental resource management , environmental planning , geography , environmental science , political science , ecology , law , biology
This paper presents circular built environment case studies from Europe, Asia and Africa covering circular housing concepts, circular office refurbishment, circular construction and demolition waste management and circular building material production. One Planet Sustainable Buildings and Construction programme is developing a data base on pilots addressing different life cycle stages of circular buildings. Those cases can be exploited when developing sustainable solutions that meet local conditions. The intent of reporting the case studies is to support the building and construction sector to move towards a circular economy.