Aspects of circular building
Circular construction is a very broad and complex subject. So it is not always easy to define concrete ambitions for a project. Do you want to focus on the reuse of construction materials? Or perhaps on portable construction so that the building has a lot of circular potential in the future? And how do you integrate that into your project?
This guide and the accompanying tool help you make your circular ambitions concrete by providing an overview of the key elements and actions that you can include in a project.
4 topics
We define the 4 topics that we use to group together the key aspects of circularity. The context of a project with its specific preconditions as well as the proposed future scenarios of that project will influence the feasibility of circular ambitions for each of the topics. This also makes it impossible to take into account all circularity aspects for all four topics. However, the goal for every project is to consider each of these topics and to consciously come up with achievable ambitions. We explain the 4 topics in more detail below.
For each topic, we explain what it includes and why it is important, how it was converted into concrete actions in the ‘Circular Built’ tool, how it can be measured and how it was put into practice in the example projects (two Living Labs). Finally, we also list the existing and freely accessible tools that can provide practical support. We hope this offers you the support and guidance you need, and makes it easier to get started with circular construction in your project!