Abstract The Construction Industry is responsible for over 30% of the extraction of natural
resources, as well as 25% of solid waste generated in the world. This happens because the …

The circular economy (CE) paradigm fosters to rethink and redesign the manufacturing
process, usage and disposal pattern of products and services in an economy. In the past few …

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 …

Circular Economy (CE) considers resources in a continuously cyclical way. Yet literature
lacks a review of Construction and Built Environment (CBE) under CE. By presenting the first …

The construction sector has suffered from low productivity and considerable wastes due to
the fragmentation of its value chain, the large number of diverse stakeholders and the …

Self-healing is recognized as a promising technique for increasing the durability of concrete
structures by healing cracks, thereby reducing the need for maintenance activities over the …

The construction sector represents one of the most significant sources of waste generation in
the European Union (EU), with nearly one billion tonnes of construction and demolition …

The paper provides a systematic literature review to investigate whether circular economy
(CE) performance in the technical cycle will contribute to the sustainable development. Two …

The considerable environmental impacts, resource consumption and waste generation
emanating from buildings are a cause of great concern and political attention. Interest in the …

Recent research indicates that circular economy practices have the potential to provide
significant environmental benefits. In particular, recycling has been associated with …