Circular economy index
A circular economy is based on the principles of designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems. (ref Ellen MacArthur Foundation)
- 5 things leaders can do to create a truly circular economy.
- Adaptive reuse.
- Advancing Flooring Reuse with Adhesive-Free Tab Installation.
- Anthropocene.
- Arranging direct reuse.
- ASBP Reuse Now Campaign relaunched.
- A social, circular economy.
- Avoiding the landfill tax by embracing the circular economy.
- BREEAM Recycled aggregates.
- Building for life.
- CIOB calls for reuse and refurbishment over demolition.
- Circular Construction in Regenerative Cities (CIRCuIT).
- Circular economy.
- Circular economy and design for change within the built environment: preparing the transition.
- Circular economy in the built environment.
- Circular economy - transforming the worlds number one consumer of raw materials.
- Design for deconstruction - unlocking the circular economy.
- Design for deconstruction – helping construction unlock the benefits of the circular economy.
- Design life.
- Dismantling of bricks for reuse.
- Doughnut economics.
- Earth overshoot day.
- Economic sustainability..
- Environment and sustainability frameworks, assessments and certifications in their historical context.
- Five things leaders can do to create a truly circular economy.
- Groundbreaking Hire, Reclaim and Reuse Scheme to Combat Construction Waste.
- Hire, reclaim and reuse scheme combats construction waste.
- How do current policies support a transition towards a circular economy in the built environment?
- How the circular economy drives a healthier future in the built environment.
- International trends and the circular economy.
- Irish Life Sciences Global HQ, an exemplar of adaptive reuse.
- Life cycle assessment.
- Life Cycle Costing BG67 2016.
- Material resource efficiency in construction: Supporting a circular economy.
- Nature and buildings; terms, histories, theories and practice.
- Planned obsolescence.
- Product-life extension: product-life factor.
- Recycled aggregates.
- Recycled content.
- Recycled plastic.
- Recycled plastic in construction.
- Recycled plastic in construction products.
- Recycled Plastic Market To Attain Value of $124,314.1 Million by 2030.
- Recycled plastic bridge.
- Recycled waste plastic in construction.
- Recycled water.
- Reduce, reuse, recycle.
- Regenerative design.
- Rescue and Reuse: communities, heritage and architecture.
- Research shows significant benefits of structural steel reuse.
- Reuse.
- Reuse of building products and materials – barriers and opportunities.
- Reuse of steel.
- Reuse Now campaign.
- Reuse Now Campaign relaunches to increase uptake of reused building products and accelerate transition to a more circular economy.
- Reuse potential.
- Solastalgia.
- Sustainable development concepts decade by decade.
- Sustainable materials.
- Sustainable procurement.
- Sustainability in building design and construction.
- Symbiocene.
- Systemic view on reuse potential of building elements, components and systems.
- Transforming the world number one consumer of raw materials with the circular economy.
- Upgrade.
- Utilising life cycle costing and life cycle assessment.
- Whole-life costing.
- Wood and the Circular Economy.
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New apprentice pay rates coming into effect in the new year
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EBSSA support for the new industry competence structure
The Engineering and Building Services Skills Authority, in working group 2.
Notes from BSRIA Sustainable Futures briefing
From carbon down to the all important customer: Redefining Retrofit for Net Zero Living.
Principal Designer: A New Opportunity for Architects
ACA launches a Principal Designer Register for architects.
A new government plan for housing and nature recovery
Exploring a new housing and infrastructure nature recovery framework.
Leveraging technology to enhance prospects for students
A case study on the significance of the Autodesk Revit certification.
Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance
Announced during commons debate on the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 report.
CIAT responds to the updated National Planning Policy Framework
With key changes in the revised NPPF outlined.
Councils and communities highlighted for delivery of common-sense housing in planning overhaul
As government follows up with mandatory housing targets.
CIOB photographic competition final images revealed
Art of Building produces stunning images for another year.
HSE prosecutes company for putting workers at risk
Roofing company fined and its director sentenced.
Strategic restructure to transform industry competence
EBSSA becomes part of a new industry competence structure.
Major overhaul of planning committees proposed by government
Planning decisions set to be fast-tracked to tackle the housing crisis.
Industry Competence Steering Group restructure
ICSG transitions to the Industry Competence Committee (ICC) under the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Principal Contractor Competency Certification Scheme
CIOB PCCCS competence framework for Principal Contractors.
The CIAT Principal Designer register
Issues explained via a series of FAQs.