Sustainability, Resilience, Regeneration – What’s the Difference?
Sustainability postpones social, environmental and economic disasters in attempt to meet present economic growth while minimizing the impacts of current socioeconomic development for future generations. Although sustainability is widely considered a positive concept, it has numerous weaknesses that make it unsustainab ...
Posted on 13/06/23
Towards Sustainable Development through the Circular Economy—A Review and Critical Assessment on Current Circularity Metrics
The circular economy (CE) is an optimal pathway to sustainable development and companies, governments and academics have formulated various proposals to measure circularity. Ideally, circularity metrics indicate how well circularity is applied to the whole life cycle of products and services in terms of society, the e ...
Posted on 24/10/22
What are the challenges in assessing circular economy for the built environment? A literature review on integrating LCA, LCC and S-LCA in life cycle sustainability assessment, LCSA
For circular economy (CE) to succeed, focus must be given to the service life phase and the reuse/recycle phase of building projects. This involves more stakeholders both in the early decision-making phases of projects as well as in the design phase and impacts the project value chain. Life cycle sustainability asses ...
Posted on 19/10/22
Delivering the Circular Economy: A Toolkit for Policymakers
The circular economy offers business leaders and government a clear opportunity for long-term growth that is less dependent on cheap materials and energy and can restore and regenerate natural capital. This report provides an actionable toolkit for policymakers for embarking on a circular economy transformation that d ...
Posted on 14/10/22
Circular Business Models for the Built Environment
Circular business models (CBMs) create additional value by taking a systemic view across the whole life cycle of assets, using new technologies, and applying advanced design approaches. This added value demonstrates the feasibility of the business case for adopting CBMs, the social, economic and environmental benefits ...
Posted on 12/10/22
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