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Construction circularity is identified in 1) material design, 2) building design, 3) construction and facility management, 4) urban sustainability development, and 5) system precondition.  These five broad categories represent different levels of circularity implementation in construction and can be further decomposed ...

The private and public sectors need to create a level playing field for circular materials, products and services to become the new normal in the built environment.  The transition to a circular economy calls for introducing new valuation methods and implementing long-term policies that encourage the scaling of circula ...

To avoid the use of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for greenwashing, construction projects must include both long-term and short-term factors in assessing their SDG sustainability.  However, companies rarely use SDG assessments as a tool for decisions for real change towards more sustainable and equitable cor ...

Climate change transition and a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape confront the asset management industry with considerable challenges and present risks and opportunities for investing.  Asset managers must strengthen disclosure of the climate-related risks and opportunities and support “sustainability” initiatives ...

This report demonstrates to real estate investors and construction clients the value and process of implementing circular economy principles in the built environment.  How value is created from real estate assets is determined and established by investors and construction clients through investment requirements, tenure ...