Dissertations / Theses: 'Circular Economy in Construction'

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Weinesson, Linnéa. "Climate Neutral Management : Implement Circular Economy in the Construction Industry." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education Research (SMEER), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-73533.

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The construction industry releases a great amount of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, uses loads of resources and generates a lot of waste. These actions are not sustainable, and the industry has therefore created a roadmap of how to become climate neutral until 2045. A few things highlighted in this roadmap is the importance of management and a shift to circular economy, however, previous research has not covered the connection between these in construction projects. This study aims to understand and assess the influence on management when implementing circular economy in construction industry projects. To fulfill this aim, a theoretical framework was constructed consisting of potential applications of circular economy in construction industry projects. The connection between these applications and project management was thereafter investigated in an empirical study which consisted of a qualitative case study with document reviews, project observations and interviews with different project manager roles of a Swedish construction company. The findings indicate that the implementation influences the managers to focus more on the big picture and think through the choice of methods. Advance planning is essential along with discussing solutions to optimize the use of resource, have good and early communication with the right suppliers and other building sites, and conduct an accurate quantification of approved materials and focus on the handling of these. Additionally, it is vital to do a proper enrollment of new employees and to manage them toward high environmental goals. Lastly, it was found that it is difficult to pinpoint only one manager that gets affected by a specific application since all managers are involved in the implementation of circular economy. Byggbranschen släpper ut en betydande mängd växthusgaser i atmosfären, använder mycket resurser och genererar mycket avfall. Dessa handlingar är inte hållbara och industrin har därför skapat en färdplan över huruvida de ska bli klimatneutrala till 2045. Några saker som lyfts fram i denna färdplan är vikten av ledarskap och en omställning till cirkulär ekonomi, däremot har befintlig forskning inte berört sambandet mellan dessa i byggprojekt. Denna studie syftar till att förstå och bedöma implementeringen av cirkulär ekonomis påverkan på ledarskapet av byggprojekt. För att uppfylla detta syfte utformades ett teoretiskt ramverk bestående av potentiella tillämpningar av cirkulär ekonomi i byggprojekt. Sambandet mellan dessa tillämpningar och projektledningen undersöktes sedan i en empirisk studie som bestod av en kvalitativ fallstudie med dokumentanalyser, projektobservationer och intervjuer med olika projektledarroller inom ett svenskt byggföretag. Resultaten antyder att implementeringen påverkar ledarna till att fokusera mer på helheten och tänka genom metodvalen. Förskottsplanering är väsentligt samt att diskutera lösningar för att optimera resursanvändningen, ha god och tidig kommunikation med rätt leverantörer och andra byggarbetsplatser, och en noggrann mängdning av godkända material samt fokusera på hanteringen av dessa. Dessutom är det viktigt att göra en ordentlig inskrivning av nyanställda samt att leda dessa mot högt satta miljömål. Slutligen visade resultatet att det är svårt att precisera endast en ledare som påverkas av en specifik tillämpning, eftersom alla är involverade i implementeringen av cirkulär ekonomi.

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Tabrizi, Shanar. "Keeping it in the loop : A roadmap to circular economy for NCC." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-189054.

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Resource efficiency and circular economy (CE) has become increasingly relevant to the Swedish construction company NCC in connection to the plans of demolishing the current head office in Stockholm and building a new head office next to it. NCC wants to investigate how to minimize the negative sustainability implications of bringing down a commercial facility well before its life length has expired, through exploring the possibilities of integrating principles of CE in future planning‐and construction processes. This study seeks to understand how the Swedish construction company NCC could work with decision-making for CE in order to keep their materials in the loop. As the concept of CE is broad there are many options for working with its principles. However, the construction industry is relatively new to these and a list of priorities would therefore be helpful in such an initial phase, as focusing on all would be inefficient and rather daunting. Thus, this study suggests a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) as a tool for decision-making and prioritizing between various approaches to CE. Together with NCC, an MCDA was performed where three different options for working with CE were analysed (Waste as Resource, Circular Design and Circular Business Models). In a focus group, 17 criteria that were relevant to NCC were developed as a basis for analysing the options. These were then defined, scored and weighted to reveal a most preferable option. The MCDA showed that the most preferable approach to CE for NCC is working with circular design, i.e. Design for Deconstruction (DfD), followed closely by measures to increase the rate of reuse and recycling of already existing construction- and demolition waste. However, the sensitivity analysis revealed that if economic criteria received a higher weight, increased reuse and recycling is the most preferable option. MCDA was deemed a helpful decision-making tool for CE principles. While the scoring and weighting is subjective and it is challenging to quantify the criteria, the strength lies in bringing a new and innovative topic on the agenda by gathering key decision-makers in focus groups to discuss and learn. A preliminary study to this thesis was conducted at NCC (Tabrizi, 2015) with the aim of conducting a survey of good examples with regard to development of commercial properties that are designed for flexibility and deconstruction during refurbishment and end‐of‐life. It showed that the challenges relate to the hesitant perception of secondary material, design and construction limitations, the need for material documentation, organization and logistics as well as creating sustainable business models. Key success factors for overcoming these challenges for NCC is working towards better communication and promotion of secondary material through information sharing, building up a knowledge base and internal targets, as well as establishing a consistent work methodology for DfD in order to move NCC towards a circular economy.

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López, Ruiz Luis Alberto. "Implementation and evaluation of the circular economy model in the construction and demolition waste sector." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/673359.

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Construction and demolition waste (CDW) is a major environmental concern that requires immediate attention. The large volumes of CDW produced and its associated environmental effects have led to explore new alternatives addressing this problem in more sustainable ways. In this context, the Circular Economy (CE) paradigm emerged as an innovative solution for creating more sustainable production and consumption patterns, fostering economic growth, and providing environmental protection and social welfare. At the global level, the concept of CE has gained increasing interest from government bodies, business organizations and academics. This has resulted in multiple political agendas including CE as a core driver, as well as an emerging trend of research exploring its concept and applications. However, because of the novelty and dynamism of the concept, research developments on practical applications and quantitative assessments are at an early stage. The main aim of this study was to propose an approach to integrate the CE concept in the construction and demolition sector, as well as providing the basis for evaluating the environmental and economic effects of circularity strategies and to monitor their implementation. For this purpose, an integrative framework of strategies for CE adoption in the CDW sector is proposed. This together with a methodological proposal to evaluate and compare the environmental and economic performance of different circularity alternatives incorporating multi-criteria decision analysis. In addition, this work proposes a system of indicators for measuring CE features for CDW products. The proposed framework identifies 14 influential strategies for the circularity of the CDW sector and describes their interaction throughout its lifecycle stages. The methodological proposal incorporates the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) methodology to assess the environmental dimension., while the economic criteria adopt a complex cost method. The multicriteria VIKOR method was used to perform the multi-criteria analysis. The methodology is applied to evaluate the use of concrete waste in high-grade applications, specifically the production of structural and non-structural concrete mixes in the region of Catalonia, Spain. The indicators framework incorporates a systematic approach considering the most relevant factors and parameters for successful measurement of CE interventions. It consists of 22 measures within the three dimensions of environment, economic and innovation/materials. Preconstruction strategies are highlighted as the most influential in the circularity of the sector. CE strategies presented better environmental and economic performance; however, results are conditioned by the particular context of the study. Transportation and landfilling are identified as the most conditioning parameters affecting both environmental and economic performance. Los residuos de construcción y demolición (RCD) son un grave problema medio ambiental que requiere atención inmediata. Los grandes volúmenes de RCD producidos y sus efectos ambientales han llevado a buscar nuevas alternativas para resolver esta problemática de forma más sostenible. En ese contexto, la Economía Circular (EC) ha emergido como una solución innovadora para crear patrones de producción y consumo más sostenibles, fomentar el crecimiento económico, asegurar la protección medio ambiental y la protección social. A nivel global, el concepto de la EC ha ganado interés entre organismos gubernamentales, sector empresarial y académicos. Ello ha resultado en la incorporación de la EC como eje conductor en múltiples agendas políticas y con una tendencia emergente en la investigación de su concepto y aplicaciones. Sin embargo, la investigación de las potenciales aplicaciones y su evaluación se encuentran en una fase temprana de desarrollo debido a la novedad y dinamismo del concepto. El objeto principal de este estudio fue el de desarrollar una propuesta de integración del concepto de EC en el sector de la construcción y la demolición, así como proveer las bases para evaluar los efectos económicos y ambientales de estrategias de circularidad y monitorear su implementación. Para ello, se propone un marco integrativo de estrategias para la adopción de la EC en el sector de los RCD, además de una propuesta metodológica para evaluar y comparar el desempeño económico y ambiental de diferentes alternativas de circularidad incorporando análisis de decisión multi-criterio. Asimismo, este trabajo propone un sistema de indicadores para medir características de circularidad de los RCD. El sistema propuesto identifica 14 estrategias de influencia para la circularidad del sector de los RCD, describiendo su interacción a lo largo de sus etapas de ciclo de vida. La propuesta metodológica de evaluación incorpora la metodología de Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (ACV) para el criterio ambiental, y el análisis de costes complejos para el criterio económico. Mientras que para el desarrollo del análisis multi-criterio fue utilizado el método VIKOR. La metodología es aplicada en la evaluación del uso de residuos de concreto en aplicaciones de alto grado, específicamente en la producción de hormigón estructural y no estructural en la región de Cataluña, España. El marco de indicadores incorpora un enfoque sistémico que considera los factores y parámetros más relevantes para la adecuada medición de estrategias de EC. Este consiste en 22 medidas contenidas en tres grupos o dimensiones: ambiental, económica y de innovación/materiales. Las estrategias durante la etapa pre-constructiva son identificadas como las más influyentes en la circularidad del sector. Resultados de la evaluación muestran un mejor desempeño económico y ambiental de las alternativas de EC, sin embargo, éstos son condicionados por el contexto específico de la zona de estudio. En particular, el transporte y el vertido son identificados como los parámetros más condicionantes tanto para el aspecto ambiental, como el económico. Els residus de construcció i demolició (RCD) són un greu problema mediambiental que requereix atenció immediata. Els grans volums de RCD produïts i els seus efectes ambientals han conduit a buscar noves alternatives per resoldre aquesta problemàtica en formes més sostenibles. En aquest context, l'Economia Circular (EC) ha emergit com una solució innovadora per a crear patrons de producció i de consum més sostenibles, impulsar el creixement econòmic, assegurar la protecció del medi ambient i la protecció social. A nivell global, el concepte de l'EC ha guanyat l'interès d'organismes governamentals, del sector empresarial i d'acadèmics. Això ha resultat en la incorporació de l'EC com eix conductor en múltiples agendes polítiques i amb una tendència emergent en la investigació del seu concepte i aplicacions. No obstant això, la investigació de les potencials aplicacions i la seva avaluació es troben en fase primerenca de desenvolupament degut a la novetat i dinamisme del concepte. L'objectiu principal d'aquest estudi va ser el desenvolupar una proposta d'integració de l'EC en el sector de la construcció i la demolició, així com proporcionar les bases per avaluar els efectes econòmics i ambientals d'estratègies de circularitat i monitoritzar la seva implementació. Per això, es proposa un marc integratiu d'estratègies per a l'adopció de l'EC en el sector dels RCD. A més, d'una proposta metodològica per avaluar i comparar el rendiment econòmic i ambiental de diferents alternatives de circularitat incorporant un anàlisi de decisió multi-criteri. Seguidament, aquest treball proposa un sistema d'indicadors per mesurar característiques de circularitat dels RCD. Aquest sistema identifica 14 estratègies d'influència per la circularitat del sector dels RCD, descrivint la seva interacció al llarg de les etapes de cicle de vida. La proposta metodològica d'avaluació incorpora la metodologia d'Anàlisis de Cicle de Vida (ACV) per al criteri ambiental, i l'anàlisi de costos complexos per al criteri econòmic. Mentre que per al desenvolupament de l'anàlisi multi-criteri s'ha utilitzat el mètode VIKOR. La metodologia s'aplica en l'avaluació del ús de residus de formigó en aplicacions d'alt grau, específicament en la producció de formigó estructural i no estructural en la regió de Catalunya, Espanya. El marc d'indicadors incorpora un enfocament sistèmic que considera els factors i paràmetres mes rellevants per a l'adequada mesura d'estratègies d'EC. Aquest consisteix en 22 mesures agrupades en 3 grups o dimensions: ambiental, econòmica i d'innovació/materials. S'identifica que les estratègies de l'etapa pre-constructiva són les més influents en la circularitat del sector. Els resultats de l'avaluació demostren que les alternatives d'EC presenten millor rendiment econòmic i ambiental, però, aquests són influenciats per les condicions particulars de la zona d'estudi. Particularment, el transport i abocament són identificats com els paràmetres més condicionants tan per el criteri ambiental, com per l'econòmic. Enginyeria ambiental

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Wikström, Erik. "Construction and demolition waste in Helsinki : Case study of the circular economy hub HSY Ekomo." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-234469.

