Framework and Terminology of the Circular Built Environment - PDF document

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Linear Economy

Linear Economy - Activities

Linear Economy - Activities

Linear Economy - Activities

Linear Economy - Activities

Linear Economy - Stakeholders Builder Contractor System Provider

Linear Economy - Stakeholders Supply Demand Builder Contractor Building User Recycler System Provider Owner

Linear Economy - Stakeholders Supply Demand Builder Contractor Building User Recycler System Provider Architect Building Urban Planner Owner Facility Engineer Manager Design and Management

Circular Economy

Minimizing resource input, waste, emission, water and energy leakage

Minimizing resource input, waste, emission, water and energy leakage Slowing, closing, and narrowing energy and material loops

Minimizing resource input, waste, emission, water and energy leakage Slowing, closing, and narrowing energy and material loops Avoiding disposal and loss of economic and ecological value

Strategic approaches 1 2 3

1. Smarter material and product use and manufacture

2. Extended life- span of components, buildings and closing of energy, waste and water cycles

3. Useful end-of-life application of materials and components

Design as enabler of circular strategies: Design

Design as enabler of circular strategies: On product level: Design for Disassembly, Remanufacture, Design Reuse or Recycling

Design as enabler of circular strategies: On product level: Design for Disassembly, Remanufacture, Design Reuse or Recycling On city and regional Level: Regenerative Urban and Regional Design, Design of a Circular Territorial Metabolism, Design for Adaptive and Multifunctional Open Spaces

Sustainability - Circular Economy

“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Brundtland et al., 1987

Sustainability - Circular Economy Circular Built Environment Sustainability

Framework and Therminology of the Circular Built Environenment

References: Kirchherr, J., Reike, D. & Hekkert, M. (2017). Conceptualizing the Circular Economy: An Analysis of 114 Definitions. SSRN Electronic Journal . doi:10.2139/ssrn.3037579 Brundtland, G. (1987). Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future. United Nations General Assembly document A/42/427.