Building and construction industry consumes huge quantities of materials in an
unsustainable way. As a result of a linear design approach and economic model, at the end …

Circular economy has become central in the European policy arena, and the Member States
have promoted a number of initiatives and programs to shift from their traditional linear …

The transition to a Circular Economy requires enabling conditions that remove existing
barriers in product utilisation and material recovery operations. The adoption of circular …

The building industry has a major environmental impact in terms of global energy use,
carbon emissions, resource use, and the production of waste. To reach ambitious …

Designing circular economy policies and planning approaches in cities is an emerging
research field and the aim of the present paper is to contribute to the existing body of …

In recent years, environmental policy has become increasingly important for more efficient
use of resources. This has led to increased focus on the development of a more circular …

The research on new ways to make our existing city more sustainable in economic and
environmental terms has become a central theme at the national and international levels …

The construction sector wishes, together with the government, to develop a vision on the
high-quality use and reuse of materials in a circular economy. It is important that this vision …

The built environment is considered as a key sector in which circular economy can be
implemented. Within the H2020 project “Building as Material Banks”(BAMB), two innovative …

In recent years, the issue of waste management has become a central topic for the
industrialized economies worldwide and, in a broader sense, for the global community. The …