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The limited amount of natural resources on our planet has been actively discussed during the past decade. Recycling materials is becoming increasingly important in order to benefit the economy and the environment. The purpose of this study is to conduct a material flow analysis of the construction and demolition waste in the Helsinki metropolitan area to find out whether or not the goals set by the EU Waste Framework Directive can be reached by 2020. The study aims to map out the flows and suggest improvements wherever needed. The study is conducted by using a case study, HSY Ekomo, the first fully operational circular economy hub in Finland. The results show that both the municipality and private sector are well over the required goal of 70% recyclability rate of construction and demolition waste with a steady positive improvement from the first year of operations. The improvements were over 10% between the year 2016 and 2017. The private sector experiences some turbulence regarding legislation issues such as noise- and environmental permits which limits the economic benefit of recycling construction and demolition waste. Continued monitoring and faster adaption to international standards (such as the EU Waste Framework Directive) is required in order to be able to benefit the most economically and environmentally out of circular economic initiatives. Den begränsade mängden naturresurser som existerar på vår planet har diskuterats under det senaste decenniet aktivt. Återvinning av material blir allt viktigare i dagens samhälle och vi kan se en trend var utvecklingen strävar efter beslut som har rötterna i cirkulär ekonomiskaprinciper. Resultatet av diskussionerna har blivit höga måtsättningar för medlemsländerna i Europeiska Unionen gällande återvinning var målet är att uppnå en återvinningsgrad på 70% innan 2020 för bygg- och rivavfall. Studien använder materialflödes analys (MFA) som metod för att kartlägga och kvantifiera flödnena av bygg- och rivavfall. Materialflödes analysen använder data från årsrapporter och statistik som blivit tillgängligt av HSY (statligt ägt bolag) samt av intervjuerna som utfördes på fältet. För att kvantifiera flödena på basis av den konceptuella modellen avnändes mjukvaran STAN. Avhandlingen strävar efter att ta första steget för att kartlägga materialflöden av bygg- och rivavfall i huvudstadsregionen (Helsingfors). Målet är att skapa en modell som kan användas som botten i framtida undersökningar och att kvantifiera modellen med existerande data för att se ifall målsättningarna stadgade av Europeiska Unionen kommer att uppnås innan 2020. Studien utfördes på cirkulär ekonomi stationen Ekomo för att kunna göra upp modeller för den privata sektorn och den kommunalla sektorn eftersom båda är verksamma på Ekomo. Resultaten av anvhandlingen var följande: Den privata sektorn och staten uppnår en återvinningsgrad på över 90% vilket är väl över stadgan satt av den Europeiska Unionen under året 2017 med en stadig utveckling från året innan med en väldigt liten andel som placeras på soptipp. Resultaten visar en stark utveckling av intresse från hushåll och företag för återvinning eftersom antalet kunder och lastbilar som besökt stationen ökat starkt under de senaste fem åren. Även om målsättningarna inom återvinning är uppnådda finns det ärenden som måste behandlas för att försäkra en fortsatt positiv utveckling. Den privata sektorn upplever att begränsade möjligheter för återanvänd krossbetong minskar efterfrågan på produkten, vilket gör den finansiellt svår att integrera i deras försälning. Buller- och miljötillstånd tvingar för tillfället bolagen att transportera bygg- och rivmaterialet utanför rivmålet, t.ex till Ekomo, för att krossas vilket ytterligare skapar finansiella problem för den privata sektorn. Lösningar för att göra återvinning av riv- och byggnadsmaterial för den privata sektorn lukrativare behövs för att inspirera flera organisationer att ansluta sig till arbete mot ett mera cirkulärt samhälle. Monitorering och snabbare anpassningsförmåga för internationella standarder krävs för att kunna utnyttja cirkulär ekonomiska initiativ på bästa möjliga sättet. För att komplettera avhandlingen skulle det vara intressant att se resultaten av en livcykelanalys (LCA) gällande samma flöden för att identifiera miljörelaterade problem och för att optimera flöden.

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Balestrucci, Federica. "Transition towards circular economy through a multi-readiness level model : An explorative study in the construction equipment industry." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-49306.

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Circular economy is considered one of the most viable approaches to sustainability and it has gained a lot of traction in recent years. It challenges the linear approach to production and consumption that generates waste and is unsustainable for the planet and future generations. It is crucial to counteract the negative impacts of production on the environment by implementing new and effective business strategies that are compatible with circular economy. Nowadays, manufacturing industries are struggling to make the transition towards circularity because of the intrinsic complexity of adapting new business models, product development, production processes and supply chain management to a non-linear approach. The literature on the transition towards circular economy extensively covers the aspects connected to either one of the above-mentioned domain-specific areas, developing different tools such as roadmaps and frameworks to support companies in the transition for a specific area. Yet, there is a lack of a systematic tool that can give support in each stage of the process based on the different business areas that need to be adapted to circularity. The purpose of this study is to explore the existing state-of-the-art knowledge with a systematic and holistic approach to factors that are connected to circular economy, so to create a practical tool for facilitating the process of transitioning towards circularity in a step- by-step manner, in connection to activities and strategies that can be implemented in different business domains. An explorative case study in a manufacturing company in the construction equipment industry was carried out, with a twofold purpose: firstly, to gather, analyse and frame the existing state-of-the-art knowledge on the implementation of circular economy. Secondly, to explore the suggested multi readiness level model with the case study company in order to validate it. In order to do so, a set of ten semi-structured interviews with senior managers and experts in the field was carried out to gather valuable insights and practical knowledge. The outcome of this study is a multi-readiness level model for transitioning towards circular economy that explores the most important strategies and activities that should be implemented by a manufacturing company in four different areas of intervention, namely Ecosystem of External Partners, Customer and Business model, Company’s Culture and Internal Capabilities and Design and Product Development. Each area of intervention will be presented in connection to identified strategies and activities that must be implemented to reach circularity.

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Gottmarsson, Jessica, and Sandra Valdani. "Opportunities and Challenges for a Contractor in a Change Towards a Circular Economy." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297952.

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Few have missed out on the fact that the world's carbon dioxide emissions need to be reduced, and the need to switch to a circular economy in order to save earth’s resources is increasingly discussed. In Sweden, the construction sector accounts for more than a third of all generated waste and almost a quarter of all hazardous waste. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare for a transition to a circular economy in the construction industry, where reuse and recycling of materials as well as waste management are highly prioritized issues. As the contractor is a crucial actor in achieving circular economy in the construction sector due to their technical competence and potentially large opportunities to influence the degree of climate impact, the focus of the study was chosen to be from a contractor's perspective. Since a contractor's change to a circular economy also includes an organizational change, it becomes an interesting aspect to take into account as well. Furthermore, the study aims to examine the main motivational factors, opportunities, challenges and financial risks the contractor faces in a transition to a circular economy, both internally in the organization and in a broader perspective in relation to other actors. Thus, it enables an examination of what opportunities there are for the contractor to go from "word to action". The study is conducted according to qualitative principles and the data collection is based on semi-structured interviews where a majority of the respondents represent different parts of the construction sector, with relevant knowledge and competence. The results show that the contractors' motivation to make a transition is partly based on seeing future competitive advantages, but also on a more mandatory nature, as new laws and regulations appear to a greater extent. Possibly, the use of financial incentives in procurement can increase the contractor’s motivation. Identified challenges at an organizational level include difficulties in understanding the concept of circular economy and the management’s role in their communication with employees. Other barriers that have been identified are the lack of a well-functioning and mature market for second-hand materials and the difficulty in assessing the quality of these. The largest identified financial risk for the contractor is mainly related to responsibility for the guarantee of reused materials, as repairing measures can be costly. An important question for the contractor is therefore how risk allocation should be designed. Briefly speaking, it seems that much can be achieved and many of the barriers reduced through close collaboration with other actors in the sector, e.g. clients, architects, suppliers, and consultants. In final, there are some first steps that the contractor can start with in a transition. Although risks can be reduced, they are inevitable in the transition to a circular economy, especially in the beginning. The contractor should therefore, provided that they work with a like-minded client, dare to test circularity in smaller steps. This may, for example, be to gradually introduce reused components into projects or carrying out smaller pilot projects to obtain knowledge. Once knowledge is built up, they should invest in the right marketing, not least to make themselves attractive to suitable clients. It is not optimal for the contractor to passively wait for a client's directive or the establishment of a mature secondary market before they begin their work towards a circular economy. There is always an opportunity to start with what they have at their disposal, for instance, focusing on how to reduce internal waste as much as possible and use their technical competence to come up with circular initiatives in construction projects. Att det behöver ske en minskning av världens koldioxidutsläpp har undgått ett fåtal, och det talas alltmer om behovet av att ställa om till en cirkulär ekonomi för att spara på jordens resurser. I Sverige står byggsektorn för mer än en tredjedel av allt genererat avfall, och nästan en fjärdedel av allt farligt avfall. Av den anledningen är det nödvändigt att ställa om till en cirkulär ekonomi i byggbranschen, där återbruk av material och avfallshantering är starkt prioriterade frågor. Då byggentreprenören är en avgörande aktör för att uppnå cirkulär ekonomi i byggsektorn, i och med teknisk kompetens och potentiellt stora möjligheter att påverka graden av klimatpåverkan, valdes studiens inriktning till att utgå från byggentreprenörens perspektiv. En byggentreprenörs förändring till cirkulär ekonomi innefattar i grund och botten även en organisationsförändring, och därför är även den aspekten av intresse att ta i beaktning. Vidare syftar studien till att undersöka vilka huvudsakliga motivationsfaktorer, möjligheter, utmaningar och ekonomiska risker byggentreprenören står inför vid en omställning till cirkulär ekonomi, både internt i organisationen och ur ett bredare perspektiv i relation till andra aktörer. Detta för att se vilka möjligheter som finns för byggentreprenören att gå från “ord till handling”. Studien är utförd enligt kvalitativa principer och datainsamlingen baserad på semistrukturerade intervjuer med till största del respondenter från olika delar av byggsektorn med relevant kunskap och kompetens. Resultaten visar att byggentreprenörernas motivation till att ställa om delvis grundar sig på att de kan se framtida konkurrensfördelar på marknaden men också att den ibland är baserad på en mer tvingande karaktär, då nya lagar och regelverk börjar komma i större utsträckning. Möjligen kan användningen av finansiella incitament i upphandling öka byggentreprenörens motivation. Identifierade hinder på en organisationsnivå innefattar oklarheter kring begreppet cirkulär ekonomi samt ledningens roll i kommunikationen till anställda. Andra hinder som har identifierats är avsaknaden av en välfungerande och mogen andrahandsmarknad samt svårigheten i att bedöma kvaliteten för återbrukade material. Den största ekonomiska risken för byggentreprenören grundar sig främst i garantin för återbrukade material då eventuella garantiåtgärder kan bli kostsamma. En angelägen fråga för byggentreprenören är därför hur ansvarsfördelningen avseende risk bör utformas, och incitament kan troligen komma till nytta även här. I stora drag verkar det som att mycket kan uppnås och många av barriärerna överkommas genom ett tätt samarbete med andra aktörer i sektorn, såsom beställare, arkitekter, leverantörer och konsulter. Slutligen kan konstateras att det finns några första steg som byggentreprenören kan börja med i övergången. Även om risker kan minskas, är de oundvikliga i övergången till en cirkulär ekonomi, särskilt i början. Byggentreprenören bör därför, med förutsättning att de jobbar med en likasinnad beställare, våga testa cirkularitet i mindre steg. Det kan exempelvis handla om att gradvis införa återbrukade komponenter i projekt, eller utföra mindre pilotprojekt för att erhålla kunskap. När kunskap har byggts upp bör de satsa på rätt marknadsföring, inte minst för att göra sig attraktiv för en passande beställare. Det är inte optimalt för byggentreprenören att passivt invänta beställarens direktiv eller en mogen andrahandsmarknad innan de påbörjar sitt arbete mot cirkulär ekonomi. Det finns alltid en möjlighet att börja med det dem själva har rådighet över, exempelvis minska de interna avfallsmängderna så mycket som möjligt samt utnyttja sin tekniska kompetens för att ta cirkulära initiativ i projekt.

