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.
BAMB - Buildings As Material Banks.
- 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.
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Circular economy key articles.
- Circular economy in the built environment.
Circular economy in built environment research projects and initiatives.
- 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.
EU Referendum - Environmental and climate change consequences for the built environment.
- 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 data can stop 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.
London Circular Economy Statements LPG - Additional resources.
Materials passports: Providing insights in the circularity of materials, products and systems.
- Material resource efficiency in construction: Supporting a circular economy.
- Nature and buildings; terms, histories, theories and practice.
Our shared understanding: a circular economy in the built environment.
- 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.
- Reuse Now Campaign relaunches to increase uptake of reused building products and accelerate transition to a more circular economy.
- 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.
The Carbon Project: infrastructure and the circular economy.
- Upgrade.
- Utilising life cycle costing and life cycle assessment.
- UK Circular Economy Taskforce.
- Whole-life costing.
What has the UK done about carbon reduction since the Paris Agreement?.
- Wood and the Circular Economy.
Featured articles and news
Shortage of high-quality data threatening the AI boom
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In robust, yet heterogenous world BACS market.
Increased funding for BSR announced
Within plans for next generation of new towns.
New Towns Taskforce interim policy statement
With initial reactions to the 6 month policy update.
Heritage, industry and slavery
Interpretation must tell the story accurately.
PM announces Building safety and fire move to MHCLG
Following recommendations of the Grenfell Inquiry report.
Conserving the ruins of a great Elizabethan country house.
BSRIA European air conditioning market update 2024
Highs, lows and discrepancy rates in the annual demand.
50 years celebrating the ECA Apprenticeship Awards
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Nominations sought for CIOB awards
Celebrating construction excellence in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
EPC consultation in context: NCM, SAP, SBEM and HEM
One week to respond to the consultation on reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings framework.
CIAT Celebrates 60 years of Architectural Technology
Find out more #CIAT60 social media takeover.
The BPF urges Chancellor for additional BSR resources
To remove barriers and bottlenecks which delay projects.
Flexibility over requirements to boost apprentice numbers
English, maths and minimumun duration requirements reduced for a 10,000 gain.
A long term view on European heating markets
BSRIA HVAC 2032 Study.
Humidity resilience strategies for home design
Frequency of extreme humidity events is increasing.
National Apprenticeship Week 2025
Skills for life : 10-16 February