2. Circular Economy
“If the circular economy was adopted by the EU, savings
within a range of between €300 – €560 billion could be
realised by 2035”
Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2012
”A well known topic but poorly defined”
”What does it mean for us in real estate & construction?”
”If the circular economy is coming ……
- where do I start if I am in real estate & construction?”
5. Circular Economy in the Built Environment
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Natural
Materials
Major Influence Minor Influence
Natural Materials
ConstructionDesignMaterials
6. Circular Economy in the Built Environment
Natural
Materials
Major Influence Minor Influence
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
7. Major Influence Minor Influence
Design for
Disassembly
Design for
Disassembly
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
Circular Economy in the Built Environment
9. Design for Disassembly
Kasper Guldager Jensen:
• New building designed for disassembly for 0.35%
• New build Danish office building €115m & 42.000 m2
• Demolition costs € 2.15 million today
• Materials worth € 4.7 million at the end of the
buildings life
10. Circular Economy in the Built Environment
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Sharing Economy
Solutions
Major Influence Minor Influence
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
11. Sharing Economy Solutions
”if you only use your car for 20%
of the year could someone else
use it for the other 80%?”
15. Circular Economy in the Built Environment
New Ownership
Models
Major Influence Minor Influence
New Ownership
Models
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
16. New Ownership Models
”Products as a service” = change how items designed
Consumer products + renting = long lifecycle products
Source www.bundles.nl
18. Circular Economy in the Built Environment Major Influence Minor Influence
Sustainable
Lifestyles
Sustainable
Lifestyles
New Ownership
Models
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
19. Circular Economy in the Built Environment Major Influence Minor Influence
Resource
Efficiency
Sustainable
Lifestyles
New Ownership
Models
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
Resource
Efficiency
20. Resource Efficiency
Use waste materials as an alternative to virgin
materials wherever possible
Local materials are also preferred
Balfour Beatty: UK motorway design
• 400,000 recycled tyres
• 375,000 tonnes of power station ash
• €57 million saved with nearly 8 million tonnes of
waste material
21. Circular Economy in the Built Environment Major Influence Minor Influence
Industrial
Symbiosis
Resource
Efficiency
Sustainable
Lifestyles
New Ownership
Models
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
Industrial
Symbiosis
22. Industrial Symbiosis
Locate companies together so that the output of one is
the input of another
• Food processing and biogas production
• Food processing and bioplastic production
• Mushroom growing and insulation manufacture
24. Circular Economy in the Built Environment Major Influence Minor Influence
Design for
Disassembly
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Sustainable
Lifestyles
Industrial
Symbiosis
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
Resource
Efficiency
Natural
Materials
New Ownership
Models
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
25. Circular Economy: First steps..
Strategy
• High level analysis
• Step by step guidance
Use Phase
• Consumption patterns
analysis
• Building level
• Neighbourhood /
Campus level
New Projects
• New and renovation
projects
• Operational improvement
of construction projects
Use Phase
Management
• Use phase targets
• Implementation strategy
• Service network
Long Term
Planning
• Circular economy
detailed investment
strategies
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26. Ken Dooley
Sustainability Group Manager
Granlund Consulting
+358 50 315 2417
ken.dooley@granlund.fi
Twitter @kendooley
Thank you!
Notas del editor
Area energy and constructions stage circular economy
LCA is to reduce embodied emissions of construction products during: Manufacture, Transport, Use and End of life
Granlund C provide LCA and EPD services. LCA / EPD is in the background. They overlap they are not the same thing.
(1) Design for dissassembly, (2, 3) Reduce the number of different materials, (4) Rent and repair, (5) it can be disassembled in 10 minutes, (6) motivate users to send back, (7) polypropylene wheels or bollard