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Segura, Montoya Isabel. "Circular resource management in a land clearance scenario: Sollihøgda Plussby case." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-235642.

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The construction of cities involves the use of land for new spaces and infrastructure. Construction on undeveloped land poses a dilemma on how to deal with the natural resources found on the construction site. Circular economy could provide guidelines on how to harness these resources, so they become products that circulate through as many cycles as possible, therefore decreasing resource consumption and waste. This research aims to explore alternatives to harness the natural materials extracted during the land clearance process of a new urban district: Sollihøgda plussby. Additionally, a new method to examine the circularity of the suggested products will be tested: the longevity indicator. The method of this thesis consists of three parts: (1) an inventory to define which natural materials are found in the construction site and their main characteristics, (2) interviews with industry experts to gain a technical insight on the possible uses for the materials, and (3) a longevity indicator to measure the circularity of the proposed uses. This research found that the forest in Avtjerna consists of Norway spruce, Scots pine and birch. The sediments are mostly humus with a turf sheet cover, while most of Avtjerna’s bedrock is categorized as rhomb porphyry lava. Norway spruce and rhomb porphyry lava have the required quality to become high-quality products for the construction industry, and they could be used directly in the project. High-quality products have longer lifetimes and more possibilities of recycling and reuse, therefore they scored higher when calculating the longevity indicator, which means a higher material retention. The other materials (Scots pine, birch, other sediments and rocks) have also possibilities of becoming products that could be used in Sollihøgda Plussby, but the longevity indicator for these materials was lower than those of Norway spruce and rhomb porphyry. Despite the usefulness of the longevity indicator to provide a preliminary assessment, this method needs to be upgraded so it incorporates other CE parameters. There should be a distinction on how many times the material is recycled, the lifetime of the recycled products, and the quality of the products obtained from the recycling process. Inventorying the natural resources on a construction site is a practice that should become common, since it allows to determine how materials can be harnessed, but also which areas should be preserved due to their ecological value. Additionally, the longevity indicator should not be used in isolation, but the environmental impacts of each suggested product should be assessed too.

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Pizzulli, Giuseppe. "Life cycle assessment of recycled coal combustion ash: A case study for building a circular economy in construction aggregates." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018.

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The massive presence on the entire land surface of coal-fired power plants leaves room only for the imagination of how many tons of coal ash they must dispose of each year. The elimination of these wastes entails a considerable economic expenditure on the involved parts. Above all, not negligible environmental impact for the protection of the planet. The possibility of recycling coal combustion products coming from power plants could be an alternative solution to this problem. At the same time their reusing ensures saving of resources in terms of energy and economy consumption. The feasibility of generating a lower environmental impact by reusing waste material instead of natural resources is the primary goal of this dissertation. To evaluate these impacts, a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method is performed. Life cycle of lightweight aggregates manufactured with raw materials supplied by nature or waste is compared in this study. The data collected, following careful research, has been implemented through GaBi software. For a correct comparison, it is assumed that a ton of raw material is processed for both production cycles of the two different products analyzed. The results obtained take into account two transport scenarios for each evaluated aggregate. They show how to produce lightweight aggregates using coal combustion products as raw material instead of natural resources is more convenient. This involves energy savings ranging between 13% and 57% and greenhouse gas emissions reduced from 12% to 58%.

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Kardell, Isabella, and Klara Björkman. "Drivkrafter och hinder med återbruk inom byggbranschen : En intervjustudie." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-302445.

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Aldrig tidigare har det varit så aktuellt som det är idag, år 2021, att arbeta hållbart och spara på jordens resurser. Mängden material som finns i omlopp idag är stor. Ett långsiktigt arbetssätt för hållbarhet och cirkulärt byggande saknas. Byggbranschen står idag för en femtedel av Sveriges utsläpp av växthusgaser. Utsläppen måste minska för att kunna uppnå Sveriges uppsatta klimatmål. För att minska på utsläppen och bidra till ett mer cirkulärt samhälle behöver byggbranschen genomföra konkreta förändringar. En av dessa förändringar är att börja använda återbrukat material. Kunskapen om prisbilden av återbrukat material är idag låg bland de intervjuade i rapporten. En resurseffektivitet krävs för att vända branschen till att bli mer hållbar. Ett sätt att lyckas är att arbeta med de material och komponenter som redan finns och att arbeta cirkulärt, vilket resulterar i att arbeta med återbruk. Återbruk innebär att en komponent återanvänds i så ursprungligt skick som möjligt. I denna rapport har intervjuer med hållbarhetschefer, arkitekter, forskningsinstitut och återbrukscentral genomförts, tillsammans med en litteraturstudie och en utbildning om återbruk. Dessa tre tillvägagångssätt utgör metoden för rapporten. För att lyckas ställa om till cirkulärt byggande kommer det krävas ett övergripande engagemang från alla olika parter som är inblandade i byggprocessen. Ett samspel och samarbete genom hela processen, tillsammans med ökad kunskap är viktiga faktorer för att få arbetet med återbruk att utvecklas. De främsta drivkrafter med att arbeta med återbruk som har identifierats är: Minska klimatpåverkan Ekonomiskt fördelaktigt att handla återbrukat material Unika gestaltningsmöjligheter Möjlighet att sticka ut och marknadsföra sig som företag De främsta hindren som har identifierats är: Okunskap, inrutade vanor Saknad av kvalitet- och garantisystem Brist på lagerhållning och logistik Brist på återbrukat material och komponenter En fördjupad del av rapporten fokuserar på arkitektens perspektiv, och hur arkitekten kan arbeta för att öka återbruk och cirkulärt byggande. Ur arkitektens perspektiv behöver följande genomföras för ett främjat återbruk: Återbruk i åtanke från tidigt skede i byggprocessen Längre medverkan och delaktighet för arkitekten Flexibilitet i gestaltningen Kvalitetssäkring av återbrukade komponenter Med hjälp av resultatet föreslås i denna rapport slutligen åtta åtgärder för att främja återbruk: Kunskap och nya tankesätt måste utvecklas Beställaren behöver ta ansvar och hårdare lagar och regler behövs Generationsskifte och nya arbetsroller ger nytt synsätt Materialleverantörer måste ta ansvar för sina nya och gamla produkter Bygg dyrt och med hög kvalitet Materialbudget bör införas för att få kontroll på mängden jungfruligt material som används Planera och bygg för återbruk från ett tidigt skede Arkitekten behöver medverka längre genom byggprocessen It has never been more relevant than today, in 2021, to work with sustainability and to save the resources of the earth. The amount of material that is in the industry today is large and a long- term program focusing on sustainability and a circular business is missing. The construction industry is responsible for a large part of Sweden’s emissions of greenhouse gases. The level of emissions needs to decrease to be able to achieve the goal of a lower environmental impact. To reduce the gas emissions and to contribute to a more circular society, changes need to be made by the construction industry. One of these changes is to begin to work with reused materials. The knowledge of the price picture of recycled material is currently low among the interviewed in the report. Recourse efficiency is therefore necessary to make the industry more sustainable. One way to make this happen is to work with the materials and components already existing, a circular way of working is to reuse materials. Reuse of materials is when a component is reused with minimal to no reconstruction. In this thesis interviews with sustainability managers, architects, a research institute and a warehouse for reused materials has been conducted, together with a literary study and a course in reused materials. These three techniques outline the method of this thesis. To succeed with the readjustment to circular construction, it will take an overall commitment from all different parties involved in the construction process. A cooperation through the entire process, together with an increased knowledge are two important factors to get the work with reuse of materials forward. Driving forces for sustainable practices that were discovered are: Reduce the environmental impact Economically favourable to use reused materials Unique opportunities when designing buildings Opportinity to stand out and to show your company as a sustainable business Obstacles that were discovered are that the industry is developing slowly: Not enough knowledge and habits that are set Lack of regulation on a national level Lack of a system to store reused materials while waiting to be used again Lack of the materials itself One part of the thesis is focusing more in depth on the architect’s perspective and how the architect can work to include more reused materials when designing buildings. From the architects perspective these following suggestions were made to increase reuse of materials: Reuse needs to be included in the process from day one The architect needs to have a longer participation in the building process Flexibility when designing The quality of the product that is being reused has to be able to be proven The result of this thesis suggests eight ways to include and increase reused materials: Knowledge and new ways of thinking needs to evolve The customer must take its responsibility and laws regulating reuse needs to be made A shift in age groups in the industry will make ways for new systems Grosists producing the materials must take their responsibility Build expensive and with good quality A budget for construction materials and components should be made Planning for reuse of materials early on in the process The architect must be involved longer in the construction process

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Sundlin, Emelie. "Circular economy in the construction industry: An insight into the difficulties and possibilities with improving the concrete recycling rate for housing in Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-446086.

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In accordance with the Paris Agreement and the national goal of climate neutrality by 2045, Sweden needs to lower its greenhouse gas emissions. The second-largest source of CO2 emissions in the country comes from the production of cement, one of the main ingredients of concrete. With concrete being an ideal construction material, and Sweden needing to build more urban housing, Sweden is now in a position where they need to combine a high rate of housing construction with emission cuts to reach the climate goals. Concrete from construction and demolition waste is recyclable and can be used as an aggregate in new concrete and as an input in cement production. This is, however, currently not being done in Sweden and concrete waste is instead used for low-grade purposes such as road construction, landfill infrastructure, and backfilling. This study, therefore, aims to identify why recycled concrete is not being used to a larger extent in Swedish housing. An interview study has been conducted with actors along the concrete value chain to find out the extent to which housing projects use recycled concrete today, as well as what challenges and possibilities there are for increased use. The results show that recycled concrete within housing projects is currently only used for backfilling. Sweden does not have big enough volumes of high-quality concrete waste for it to be commercially viable to recycle it into recycled aggregate concrete. This recycling process is both costlier and more time-consuming than using conventional methods with raw materials, something Sweden has an abundance and easy access to. There is also a reluctance within the construction industry to use new and unproven methods and materials. Improved on-site sorting of waste materials, leading to higher quality aggregates, and construction standards adapted to the use of recycled materials, are actions to be taken to allow for an increased use of recycled aggregate concrete. All interviewed actors also mentioned the potential of recycled concrete for non-load-bearing walls in housing projects.

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Beulque, Rémi. "Business models circulaires ˸ vers des création et captation de valeur pérennes ? Processus et instrumentation : Les enseignements du recyclage et de la réutilisation automobiles." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PSLEM024/document.

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En quoi les business models circulaires, fondés sur des activités de réutilisation et de recyclage organisées collectivement, permettent-ils aux entreprises de créer et capter de la valeur de manière pérenne ? Cette question, au cœur des préoccupations des entreprises et des décideurs publics, demeure émergente en stratégie. Afin d’y répondre, ce manuscrit rapporte cinq cas d’intervention sur de tels business models opérés par le constructeur Renault, dont l’analyse est resituée dans le cadre plus large des évolutions qu’a connu la fin de vie automobile ces dernières décennies. Au terme de ce travail, nous proposons une analyse fine de l’émergence et de la montée en puissance de BM circulaires pérennes dans des entreprises établies en tant que processus instrumenté d’action collective. Nous montrons ainsi que la concrétisation de leurs potentiels de valeur se fonde sur une activité collective méconnue – l’ingénierie de filière – qui vise à structurer de nouveaux marchés, réseaux et chaînes de valeur To what extent can reuse and recycling circular business models create and capture value in the long run? This question, which constitutes a major concern for firms and public actors, remains understudied in Strategy. In order to answer this question, this thesis highlights five cases of collaborative research on such business models conducted within the car manufacturer Renault, which are put into perspective within the larger context of the evolution automotive end-of-life experienced over last decades. At the end of this study, we propose a close analysis of circular business models emergence and up-scaling, which we picture as an instrumented collective action process. Thus, we show that the concretization of their value potentials rests upon a collective activity, we call industry engineering, which aims at structuring new value chains and value networks

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Trabulsi, Dana, and Milan Sofipour. "Reuse of construction materials. A study on how a strategic collaboration can facilitate the reuse of construction materials." Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-276437.

