Global industrialization and excessive dependence on nonrenewable energy sources have
led to an increase in solid waste and climate change, calling for strategies to implement a …

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 …

Digital technologies are considered to be an essential enabler of the circular economy in
various industries. However, to date, very few studies have investigated which digital …

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 …

Steel slags are by-products generated in high volumes in the steel industry. Their main
constituents are calcium, silicon, ferric, aluminum, and magnesium oxides. Larnite, alite …

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 …

Passports for circularity, eg, digital product passports and material passports (MPs), have
gained recognition as essential policy instruments for the Circular Economy goals of the …

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

The current linear economy approach of the construction industry is partly responsible for
the environmental impact of the sector. The urgent need to move towards a more circular …

Several aspects hinder the application sustainability in construction industry. The most
prominent problems are related to the conservation of natural resources and the generation …