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Building circular in Brussels: an overview through 14 inspiring projects

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Author	D’Otreppe, Y. Maerckx, A-L Scherrier, N.
Copyright Year	2019
Description	Journal: Iop Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science The call for projects 'Be circular – Be Brussels' is held since 2016 and has already awarded 14 circular construction projects. On those projects, a focus is put on the better management of human and material resources. The companies in charge of the winning projects are freelances, very small businesses, SMEs and large companies. Each in its own way, applies circular measures, on site and inside its organization. Reuse, design for change and disassembly, training of workers and partnerships between companies are some of the measures implemented, which help highlight the current levers and obstacles to a circular economy in the construction sector. Many challenges still need to be addressed in order to generalize circular construction across the region, but the sector is moving and the signals it sends are positive. In particular, we notice a real transfer from investments related to the material resources (purchase of new materials and waste management) towards investments related to human resources (preliminary studies and on-site labor); this matches the regional ambition to put the human capital at the center of the work process. As practical cases, the (current and future) circular construction projects help to target the measures that should be implemented at regional and national levels, so that the circular economy becomes, indeed, the new economic model of Brussels.
Related Links	https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012059/pdf
ISSN	17551307
e-ISSN	17551315
DOI	10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012059
Journal	Iop Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	225
Language	English
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Publisher Date	2019-02-24
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Iop Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Environmental Engineering Environmental Sciences Circular Construction Projects
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences Physics and Astronomy Environmental Science

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