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The world’s population alongside the general consumption and use of natural resources hasgrown immensely during the past decade. The construction sector is today one of the industriesthat has the highest impact on the environment. Therefore, the current linear economy has to bemoved towards a circular economy which aims for material- and resource efficiency. The concept of reverse logistics for reuse of construction material and the need for collaboration hasbeen identified as key areas for transitioning to a circular economy and thus has a decisive rolein reducing the construction waste. However, due to the construction industry beingfragmented, a lack of collaboration amongst real estate developers and other market actors hasbeen identified as a barrier for successfully implementing the reuse of construction materials.Furthermore, the real estate developer is seen as a key actor to utilise the potential of the reuseof construction materials by creating incentives and collaborations with other actors involved. The aim of this paper was therefore to investigate different actor’s perspectives in the realestate- and construction sector regarding reuse of construction materials and what the keybarriers and incentives are for them to implement it. Furthermore, by gaining an understandingof each actor's perspective the aim was to create a framework model for how a real estatedeveloper can achieve a strategic collaboration with different actors to make the process ofreusing construction materials in tenant adaptation projects more efficient. This was achievedby interviewing key actors within the real estate- and construction industry in order to get anoverall perspective on their views. Furthermore, a survey was conducted to obtain anunderstanding of the tenants view on having reused construction materials in their facilities. The results indicated that the main barriers were; a lack of incentives, lack of logistics &recovery facilities, an established procedure for quality assuring the material & warranty issuesas well as the tenants’ perception of it. Furthermore, the results show that the real estatedeveloper can create different types of incentives for the tenants and involved actors in order tofacilitate the implementation of material reuse and an established collaboration. Lastly, aframework model was presented to demonstrate how a real estate developer can collaboratewith different actors in order to get a deeper understanding of the dynamics of a potentialcollaboration. Världens befolkning har i samband med den generella konsumtionen samt vår användning av naturresurserna ökat avsevärt det senaste decenniet. Bygg- och fastighetssektorn är idag en av de industrier som har störst påverkan på vår miljö. Därav behövs en skiftning från den linjäraekonomin till en cirkulär ekonomi som grundar sig i material- och resurseffektivisering.Konceptet omvänd logistik för ett ökat återbruk av byggmaterial och behovet av samarbete har identifierats som viktiga verktyg för skiftet mot en cirkulär ekonomi och därmed en minimeringav byggavfall. Då byggbranschen idag är fragmenterad har bristen på samarbete mellan fastighetsägare och andra aktörer identifierats som en utmaning för att implementera återbrukav byggmaterial med framgång. Vidare ses fastighetsägare som en huvudaktör som kan utnyttja potentialen som finns kring återbruk av byggmaterial genom att skapa incitament ochsamarbeten med andra involverade aktörer. Därför var syftet med denna rapport att utreda olika aktörers perspektiv på återbruk avbyggmaterial inom bygg- och fastighetssektorn samt vad de främsta barriärer och incitament ärför att de ska implementera det. Vidare, genom att få en förståelse för samtliga aktörersperspektiv var målet att skapa en modell för hur fastighetsägarna kan uppnå ett strategiskt samarbete med olika aktörer för att effektivisera processen av återbruk av byggmaterial vid enhyresgästsanpassning. Detta uppnåddes genom att intervjua huvudaktörer inom bygg- och fastighetssektorn. Vidare gjordes en enkät för att erhålla en förståelse för hyresgästerna syn på att ha återbrukatbyggmaterial i deras lokaler.

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Almokdad, Mohammad. "Life Cycle Assessment of Circular Economy Strategies in Sustainable Constructions : Closing, Slowing, and Narrowing Loops for Dredged Sediments Valorization and Revalorization." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Ecole nationale supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille Douai, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023MTLD0007.

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Faire face au besoin pressant de durabilité à la lumière de l'impact significatif de la modernisation sur l'environnement est crucial. Cette question souligne les menaces croissantes posées par les actions humaines, telles que le changement climatique et la pollution. En réponse, les nations mettent de plus en plus l'accent sur la durabilité en donnant la priorité à la réduction des déchets et à l'adoption de matériaux respectueux de l'environnement dans les processus de construction et de production. Dans le cadre de ces efforts, cette thèse vise à explorer la revalorisation (2ème valorisation) des sédiments de dragage en tant que matériau de construction routière, en étudiant sa pertinence technique et son impact environnemental grâce à une évaluation du cycle de vie (ACV). Elle examine également l'utilisation des sédiments en tant que matériaux cimentaires supplémentaires (MCS) et compare leur performance environnementale à celle des matériaux traditionnels. L'étude évalue la faisabilité de la revalorisation des sédiments de dragage, en mettant l'accent sur une approche en circuit fermé pour leur utilisation circulaire. Elle évalue diverses propriétés physiques, mécaniques et chimiques de la revalorisation des matériaux en les comparant à la valorisation des sédiments bruts (1ère valorisation), et réalise une ACV en comparant la revalorisation des sédiments à l'utilisation de différents types d'agrégats vierges pour la construction de nouvelles routes. De plus, l'étude mène une ACV complète en comparant les sédiments de dragage séchés et broyés (DGS) aux sédiments de dragage calcinés à la volée (FCS) en tant que substituts du ciment Portland ordinaire, en tenant compte des différentes différences de performance quantitatives et qualitatives Addressing the pressing need for sustainability in light of modernization's significant impact on the environment is crucial. This issue underscores the escalating threats posed by human actions, such as climate change and pollution. In response, nations are increasingly emphasizing sustainability by placing a priority on waste reduction and the adoption of eco-friendly materials in construction and production processes. In light of these efforts, this thesis aims to explore the revalorization (2nd valorization) of dredged sediments as a road construction material, studying its technical suitability and environmental impact through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). It also examines using sediments as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) and compares their environmental performance to traditional materials. The study evaluates the feasibility of revalorizing dredged sediments, emphasizing a closed-loop approach for their circular use. It assesses various physical, mechanical and chemical properties of the material revalorization comparing it to raw sediments 1st valorization, and conduct a LCA and comparing sediments revalorization with different virgin aggregates types for the usage in new road construction. Additionally, the study conducts a comprehensive LCA comparing dried ground sediments (DGS) to flash-calcined sediments (FCS) as substitutes for ordinary Portland cement, considering the different quantitative and qualitative performance differences

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Dahl, Thor Lobekk, Yichang Lu, and Sidney Carina Thill. "Sustainability of Construction and Demolition Waste : A Closed-loop Supply Chain for Flat Glass." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-104631.

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Purpose: This thesis’ purpose is to identify a CLSC model of flat glass, including actors,waste sources, and what can be done with recycled flat glass. In addition, this researchaims to propose a cost structure of a flat glass CLSC. Thus, this thesis’ research questions(RQ) are: RQ1: How can closed-loop supply chains (CLSC) for the purpose of flat glasslook like? RQ1.A: What actors are a part of a flat glass CLSC? RQ1.B: What are thewaste sources of flat glass in a flat glass CLSC? RQ1.C: What are the uses of flat glassas secondary material? RQ2: How can a cost structure for a closed-loop supply chain(CLSC) for the purpose of flat glass look like? Method: For this purpose of this thesis the researchers chose to employ a pragmatistresearch philosophy. The thesis is an exploratory qualitative study using an abductiveapproach. A case study strategy was used, and data was collected through semi-structuredinterviews and a literature review. Seven interviews were conducted with the six casecompanies. Findings: A flat glass CLSC consists of three phases: manufacture, use, and secondary(raw) material. The main actors are float glass manufacturer, flat glass processor/refiner,flat glass distributor, construction and demolition company, flat glass recycler, and freighthauler. Sub-actors of a flat glass CLSC are raw materials supplier, government, thirdparty contractors, container glass manufacturer, and glass wool manufacturer. Secondarymaterial occurs during flat glass manufacturing, distribution/transport, construction, anddemolition. It can be divided into three types, i.e., pure, high quality cut-offs,contaminated flat glass, and end-of-use flat glass. The possible uses of flat glass assecondary material are float glass, container glass, and glass wool manufacturing. Thecost structure for a flat glass CLSC divides cost elements into the three phases of a flatglass CLSC and six supply chain cost categories, which include manufacturing cost,distribution cost, warehousing cost, administration cost, capital cost, and installation cost. Theoretical Implications: This master’s thesis helps in adding to two research areas: flatglass and CLSC. By reviewing existing literature and conducting the case studies inChina, Germany, and Norway, the researchers can reflect the current practices of flat glassCLSCs in different countries, thereby adding to existing scientific research to close theresearch gap of flat glass CLSCs. Practical Implications: This master’s thesis contributes to practice by providing a flatglass CLSC model and cost structure which can be used as a starting point of developinga flat glass CLSC and its cost structure. In addition, this thesis is connected to anotherbigger research project in collaboration with the Linnaeus University and the city ofVäxjö, the findings from this thesis are beneficial for improving the situation of flat glassin Sweden. Societal Implications: By researching circularity in CDW, this master’s thesis helps notonly the city of Växjö but also other Swedish cities to improve the situation of flat glassand strive towards a full circular economy, further contributing to an increase insustainability in Sweden.

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Mirovic, Tara. "Biochar production from wood waste for GHG reduction : A case-study from the construction industry." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-283612.

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Skanska, Sweden’s leading project development and construction groups, is increasingly striving for innovative solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of its operations and close the loop on waste materials. The company has expressed interest in investing in a pyrolysis plant in the Stockholm region to produce biochar out of wood waste from construction sites. Biochar, a charcoal-like substance, is produced through thermochemical decomposition of biomass. Recently recognized as a negative emissions technology thanks to its ability to act as a carbon sink, and with its many properties and applications, biochar has in recent years become an increasingly valued product on the Nordic market. However, the magnitude with which biochar production mitigates climate change depends on a number of parameters. The present thesis seeks to assess the potential of biochar production at Skanska and use for urban soils to reduce the company’s GHG emissions, and puts results in perspective with Skanska’s sustainability targets. Using the GHG Protocol for Project Accounting, and through a life-cycle perspective, the thesis examines whether biochar production results in a higher climate gain compared to the continuation of current activities, i.e. the treatment of wood waste through incineration for energy recovery. The results show that reductions in emissions depend on a number of factors including biochar stability, biochar yield, the availability of excess heat from the pyrolysis process and its use for district heating, and most importantly, the type of fuel substituted by waste wood for energy production. Ultimately, the quality, quantity, and geographic distribution of wood waste produced by Skanska determines the viability of this project, and this information should be carefully compiled by the company. Skanska AB, Sveriges ledande bygg- och projektutvecklingsföretag, strävar alltmer efter innovativa lösningar för att minska koldioxidavtrycket i sin verksamhet och sluta cirkeln för avfallsmaterial. Företaget har uttryckt ett intresse att investera i en pyrolysanläggning i Stockholmsregionen för att producera biokol av träavfall från byggarbetsplatser. Biokol produceras genom termokemisk sönderdelning av biomassa och blev nyligen erkänd som en negativ utsläppsteknologi tack vare sin förmåga att fungera som kolsänka. Med sina många användningsområden och varierande egenskaper har biokol under senare år blivit en allt högre värderad produkt på den nordiska marknaden. Dock spelar flera faktorer roll när möjligheterna för biokolsproduktion att reducera klimatförändringarna ska bedömas. Det här examensarbetet syftar till att utvärdera potentialen för biokolsproduktion inom Skanska och användandet av biokol i urbana jordar för att minska företagets växthusgasutsläpp, samt sätta resultaten i perspektiv med Skanskas hållbarhetsmål. Genom att använda GHG-protokollet för projektredovisning, samt ur ett livscykelperspektiv, undersöker examensarbetet huruvida biokolproduktionen resulterar i en högre klimatnytta jämfört med den nuvarande verksamheten, det vill säga genom förbränning av träavfall för energiåtervinning. Resultaten visar att utsläppsminskningar beror på ett antal faktorer, inklusive biokolets stabilitet, produktionsutbyte, tillgång till överskottsvärme från pyrolysprocessen för användning i fjärrvärmenätet, samt viktigast av allt, vilken typ av bränsle som ersätts av träavfall för energiproduktion. I slutändan är det kvaliteten, kvantiteten samt geografisk tillgång till producerat träavfall för biokolsproduktion som avgör hur väl detta projekt kan genomföras, och denna information bör noggrant sammanställas av Skanska.

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Thiel, Elsa. "Återbruk av byggprodukter - En fallstudie i Växjö." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för byggteknik (BY), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-106077.

