Circular economy and the construction industry: Existing trends, challenges and prospective framework for sustainable construction

MU Hossain, ST Ng, P Antwi-Afari, B Amor - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
The circular economy (CE) concept has received increasing attention among different
parties on various levels recently. Due to the concern on significant resources consumption …

Enzymes, In Vivo Biocatalysis, and Metabolic Engineering for Enabling a Circular Economy and Sustainability

P Intasian, K Prakinee, A Phintha, D Trisrivirat… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Since the industrial revolution, the rapid growth and development of global industries have
depended largely upon the utilization of coal-derived chemicals, and more recently, the …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a consensus on the circular economy

V Prieto-Sandoval, C Jaca, M Ormazabal - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
The growing importance of the concept of the circular economy as a way to attain
sustainable development has encouraged scholars to propose different ways to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy–From review of theories and practices to development of implementation tools

Y Kalmykova, M Sadagopan, L Rosado - Resources, conservation and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The paper provides an overview of the literature on Circular Economy (CE) theoretical
approaches, strategies and implementation cases. After analyzing different CE approaches …

Construction and built environment in circular economy: A comprehensive literature review

Ö Çimen - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Criteria, indicators, and factors of the sustainable energy-saving economic development: the case of natural gas consumption

O Yemelyanov, A Symak, T Petrushka, O Vovk… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
To solve the contradiction between achieving long-term economic growth and reducing the
consumption of certain types of resources, the concept of sustainable resource saving …

Circular economy adoption barriers in built environment-a case of emerging economy

P Mhatre, VV Gedam, S Unnikrishnan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Built environment consumes vast volumes of natural resources and also poses several
environmental threats owing to mining, construction emissions, and waste disposal …

A review of the circular economy and its implementation

A Heshmati - International Journal of Green Economics, 2017 - inderscienceonline.com
Circular economy (CE) is a sustainable development strategy that is being proposed to
tackle urgent problems of environmental degradation and resource scarcity. CE's 3R …

The circular economy in the construction and demolition waste management: A comparative analysis in emerging and developed countries

J Soto-Paz, O Arroyo, LE Torres-Guevara… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Construction Industry (CI) is characterized as one of the largest generators of
solid waste worldwide. In fact, is estimated that the construction and demolition waste (CDW) …

Evaluation of urban metabolism assessment methods through SWOT analysis and analytical hierocracy process

I Voukkali, AA Zorpas - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The interconnection of urbanization trends and environmental pressures, are due to the
rising demand for resource consumption, waste production and greenhouses gas …