Circular Construction Indicator: Assessing Circularity in the Design, Construction, and End-of-Life Phase
The construction industry is responsible for half of the currently excavated amount of raw materials. In addition, a quarter of all waste in the European Union is construction waste. This construction waste comprises numerous materials that can still be reused or recycled. Thus, a shift to a circula...
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| description | The construction industry is responsible for half of the currently excavated amount of raw materials. In addition, a quarter of all waste in the European Union is construction waste. This construction waste comprises numerous materials that can still be reused or recycled. Thus, a shift to a circular construction sector is necessary. To make this shift, it is vital to enable the measurement of and the progress toward circularity. Therefore, this paper investigates the currently available circularity indicators with regard to the 4 Rs—Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover. Subsequently, a comprehensive Circular Construction Indicator framework is introduced that evaluates a construction project according to the three typical construction phases: design, construction, and end-of-life. In this, new partial indicators to assess material scarcity, structural efficiency, and service life prediction should help designers consider these aspects already in the conceptual design stage. Lastly, suggestions for further research are defined to develop further said new partial indicators. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-538d405666134aa083d6faefedc34d622023-11-17T21:07:54ZengMDPI AGRecycling2313-43212023-02-01822910.3390/recycling8020029Circular Construction Indicator: Assessing Circularity in the Design, Construction, and End-of-Life PhaseKostas Anastasiades0Johan Blom1Amaryllis Audenaert2EMIB Research Group, Faculty of Applied Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, BelgiumEMIB Research Group, Faculty of Applied Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, BelgiumEMIB Research Group, Faculty of Applied Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, BelgiumThe construction industry is responsible for half of the currently excavated amount of raw materials. In addition, a quarter of all waste in the European Union is construction waste. This construction waste comprises numerous materials that can still be reused or recycled. Thus, a shift to a circular construction sector is necessary. To make this shift, it is vital to enable the measurement of and the progress toward circularity. Therefore, this paper investigates the currently available circularity indicators with regard to the 4 Rs—Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover. Subsequently, a comprehensive Circular Construction Indicator framework is introduced that evaluates a construction project according to the three typical construction phases: design, construction, and end-of-life. In this, new partial indicators to assess material scarcity, structural efficiency, and service life prediction should help designers consider these aspects already in the conceptual design stage. Lastly, suggestions for further research are defined to develop further said new partial indicators.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/8/2/29circular economycircularity indicatorconstruction phases4 Rs |
| spellingShingle | Kostas Anastasiades Johan Blom Amaryllis Audenaert Circular Construction Indicator: Assessing Circularity in the Design, Construction, and End-of-Life Phase Recycling circular economy circularity indicator construction phases 4 Rs |
| title | Circular Construction Indicator: Assessing Circularity in the Design, Construction, and End-of-Life Phase |
| title_full | Circular Construction Indicator: Assessing Circularity in the Design, Construction, and End-of-Life Phase |
| title_fullStr | Circular Construction Indicator: Assessing Circularity in the Design, Construction, and End-of-Life Phase |
| title_full_unstemmed | Circular Construction Indicator: Assessing Circularity in the Design, Construction, and End-of-Life Phase |
| title_short | Circular Construction Indicator: Assessing Circularity in the Design, Construction, and End-of-Life Phase |
| title_sort | circular construction indicator assessing circularity in the design construction and end of life phase |
| topic | circular economy circularity indicator construction phases 4 Rs |
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