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The construction sector accounts for about one fifth of Sweden's greenhouse gas emissions. It is also the sector that produces the second most waste in Sweden. Today there is an increased need for housing in Sweden, at the same time as the construction sector must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Usually when renovating a building, construction products are disposed despite having a remaining service of life. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the reuse of construction products can be increased in the construction sector. And to find out how companies in Växjö work with reusing construction products. The work was based on the project Kv. Stommen, the project was about a new preschool in Vikaholm, Växjö. In the project the buyer had requested that some construction products should be reused. The purpose of the study was addressed by using interview methodology and partaking in focus group discussion with Godahåll during their meeting. According to the results there are seven challenges that must be overcome before the reuse of construction products in the construction sector can increase. The representatives from the companies in Växjö, who were interviewed had a positive attitude towards reuse of construction products. One conclusion is that there is an interest in the construction sector to use reused construction products and that it will increase in the future. Another conclusion is that by using reused construction products, the construction sector´s waste volumes can be reduced and contribute to a circular construction.

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Abriak, Yassine. "Valorisation des sédiments de dragage et des granulats de béton recyclés." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Ecole nationale supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille Douai, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023MTLD0004.

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Ces dernières années, l’extraction des matières premières a été considérable. En cause, l’augmentation des besoins mondiaux en matières premières ayant pour conséquence une diminution drastique de ces ressources non renouvelables. Parallèlement, d’une part selon l’ADEME (agence nationale de la transition écologique) 342 Mt de déchets sont produits par an dont 240 Mt provenant du BTP. D’autre part afin de maintenir les activités portuaires, maritimes et fluviales, 50 mm3 de sédiments sont dragués chaque année. La gestion à terre des sédiments est de plus en plus compliquée du fait de la saturation des espaces de stockage et de la présence de contaminants. Il est nécessaire de mettre en œuvre une stratégie nationale afin de préserver les matériaux de carrière et d’approvisionner au mieux notre territoire. Ainsi l’usage des granulats recyclés et des sédiments devient un impératif et peut constituer une ressource minérale qui peut permettre de limiter l’usage des ressources naturelles. L’objectif principal de ces travaux de thèse est la valorisation des sédiments et granulats de béton recyclés dans différentes application du génie civil. La première application vise la covalorisation des sédiments et des granulats recyclés en couche de forme. La seconde la valorisation des fines de béton recyclées en tant qu’addition minérale dans le ciment. Enfin la dernière la covalorsation des sédiments et du sable de béton recyclé dans le mortier en tant que substituant du sable In the last years, the extraction of raw materials has been considerable. This is due to the increase in the world's need for raw materials, resulting in a drastic reduction in these non-renewable resources. At the same time, according to ADEME (Agence Nationale de la Transition Ecologique), 342 Mt of waste are produced every year, including 240 Mt from the construction industry. On the other hand, in order to maintain port, maritime and river activities, 50 Mm3 of sediment is dredged every year. Management of sediments on land is becoming more and more complicated due to the saturation of storage areas and the presence of contaminants. We need to implement a national strategy to preserve raw quarry materials and supply our territory as effectively as possible. The use of recycled aggregates and sediments is becoming an imperative and can provide a mineral resource that can help limit the use of natural resources. The main objective of this thesis work is the valorization of recycled sediments and concrete aggregates in various civil engineering applications. The first application is the covalorization of recycled sediments and aggregates in subgrades. The second is the valorization of recycled concrete fines as a mineral additive in cement. Finally, the covalorization of sediments and recycled concrete sand in mortar as a sand substitute

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Ntsonde, Joël. "Entre utopie et action collective, comment accompagner la transition des territoires vers l'économie circulaire ? : Le cas de la commande publique dans le secteur de la construction." Thesis, Université Paris sciences et lettres, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020UPSLM035.

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L’économie circulaire rencontre un succès grandissant dans la société et apparaît comme un levier majeur pouvant être mis au service de la transition écologique. Mais de manière assez paradoxale, l’engouement actuel autour de ce nouveau modèle semble plus lié à sa dimension utopique qu’à sa solidité scientifique. Ce constat soulève plusieurs questions telles que : pourquoi autant d’acteurs sont attirés par un concept qui reste encore flou ? Qu’est ce que les sciences de gestion peuvent-elles nous apprendre sur ce phénomène ? Comment l’économie circulaire peut-elle contribuer à favoriser une transition écologique ? Jusqu’à présent la littérature académique s’est peu intéressée à la dimension utopique de l’économie circulaire et à son impact en termes d’action collective. Afin d’étudier ce phénomène, la thèse s'intéresse aux mécanismes cognitifs, organisationnels et inter-organisationnels qui sous-tendent la transition d’un territoire vers l'économie circulaire. A partir du cas de la commande publique dans le secteur de la construction, nous questionnons ensuite les "transition studies" (Markard et al., 2012) pour proposer un modèle de transition conceptualisant les mécanismes qui peuvent permettre à des acteurs économiques, sociaux et politiques d’accompagner la transition de leur territoire vers l’économie circulaire. Ce modèle part des processus qui amènent des entrepreneurs à concevoir des innovations, puis conceptualise les mécanismes qui conduisent des organisations publiques et privées à coopérer avec ces entrepreneurs, avant d’expliciter les mécanismes à partir desquels cette dynamique d'action collective peut matérialiser la transition d’un territoire Circular economy is meeting with growing success in society and appears to be a major lever that can be put to the service of the ecological transition. But paradoxically enough, the current craze around this new model seems more linked to its utopian dimension than to its scientific solidity. This observation raises several questions such as: why are so many actors attracted by a concept that is still unclear? What can management science teach us about this phenomenon? How can circular economy help foster an ecological transition? Until now, academic literature has paid little attention to the utopian dimension of circular economy and its impact in terms of collective action. In order to study this phenomenon, the thesis focuses on the cognitive, organizational and inter-organizational mechanisms that underlie the transition of a territory to circular economy. Using the case of public procurement in the construction sector, we then question the transition studies (Markard et al., 2012) to propose a transition model conceptualizing the mechanisms that can enable economic, social and political actors to support the transition of their local area to circular economy. This model starts from the processes that lead entrepreneurs to design innovations, and then conceptualizes the mechanisms that lead public and private organizations to cooperate with these entrepreneurs, before explaining the mechanisms from which this dynamic of collective action can materialize the transition of a territory

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Jamil, Mand, and Kahka Rostia. "Återbruk av stomelement i byggnadskonstruktioner : En vägledande studie för återbruk av stomelement." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297481.

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Bygg- och rivningssektorn står för ca 30% av Sveriges avfall enligt svenska miljöinstitutet IVL.Bevarande av energi som går åt vid tillverkning av material är gynnsamt för miljön, vilket ärsyftet med återbruk. När stomelement i dagsläget demonteras förlorar de CE-märkningen ochbetraktas därefter som avfall. En metod inom cirkulärt byggande är återvinning, vilket innebäratt bryta ner produkten för att antingen skapa energi eller nytt material. Vid återvinning bevarasinte energin vilket innebär att energin som går åt att tillverka produkten från start går förlorad.För att nå de klimatmål som EU och Sverige har satt till framtiden är det viktigt förbyggbranschen att sträva efter cirkulärt byggande, med fokus på återbruk och inte enbartåtervinning. Detta examensarbetes syfte är att undersöka hur man kan öka återbruksförmåganav stomelement. I Sverige används återbruk i en liten skala. För att användningen avstomelement ska utvecklas i en större skala måste tekniska lösningar framkomma redan iprojekteringsskedet. Oklarheter i regelverk kring klassificeringar av återanvända stomelement behöver tydliggörasför att öka återbrukspotentialen. Studien undersöker vilka möjligheter som finns idag av attbygga med återanvänt stommaterial, vilka hinder som uppstår och hur dessa problem kanhanteras. Detta undersöktes genom att intervjua respondenter med relevant kompetens ibyggbranschen samt genom en litteraturstudie. Studien avgränsas till att undersöka stomelementi trä, stål och betong. Resultaten visade att potentialen för återbruksmaterial i dagsläget inte är god på grund av att detinte finns konkreta regelverk och incitament samt att materialtillgången är begränsad.Stommaterial har höga konstruktionskrav på sig vilket gör det svårt att återbruka. Vidare visade resultaten från studien att det för närvarande inte finns tydliga standardprovningarför att säkerställa stomaterialens kvalitet och hållbarhet. Därför har denna studie tagit fram envägledande mall för att eventuellt minska förstörande provning samt agera som en guide föraktörer som vill återanvända stomelement men inte vet hur de ska gå tillväga. The construction and demolition sector accounts for about 30% of Sweden's waste according tothe Swedish Environmental Institute IVL. Conservation of materials and energy used in themanufacture of materials is beneficial to the environment, which is the purpose of reusing. Whenstructural elements are currently dismantled, they lose their CE marking and are then regardedas waste. One method in circular construction is recycling, which means breaking down theproduct to either create energy or new material. During recycling, the energy is not conserved,which means that the energy used to manufacture the product from the start is lost. In order toachieve the climate goals that the EU and Sweden have set for the future, it is important for theconstruction industry to strive for circular construction, with a focus on reusing and not justrecycling. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how to increase the reusability of structuralelements. In Sweden, recycling is used on a small scale. In order for the use of structuralelements to be developed on a larger scale, technical solutions must emerge during the designphase. Uncertainties of regulations regarding classifications of recycled structural elements need to beclarified in order to increase the reusing potential. The study examines what opportunities thereare today for building with reused structural materials, what obstacles arise and how theseproblems should be handled. This was investigated by interviewing respondents with relevantcompetence in the construction industry and through a literature study. The study is limited toexamining structural elements in wood, steel and concrete. The results showed that the potential for recyclable materials is currently not good due to thelack of regulations, incentives and that the supply of materials is limited. Structural materialshave high structural requirements, which make them difficult to reuse. Furthermore, the results from the study showed that there are currently no clear standard teststo ensure the quality and durability of the materials. Therefore, this study has developed aguiding template to possibly reduce destructive testing and act as a guide for companies whowant to reuse structure elements but do not know how to proceed.

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Jamil, Mand, and Kakha Rostia. "Återbruk av stomelement i byggnadskonstruktioner : En vägledande studie för återbruk av stomelement." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297481.

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Bygg- och rivningssektorn står för ca 30% av Sveriges avfall enligt svenska miljöinstitutet IVL. Bevarande av energi som går åt vid tillverkning av material är gynnsamt för miljön, vilket är syftet med återbruk. När stomelement i dagsläget demonteras förlorar de CE-märkningen och betraktas därefter som avfall. En metod inom cirkulärt byggande är återvinning, vilket innebäratt bryta ner produkten för att antingen skapa energi eller nytt material. Vid återvinning bevaras inte energin vilket innebär att energin som går åt att tillverka produkten från start går förlorad. För att nå de klimatmål som EU och Sverige har satt till framtiden är det viktigt för byggbranschen att sträva efter cirkulärt byggande, med fokus på återbruk och inte enbart återvinning. Detta examensarbetes syfte är att undersöka hur man kan öka återbruksförmågan av stomelement. I Sverige används återbruk i en liten skala. För att användningen av stomelement ska utvecklas i en större skala måste tekniska lösningar framkomma redan i projekteringsskedet. Oklarheter i regelverk kring klassificeringar av återanvända stomelement behöver tydliggöras för att öka återbrukspotentialen. Studien undersöker vilka möjligheter som finns idag av att bygga med återanvänt stommaterial, vilka hinder som uppstår och hur dessa problem kan hanteras. Detta undersöktes genom att intervjua respondenter med relevant kompetens i byggbranschen samt genom en litteraturstudie. Studien avgränsas till att undersöka stomelement i trä, stål och betong. Resultaten visade att potentialen för återbruksmaterial i dagsläget inte är god på grund av att det inte finns konkreta regelverk och incitament samt att materialtillgången är begränsad. Stommaterial har höga konstruktionskrav på sig vilket gör det svårt att återbruka. Vidare visade resultaten från studien att det för närvarande inte finns tydliga standardprovningar för att säkerställa stomaterialens kvalitet och hållbarhet. Därför har denna studie tagit fram en vägledande mall för att eventuellt minska förstörande provning samt agera som en guide för aktörer som vill återanvända stomelement men inte vet hur de ska gå tillväga. The construction and demolition sector accounts for about 30% of Sweden's waste according to the Swedish Environmental Institute IVL. Conservation of materials and energy used in the manufacture of materials is beneficial to the environment, which is the purpose of reusing. When structural elements are currently dismantled, they lose their CE marking and are then regarded as waste. One method in circular construction is recycling, which means breaking down the product to either create energy or new material. During recycling, the energy is not conserved, which means that the energy used to manufacture the product from the start is lost. In order to achieve the climate goals that the EU and Sweden have set for the future, it is important for the construction industry to strive for circular construction, with a focus on reusing and not just recycling. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how to increase the reusability of structural elements. In Sweden, recycling is used on a small scale. In order for the use of structural elements to be developed on a larger scale, technical solutions must emerge during the design phase. Uncertainties of regulations regarding classifications of recycled structural elements need to be clarified in order to increase the reusing potential. The study examines what opportunities there are today for building with reused structural materials, what obstacles arise and how these problems should be handled. This was investigated by interviewing respondents with relevant competence in the construction industry and through a literature study. The study is limited to examining structural elements in wood, steel and concrete. The results showed that the potential for recyclable materials is currently not good due to the lack of regulations, incentives and that the supply of materials is limited. Structural materials have high structural requirements, which make them difficult to reuse. Furthermore, the results from the study showed that there are currently no clear standard tests to ensure the quality and durability of the materials. Therefore, this study has developed a guiding template to possibly reduce destructive testing and act as a guide for companies who want to reuse structure elements but do not know how to proceed.

