Climate change and ecological crisis are a huge threat to Europe and the world. To
overcome these challenges, Europe adopted the New Green Deal as a strategy …

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 industry is one of the most environmentally detrimental industries in the
world, impacting directly the use of raw materials, their determination of use involving the …

The building industry contributes to resource scarcity by consuming vast amounts of natural
resources and produces in addition large amounts of waste, both contributing to a …

The Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries are the producers of the
most significant waste stream in the European Union. Known EU initiatives propose to deal …

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 …

Mineral construction and demolition wastes (CDW) are generated when buildings and
infrastructures are renovated and when they reach their end of life. As one of the largest …

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 …

Circular economy (CE) as a new model of economic development promotes the maximum
reuse/recycling of materials, goods and components in order to decrease waste generation …

The circular city is emerging as new concept and form of practice in sustainable urban
development. This is a response to the complex and pressing challenges of urbanization, as …