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Dupont-Camara, Audrey. "« Déchets du BTP » et « Économie Circulaire » : de la matière déchue au matériau politique : saisir la matérialisation politique de la transition écologique en Occitanie à partir des déchets - matériaux de (dé)construction en circulation." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Perpignan, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024PERP0017.

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Cette recherche doctorale souhaite réhabiliter une approche processuelle de l'Anthropocène, compris comme une dynamique particulière, basée sur des relations aux non-humains évolutives, avec de forts impacts sur les « effets systémiques globaux » qui sont susceptibles de retreindre la possibilité des humains de maîtriser l'orientation des trajectoires locales (Beau et Larrère, 2018). Pour ce faire, les « déchets du BTP » ou les déchets-matériaux de (dé)construction sont problématisés en tant que « matériaux politiques » (« political matter » - Braun et Whatemore, 2010 ; Pilo' et Jaffe, 2020), à la fois physiques et discursifs (Rudolf, 2012), investis par des acteurs diversifiés à différentes échelles et au centre des jeux de pouvoir. À travers la sociologie des associations (Latour, 2007), la lecture matérielle et relationnelle (Blanc et al., 2020) proposée ici inclut l'ensemble des groupes sociaux reliés par ces matières physiques ou discursives : ceux qui interagissent directement avec ces déchets ou matériaux ; ceux qui décident ou sont responsables de leur gestion ; ceux qui en parlent et se mobilisent autour de leur gestion. Au-delà de l'aspect sociotechnique, la narration par les circulations im/matérielles (Choplin, 2020 ; Quet, 2022) de ces déchets-matériaux a démontré leur caractère politique et leur sociabilisation autour des problématiques des dépôts sauvages et des pollutions industrielles à l'échelle locale. Dans un contexte de transition vers l'Économie Circulaire annoncée par les politiques écologiques (loi LTECV de 2015 ; loi AGEC de 2020), l'entrée par les matières en circulation a ensuite rendu visible la dynamique contemporaine de globalisation (Abélès, 2008) du référentiel d'Économie Circulaire dans les milieux du déchet comme de la construction. Elle a permis d'observer les glissements thématiques d'une stratégie politique à l'autre à l'échelle (supra)nationale comme le travail de traduction (Akrich et al., 2013) complexe, long et sinueux des acteurs régionaux afin de prendre en main ces sujets. Passant du politique à l'action, cette thèse s'est concentrée sur la structuration de l'action publique autour de la transition vers l'Économie Circulaire dans la construction à l'échelle régionale. Cette analyse dissocie le fond de la forme en distinguant les trajectoires politiques des transitions écologiques (depuis la gestion plus circulaire des déchets à la transition des pratiques constructives), des modes opératoires choisis par les acteurs (animation, soutien financier, constitution de réseaux). Repérant le mouvement d'individuation (Abélès, 2008) au sein de la Région Occitanie, cette thèse interroge la stratégie politique singulière de cet acteur et les transformations observées dans l'action écologique – ici rattachée aux « déchets du BTP ». Enfin, dans une perspective holistique, l'objectif final était de qualifier ce que signifie « agir pour l'écologie » pour cette collectivité dont l'action publique écologique est balbutiante mais innovante (Laboratoire des Transitions et Pacte Vert pour l'Occitanie). Ainsi, l'analyse par les transitions institutionnelles et socio écologiques (Carrère et al., 2019) a permis d'enquêter la montée en compétences et la matérialisation d'une politique écologique au sein de la Région Occitanie, qui s'est appuyée sur la territorialisation des politiques de l'Économie Circulaire introduite à l'échelle régionale par le thème des déchets This doctoral research aims to rehabilitate a processual approach to the Anthropocene, understood as a particular dynamic, based on evolving relationships with non-humans, with strong impacts on "global systemic effects" that are likely to restrict the possibility of humans to control the direction of local trajectories (Beau and Larrère, 2018). To this end, "construction waste" or waste-materials from (un)construction are problematized as "political matter" (Braun and Whatemore, 2010; Pilo' and Jaffe, 2020), both physical and discursive (Rudolf, 2012), invested by diverse actors at different scales and at the center of power games. Through the sociology of associations (Latour, 2007), the material and relational reading (Blanc et al., 2020) proposed here includes all the social groups linked by these physical or discursive materials: those who interact directly with these wastes or materials; those who decide or are responsible for their management; those who talk about them and mobilize around their management. Beyond the sociotechnical aspect, the im/material circulations narrative (Choplin, 2020; Quet, 2022) of these waste-materials demonstrated their political character and their socialization around the issues of illegal dumping and industrial pollution on a local scale. In a context of transition to the Circular Economy announced by ecological policies (LTECV law of 2015; AGEC law of 2020), the entry through circulating materials then made visible the contemporary dynamics of globalization (Abélès, 2008) of the Circular Economy referential in both waste and construction circles. We can thus observe the thematic shifts from one political strategy to another on a (supra)national scale, as well as the complex, long and winding translation work (Akrich et al., 2013) carried out by regional players in order to take control of these issues. Moving from policy to action, this work focuses on the public action in being of transition to Circular Economy in building sector on a regional scale. This analysis dissociates substance from form, distinguishing between the political trajectories of ecological transitions (from more circular waste management to the transition of construction practices), and the operating methods chosen by stakeholders (leadership, financial support, networking). Through a individuation movement (Abélès, 2008) within the Region Occitania, this thesis examines the singular political strategy of this actor and the transformations observed in ecological action - here related to "building waste". From a holistic perspective, the final objective is to qualify what "acting for ecology" means for this local authority whose ecological public action is in its infancy but innovative (Laboratoire des Transitions and Pacte Vert pour l'Occitanie). In this way, analysis through institutional and socio-ecological transitions (Carrère et al., 2019) made it possible to investigate the rise in competence and materialization of an ecological policy within the Region Occitania, which was based on the territorialization of Circular Economy policies introduced on a regional scale by the theme of waste

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Waern, Max. "Beställarens roll för ökat återbruk av byggmaterial : En kvalitativ intervjustudie." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-86278.

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Sveriges byggbransch genererar årligen stora mängder avfall som under 2018 uppgick till 13 miljoner ton vilket motsvarar 35 % av Sveriges totala genererade avfall. För att klara de globala hållbarhetsmålen och minska byggbranschens klimatpåverkan behöver resursanvändningen och uttaget av jungfruliga resurser minska. Diskussionen om ett hållbart samhällsbyggande kretsar kring en fossilfri och resurseffektiv värdekedja och kräver en övergång till cirkulära flöden. I byggbranschen är beställaren den huvudsaklige kravställande parten som besitter stor potential till förändring av hela branschen men den egna medvetenheten hos beställare varierar kraftigt beroende på målgrupp, organisationens storlek och ekonomiska förutsättningar. I denna studie har en intervjustudie genomförts för att undersöka beställarens roll för ökat återbruk av byggmaterial vilket lett till insikter om beställarens roll samt de främsta utmaningar för nämnt syfte. Respondenterna i studien har varit yrkesverksamma i byggbranschen med olika grad av professionell erfarenhet av återbruk av byggmaterial, som representerat olika typer av aktörer inom byggbranschen. I forskningen studeras idag möjligheten till återbruk av byggmaterial i innovations- och pilotprojekt för att hitta arbetsmetoder och lösningar för större flöden av återbrukat material och produkter inom byggbranschen. Denna studie har som avsikt haft att fortsatt undersöka återbrukets potential och utmaningar utifrån ett beställarperspektiv på en branschnivå och har resulterat i kunskap om beställarens roll för ökat återbruk av byggmaterial. Studien visar att beställaren besitter en nyckelroll för att driva förändringsarbetet inom branschen. Det framgår att det finns stora skillnader i beställarens medvetenhet över branschen och att de största aktörerna driver framgångsrika projekt med fokuserat återbruksarbete. Samtidigt är mindre beställare, som till antalet utgör stor del av byggbranschens aktörer, långt ifrån att driva återbruk som en del av hållbarhetsfrågan på grund av okunskap och avsaknad av efterfrågan från kunder. Studien presenterar även de främsta utmaningar som branschens beställare står inför för att gå mot större flöden av återbrukat byggmaterial. Dessa utmaningar visar sig vara; kunskapsbrist och erfarenhet, bristen på aktörer som arbetar med återbruk, att nya arbets- och tankesätt måste realiseras, att det befintliga regelverket måste förändras till att gynna återbruk, att stora delar av branschen inte är redo, logistik och lagerhantering samt medvetenheten om ekonomiska förutsättningar. För att vidare studera återbruk inom byggbranschen vore det intressant att studera olika entreprenadformers påverkan på återbruksmöjligheter. En annan intressant tråd att arbeta med vore att ta fram konkreta ekonomiska incitament för minskat avfall och ökat återbruk från höga strategiska nivåer för att på en branschnivå driva förändringsarbetet mot cirkulära flöden. Som vidare undersökning utifrån denna studie vore det av stort värde att genomföra en större kvalitativ studie med statistiska slutsatser som kan bidra med underlag för beslut för beställare och lagstiftning. Sweden's construction sector generates large amounts of waste annually and amounted 2018 to 13 million tonnes of waste, which corresponds to 35 % of Sweden's overall generated waste. In order to meet the global sustainable development goals and reduce the climate impact of the construction sector, the use of resources and the abstraction of virgin resources need to be reduced. The discussion about sustainable construction development revolves around a fossil-free and resource-efficient value chain and requires a transition to circular material and economic flows. In the construction sector, the client is a demanding party who has great potential to push for change over the entire industry, but the self-awareness of the client varies greatly depending on the target group, the size of the organisation and economic conditions of the client’s organisation. In this study, an interview study has been conducted to investigate the client's role in increasing reuse of building materials, which has led to insights into the role of the client as well as the main challenges for the stated purpose. The respondents of the study are professionals in the construction industry with various levels of professional experience in the reuse of construction materials, representing different types of actors in the construction industry. Researchers are currently studying innovation and pilot projects to find new or improved working methods and solutions for greater volumes of recycled materials and products. This study aims to continue to investigate the potential and the arisen challenges of reuse from a client's perspective at an industry level and has resulted in knowledge of the client's role in increased reuse of building materials. The study shows that the client has a key role to play in driving change in the industry. Even though, it appears to be major differences in the client’s awareness across the industry and the largest actors are running successful projects with focused reuse work. At the same time, smaller client’s, who make up a large part in number of the industry's actors, have long ways to go before adopting reuse as part of the sustainability issue due to inexperience and lack of demand from customers. The study also presents the identification of the main challenges for the industry's clients in order to move towards industrial volumes of reused building materials. These challenges are: lack of knowledge and experience, the lack of actors working with reuse, the realisation of new ways of working and thinking, the need to change the existing regulatory framework to promote reuse, a large number of actors are not ready to adopt methods of reuse, logistics and warehousing, and awareness of economic prerequisites. In order to further study reuse in the construction industry, it would be interesting to study the impact of different project delivery methods and its impact on reuse opportunities. Another interesting thread to follow up on would be to develop tangible financial incentives, for reduced waste and increased volumes of reused materials, from high strategic levels in order to drive change towards a circular economy. As a continuation of this study, it would be of great value to conduct a larger quantitative study with statistical deductions that can provide a basis for decisions for clients and legislative advancement.

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ZATTA, ELISA. "Reuse Design Project: Strategie e strumenti per il riuso di elementi edilizi in architettura come preservazione delle risorse materiali." Doctoral thesis, Università IUAV di Venezia, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11578/302256.

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La tesi di ricerca approfondisce il tema del riuso di prodotti e componenti edilizi quale strategia circolare e sostenibile per la gestione del costruito. Essa muove dalla duplice potenzialità che tale processo presenta attraverso la conservazione delle risorse materiali, limitando gli impatti dettati dalla produzione di rifiuti da costruzione e demolizione, nonché preservando, attraverso la conservazione formale e funzionale dell’elemento nella sua integrità, la cultura materiale che lo ha prodotto. Partendo dal quadro teorico e dello stato dell’arte, la tesi si struttura attraverso quattro linee di indagine parallele e complementari, mirate a restituire la complessità del tema secondo una visione quanto più possibile trasversale. La prima definisce il contributo dei processi di riuso a una sostenibilità intesa non solo in ottica ambientale, ma anche sociale, culturale ed economica. La seconda esamina il valore conferito alla pratiche di reimpiego da parte dei progettisti contemporanei, evidenziando come essi vi individuino un significato culturale, al quale si associano ragioni di matrice ambientale, etico-sociale o di potenzialità espressiva. La terza linea di indagine approfondisce le incongruenze e lacune della cornice normativa europea relativa al tema, individuando le ricadute di questo quadro sulle problematiche pregresse del settore. La quarta esamina la potenziale applicazione di questa strategia a scala urbana, definendo il Reuse Design Project quale “processo progettuale che, a partire dalla formulazione del concept di un nuovo edificio fino alla sua costruzione, prevede, studia e compie l’integrazione nello stesso di prodotti e componenti edilizi, derivanti da altre costruzioni, che il progettista individua e ritiene adeguati al progetto”. Gli esiti della ricerca consentono di determinare l’idoneità del riuso di prodotti e componenti edilizi quale strumento sostenibile per la gestione del costruito esistente, promuovendo la potenziale diffusione futura di tale approccio. Oltre a identificare suggerimenti e azioni da intraprendere in ambito normativo per favorire il reimpiego, la tesi propone degli strumenti operativi volti a massimizzare l’efficiacia del Reuse Design Project. L’applicazione di tali strumenti, simulata su di un caso studio reale, consente non solo di esaminarne gli esiti in termini di processo progettuale, ma anche di confrontarli con quelli di uno scenario convenzionale sotto il profilo della fattibilità tecnico-economica e degli impatti incorporati. L’analisi dei risultati ottenuti evidenzia i caratteri innovativi propri dell’approccio progettuale volto al riuso di elementi edilizi, delle figure professionali coinvolte e della gestione del processo di decostruzione, nonché la formazione di tipo culturale necessaria per promuovere questa strategia nella pratica di architettura.

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Mongeard, Laetitia. "Des gravats dans la ville : Pour une approche matérielle de la démolition." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSE2137.

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Tandis que la ville se renouvelle sur elle-même, les opérations inhérentes à ce phénomène produisent des quantités de déchets au moins équivalentes à celles des déchets ménagers dans le cas français. Parmi ces déchets figurent les gravats, visibles tantôt sous forme de montagnes sur les chantiers emblématiques, tantôt en tas informes en dépôt sauvage. L’enjeu du devenir de ces pondéreux est pris en compte par un cadre réglementaire qui impose leur valorisation. Du côté de la construction urbaine, ces déchets sont de plus en plus appréhendés comme gisement potentiel constituant une alternative aux ressources naturelles, dans des approches en termes de métabolisme territorial et d’économie circulaire. À travers le cas de l’agglomération lyonnaise, cette thèse considère le processus de production de ces gravats constitués comme matières premières secondaires. La démolition – objet principalement des sciences de l’ingénieur et en creux des sciences humaines et sociales dont la géographie – est appréhendée par sa matérialité, par le biais du suivi des gravats à partir d’un échantillon de chantiers. Considérant tour à tour la production des gravats, leur circulation et l’organisation et le fonctionnement du système en jeu, la thèse interroge les modalités et conditions de la participation de ces matériaux à la construction urbaine. Loin de faire l’objet, comme d’autres déchets, de filières de traitement institutionnalisées pour répondre au cadre réglementaire, les gravats relèvent d’un statut de déchet faible parce que potentiel et leur valorisation dépend de pratiques, tant techniques que spatiales – essentiellement de proximité – dès le début du chantier de démolition. La démolition, garante du devenir de ses matériaux, apparaît alors comme déterminante, menée aujourd’hui par un secteur entier dédié à la « déconstruction » et soumis à de forts enjeux d’adaptation à un contexte économique global pour une activité ancienne très ancrée dans son territoire. La participation des gravats à la construction urbaine passe par ailleurs par des valorisations basées sur une forte logique de proximité spatiale mais relevant d’enjeux distincts et potentiellement concurrent rendant nécessaire une structuration et hiérarchisation des matériaux comme des usages qui peuvent en être faits. Enfin, le système de transformation des gravats en matières premières secondaires se constitue actuellement, présentant alors l’aspect d’une filière dont l’enjeu sera probablement de coordonner les acteurs et pratiques existantes While the city is renewing itself upon its own foundations, the process and operations inherent in this phenomenon produce a quantity of waste equivalent, if not superior, to domestic waste in the case of France. Among this demolition waste, we find rubble, piled up in mountains on emblematic work sites or shapeless piles on the side of the road in unauthorised dumps. The issue of the future of these heavy materials is regulated within a framework that demands their reuse. In urban construction, waste tends to be seen more and more as a possible deposit, an alternative to natural ressources, thinking in terms of territorial metabolism and circular economy. By studying the case of the Lyonnais conurbation, this thesis studies the process of production of this rubble, a potential secondary raw material. Demolition - an issue mainly associated with engineering science and to a lesser extent with social science and humanities including geography - is comprehended in its materiality, through the monitoring of rubble, based on a sample of work sites. Considering in turns the production of rubble and its flow, as well as the organisation and functioning of the system brought into play, this thesis examines how demolition waste can participate in urban construction. Unlike other waste, that are subjected to institutionalised treatment to fit the legal frame, rubble is considered a relative, inert waste, whose reuse depends on technical and spatial practices - mainly on a local level - from the very beginning of the demolition process. This demolition process is therefore decisive since it is responsible for the future of these materials. That process relies on a whole sector dedicated to “deconstruction”, facing challenges to adapt to a global economic context while dealing with an old activity, deeply rooted on a local level. The use of rubble in urban construction also involves reuses based on proximity. However, the implementation of a clear structuring and hierarchisation of the materials, as well as what can be done with them, seems necessary considering the sometimes conflicting interests at stake. The system transforming rubble into secondary raw materials is currently developing ans shows that its main goal will be the coordination of actors and already existing practices

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Ren, Baiming. "Transforming alum sludge into value-added products for various reuse." Thesis, Ecole nationale des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019EMAC0002.

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La forte augmentation de la population mondiale entraîne une demande croissante en eau potable. La production d'eau potable est accompagnée par la génération de résidus du traitement de l'eau dont la boue d'aluminium qui est donc largement disponible mondialement. Ce travail se concentre sur l'identification des différentes voies de valorisation des boues d'aluminium afin de les réutiliser dans le domaine de l’environnement. Deux sources de boues d'aluminium, collectées en France et en Irlande, ont été étudiées dans divers domaines d’application en fonction de leurs caractéristiques. Tout d'abord, les boues d'aluminium ont été utilisées en remplacement d’une partie de l'argile dans la fabrication des briques, en incorporant différents pourcentages de boues d'aluminium et à différentes températures. Les briques résultantes ont été caractérisées et les résultats ont montré que les briques composées de boues d'aluminium et d'argile sont conformes aux « normes européennes et irlandaises » et démontrent ainsi le potentiel pour une application industrielle des boues d'aluminium dans la fabrication de briques en terre cuite irlandaises. Dans un second temps, les boues d’aluminium ont été utilisées comme adsorbant des polluants présents dans l’agriculture. Le glyphosate est un ingrédient actif dans les pesticides utilisés massivement dans l'agriculture irlandaise et représente une problématique environnementale. La boue d’aluminium et la tourbe irlandaise ont été comparées pour l’élimination du glyphosate lors de tests en pot à l’échelle laboratoire. Les résultats ont montré que la boue d’aluminium permet d’éliminer le glyphosate à plus de 99% et réduire les niveaux de DCO. Cet aspect scientifique a permis d’être dans la sélection des adsorbants possibles pour le traitement des eaux usées agricoles en Irlande. Le co-conditionnement et la déshydratation des boues de station d’épuration avec des boues d’aluminium liquides ont également été étudiés. Pour cela, le Jar test a été effectué sur des boues issues d’une station de traitement des eaux française. Les résultats ont montré que le rapport optimal de mélange des boues est de 1:1 (boues d’épuration : boues d’aluminium). Ainsi, la quantité de polymère utilisée peut être diminuée de 14 fois par rapport aux technologies actuelles. Cette approche a permis de montrer la possible valorisation des boues d’aluminium comme un moyen durable et technique permettant ainsi l’élimination des boues localement pour une même station de traitement des eaux. Une autre voie de valorisation des boues d’aluminium comme adsorbant pour la purification des gaz a été étudiée lors d’expériences d’adsorption de H2S dans un réacteur à lit fixe dans différentes conditions expérimentales. Les données expérimentales d’adsorption du H2S ont été modélisées à l'aide de modèles empiriques basés sur la cinétique des processus d'adsorption. Les résultats ont montré que les boues d'aluminium sont un adsorbant efficace pour l'élimination du H2S (capacité de 374,2 mg H2S / g solide) et que des mécanismes mis en jeu sont l'adsorption dissociative et l'oxydation. Les coefficients de transfert de masse globaux ont également été calculés et pouvant ainsi être utilisés pour la prédiction. Enfin, les gâteaux de boues d'aluminium ont été réutilisés pour la purification simultanée d’H2S et le traitement des eaux usées. Les résultats ont montré la capacité de cet adsorbant pour éliminer tout le H2S présent avec une grande efficacité d’élimination de la DCO, TN et TP. Ainsi, il a été démontré la valorisation des boues d’aluminium en tant qu’adsorbant pour une purification du H2S simultanée avec le traitement des eaux usées The production of drinking water always accompanied by the generation of water treatment residues (WTRs). Alum sludge is one of the WTRs, it is an easily, locally and largely available by-product worldwide. This work focuses on the identification of different ways to valorize the alum sludge for environmentally friendly reuse. Two alum sludges collected from France and Ireland have been reused in various fields as a function of their characteristics. Firstly, alum sludge was used as a partial replacement for clay in brick making, by incorporating different percentages of alum sludge and calcined at different temperatures (range from 800 to 1200 °C). The resultant bricks were tested for compression, Loss on Ignition, water absorption, appearance, etc. Results show that alum sludge-clay bricks have met the “European and Irish Standards” and demonstrated the huge industrial application potential for alum sludge in Irish clay brick manufacturing. Glyphosate is an active ingredient in pesticide which is massive employed in agriculture. Alum sludge and Irish peat were compared for glyphosate removal in pot tests, results show that alum sludge present significant glyphosate removal capacity (>99 %) and could reduce the level of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD). It provided a scientific clue for sorbents selection when considering the agricultural wastewater treatment in Ireland and to maximize their value in practice. The co-conditioning and dewatering of sewerage sludge with liquid alum sludge was also investigated in Jar-test based on the case analysis of a water industry in France. Results show that the optimal sludge mix ratio is 1:1, the use of the alum sludge has been shown to beneficially enhance the dewaterability of the resultant mixed sludge, and highlighting a huge polymer saving (14 times less than the current technologies) and provided a sustainable and technical sludge disposal route for the local water industry. The use of alum sludge as a sorbent for gas purification was studied by H2S adsorption experiments in a fixed-bed reactor with various operating parameters. The experimental breakthrough data were modeled with empirical models based on adsorption kinetics. Results show that alum sludge is an efficient sorbent for H2S removal (capacity of 374.2 mg/g) and the mechanisms including dissociative adsorption and oxidation were proposed. Moreover, the overall mass transfer coefficients were calculated which could be used for the process scaling up. Finally, alum sludge cakes were reused in the novel aerated alum sludge constructed wetland (CW), which were designed for simultaneous H2S purification and wastewater treatment. Results show that H2S was completely removed in the six months’ trials, while the high removal efficiencies of COD, total nitrogen (TN), total phosphates (TP) were achieved. Thus, a novel eco-friendly CW for simultaneous H2S purification and wastewater treatment was developed. In the different approaches and process considered, in particular it was put in investigating and describing the mechanisms involved. Overall, this work demonstrated alum sludge could be a promising by- product for various novel beneficial reuse rather than landfilling and provided a “Circular Economy” approach for WTRs management

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Narayana, Naidelage Chamari Pushpamali. "The role of reverse logistics on supply chain performance." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207373/1/Chamari%20Pushpamali_Narayana%20Naidelage_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis examines the effect of reverse logistics practices on supply chain performance in the construction sector that adversely impacts the environment. Mixed-method was adopted to examine the role of reverse logistics practices, environmental impacts of reverse logistics strategies, and the effect of reverse logistics on supply chain performance. Results revealed that waste management is the mere focus of reverse logistics in the industry, reuse is environmentally the best option, and reverse logistics favourably impact most of the performance criteria. The study provided recommendations for strategic decision and policy making for successful reverse logistics at macro, meso, and micro levels.

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Toma, Vivian, and Fredrik Wikström. "Övergång mot cirkulärt flöde av träavfall från byggarbetsplatser." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-80180.

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Dagens linjära materialflöde leder till att nyttjandegraden av råvaror är låg, vilket tömmer ut världens resurser och mängden avfall ökar. Samtidigt skapar den ökande världsbefolkningen och världsekonomin ett större tryck på dagens resurser vilket inte är hållbart i längden. Genom att övergå till cirkulär ekonomi betraktas genererat avfall som en resurs, vilket ökar resursutnyttjandet i samhället. Byggbranschen är den verksamhet som genererar mest avfall i Sverige och stor del av den genererade mängden är träavfall. Idag energiutvinns i stort allt trä som kasseras och samtidigt sker ett ökat intresse för användning av materialet. Syftet med denna studie är att ta reda på hur och i vilken mängd träavfall från bygg- och rivningsarbete kan materialåtervinnas före energiutvinning. Denna studie har kartlagt innehållet av tre containrar med träavfall från olika byggskeden; stomme, inredning och rivning. Kartläggningen utfördes med en sorteringsmetod som togs fram med hjälp av litteraturstudie och samtal med företag. De fyra möjliga sorteringsalternativ som togs fram under studien var Fingerskarvning / Återanvändning, Korslimmat trä, Lamellträ och Spånplattor. Kartläggningen visar att fördelningen av träavfall varierar stort beroende på byggskede. Vid inredning är det mycket lastpallar, träskivor och reglar, detsamma gäller för stomme dock med en färre andel skivmaterial. Vid maximal utdelning för stomme kan 19 % av träavfallet gå till Fingerskarvning / Återanvändning, Korslimmat trä 2 %, Lamellträ 35 % och Spånplattor 100 %. Vid rivning fanns endast treetex och råspont vilket endast kan användas till Spånplattor. För inredning kan 12 % av träavfallet gå till Fingerskarvning / Återanvändning, Korslimmat trä 3 %, Lamellträ 10 % och Spånplattor 100 %. För stomme och inredning är resultatet baserat på en accepterad sortering för grånat och smutsigt virke för de två förstnämnda alternativen. Slutsatsen blir att allt träavfall kan användas till bättre alternativ än energiutvinning. Tills problemen med Korslimmat trä och Fingerskarvning / Återanvändning har lösts bör sortering ske utefter Lamellträ och Spånplattor. Today's linear material flows leads to a low utilization of raw materials, which depletes the world's resources and the amount of waste increases. At the same time, the growing world population and world economy are creating more pressure on today's resources which is not sustainable in the long run. By converting to a circular economy, generated waste is regarded as a resource, which increases the utilization of resources in society. When it comes to generated waste, the construction industry is the biggest sector in Sweden and wood waste is a large part of the generated amount. Almost all wood waste today is combusted for energy recovery, and at the same time, there is an increased interest in using the material. The purpose of the study is to find out how, and in what amount, wood waste from construction and demolition work can be recycled before energy recovery. This study has made a survey of the contents of three containers with wood waste from different construction stages; frame, fixing and demolition. The survey was carried out using a sorting method that was developed by studying literature and speaking with companies. The four possible sorting options that were found during the study were Finger jointed / Reuse, Cross-laminated timber, Laminated wood and Particleboard. The survey shows that the distribution of wood waste varies greatly depending on the stage of construction. In the fixing stage, there are a lot of pallets, wooden boards and studs. The same goes for the frame stage, however, with a smaller proportion of board material. The maximum percentages for each of the sorting options for the frame stage are 19 % to Finger jointed / Reuse, Cross-laminated timber 2 %, Laminated wood 35 % and Particleboard 100 %. During demolition, there were only treetex and tongued and grooved board that can only be used for Particleboard. For the fixing stage, 12 % of the wood waste can go to Finger jointed / Reuse, Cross-laminated timber 3 %, Laminated wood 10 % and Particleboard 100 %. For the frame and fixing stage the results are based on an accepted sorting of gray and dirty wood for the two first mentioned sorting options. The conclusion is that all wood waste can be used for better alternatives than energy recovery. Until problems with Cross-laminated timber and Finger jointed / Reuse have been solved, sorting should be based on Laminated wood and Particleboard.

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Molli, Bala Kiran. "Construction and demolition waste management in India, sustainable measures, methodologies to estimate and control waste." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/24194/.

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Construction waste management is critical today. One of the most serious issues confronting the building industry is the scarcity of aggregate for the manufacturing of concrete. Wasted construction materials resulted in significant financial losses for builders, contractors, regional governments, and the country. Because the waste generated by demolition of structures is greater than the waste generated during development, there is a need for Construction and Demolition Management (C & D) In India, wastes, as opposed to Municipal Solid Wastes, is a relatively new topic. To begin with, there is no accurate estimate of the amount of waste produced in India. The main reason is that less focused on this issue. The proper utilization of building waste is a solution to the construction industry's rapid degradation of virgin raw materials. There is a lack of a regulatory framework and strict enforcement in this problem. This study contains specific recommendations for closing the loopholes in the problem. The current global status of building and demolition waste management is examined in this research, as well as the sustainable waste management hierarchy, to address the waste issue. Methods and various construction reuses are presented in this paper so that waste material created during demolition can be properly utilized. The importance of the reduce, reuse, and recycle (3R) concept for managing construction waste in India is highlighted in this research.

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Seyed, Salehi Seyed Shahabaldin. "A comparative study of Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and EN 15804 in the construction sector concentrating on the End-of-Life stage and reducing subjectivity in the formulas." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-266551.

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One of the main polluting industries in the world with high environmental impact is the construction industry which also generates a huge amount of waste. To overcome the seburdens, we need to reduce the impacts through new solutions, technologies and by injecting circular economy concept into the industry. Construction and building material industry are responsible for nearly 11% of all GHG emissions and the usage of residential/commercial buildings is contributing to 28% of all GHG emissions globally. the construction industry is also responsible for 35% of the total wastes in the European Union. Both linear economy and emissions of the construction sector are becoming more important in recent years that led to the development of many standards, frameworks and innovations. Reporting environmental burdens of the construction elements, products and construction works or construction projects is one of the ways for emissions accounting. Therefore, a report on environmental impacts of goods or services is called environmental product claims which can be based on a single criterion (like CO2 emission or % of recycled content) or based on a complete LCA study with multiple impacts. These reports have been classified by ISO 14020 series in three types, Type I (third-party certified label), Type II (self-declared claims) and Type III (the third party verified declaration based on LCA study). The third type is known as Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). To make the LCA results in EPD:s comparable, Product Category Rules (PCR) are developed. The regulations for the construction materials are defined in EN 15804 so the declarations of the building materials and construction works according to these regulations are compliant with EN 15804. Another framework for environmental declarations called, Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) is developed in Europe. Besides Business to Business declarations that are the target group for EN 15804, PEF also includes environmental labelling (type I) with consumers as the target group. The PCR:s from the updated version of EN15804:2012+A2:2019 can be regarded as the parallel methodology specification for the construction materials in the PEF system. Other product groups' rules and specifications are based on the PEF guidance document. The overall aims of this study are to compare the EN 15804 and PEF formulas concentrating on credits at the end of life and after the end of life stage and to reduce the subjectivity of two variables, energy margin, and recycling rate in the assessment of recycling alternatives after the end-of-life stage. Calculated credits can be included differently in the environmental declarations depending on the methodological approach. PEF includes the End-of-Life (EoL) credits into the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study and adds them to the product's performance results, while EN 15804 mandates to report the credits from recycling/recovery separately as supplementary information to the products environmental performance. To compare the credits that are calculated according to PEF and EN 15804, a separate indicator is virtually defined for PEF in order to calculate all the credits separately and compare the results with EN 15804 Module Dresults to give the reader an overview of the most beneficial uses of the construction waste according to PEF and EN 15804. Reducing subjectivity of choosing recycling rate has been addressed by developing more transparent and less subjective tool by integrating and using DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) and BRE (center for building research in the UK) methods. For energy margin, this has been done by integrating energy margin calculation tool by CDM (Clean Development Mechanism, United Nations) and find the contribution of different materials to the environmental benefits in and after the end of life stage of the building lifecycle. However, the DGNB and BRE methods require further development, since they are not originally developed for LCA studies and just used as the only current options available in order to make recyclability assessment methods compatible with LCA studies. Other methods, specifically for LCA, can also be developed in the future. Based on an inventory of the components and materials used in a real building, the most environmental benefits (credits) from downstream recycling/recovery considering all materials are generated for the wooden products when using the EN 15804 formula, while aluminium is in the second place. On the other hand, aluminium is in the first place and wood is second using the PEF formula. Aluminium has by far the most benefits (credits) considering the credits per kg of each material, due to the huge recycling potential that aluminium has and will replace primary aluminium in the future. Unlike PEF, EN 15804 reports all credits separately outside of the LCA system boundary. This is very beneficial since the correct verified LCA will not beaffected by the credits that are given based on current technologies when the end of life of the building components are between 40 to 120 years away from today. En av de industrier i världen med högst miljöpåverkan är byggbranschen som också genererar en enorm mängd avfall. För att hantera detta måste vi minska effekterna genom nya lösningar, teknologier och genom att använda konceptet cirkulär ekonomi i byggbranschen. Bygg- och byggnadsmaterialindustrin är ansvarig för nästan 11% av alla växthusgasutsläpp och användningen av bostäder / kommersiella byggnader bidrar till 28% av allaväxthusgasutsläpp globalt. Byggbranschen ansvarar också för 35% av det totala avfallet i EU. Både linjär ekonomi och utsläpp från byggsektorn har blivit viktigare under de senaste åren vilket har lett till utveckling av många standarder, ramverk och innovationer. Att rapportera miljöbelastningar för byggelement, produkter och bygg- och anläggningsarbeten är ett av sätten för utsläppsredovisning. Därför kallas en rapport om miljöpåverkan av varor eller tjänster Miljömärkning som kan baseras på ett enda kriterium (som CO2-utsläpp eller procent av återvunnet innehåll) eller baserat på en fullständig LCAstudie med flera effekter. Dessa rapporter har klassificerats enligt ISO 14020-serien i tre typer, typ I (tredjepartscertifierad märkning), typ II (självdeklarerade påståenden) och typ III (tredjepart verifierad deklaration baserad på LCA-studie). Den tredje typen är känd som Miljövarudeklaration/Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). För att göra LCA-resultat i EPD:er jämförbara, utvecklas Product Category Rules (PCR) (Produktkategoriregler). Regler för byggnadsmaterialen definieras i EN 15804, så deklarationerna om byggnadsmaterial och byggnadsarbeten enligt dessa regler överensstämmer med EN 15804. Ett annat ramverk för miljödeklaration är ProductEnvironmental Footprint (PEF) som är utvecklad inom EU. Förutom Business to Businessdeklarationer som är målgruppen för EN 15804 inkluderar PEF också miljömärkning (typ I) med konsumenter som målgrupp. PCR:erna från den uppdaterade versionen av EN 15804:2012 + A2: 2019 kan betraktas som den parallella metodspecifikationen för byggmaterialen i PEF-systemet. Andra produktgruppers regler och specifikationer är baserade på PEFs vägledningsdokument. De övergripande syftena med denna studie är att jämföra formlerna EN 15804 och PEF som koncentrerar sig på krediter i slutet av livscykeln och att minska subjektiviteten för två variabler, energimarginal och återvinningsgrad vid bedömningen av återvinningsalternativ i slutet av livscykeln. Beräknade krediter kan inkluderas olika i miljödeklarationerna beroende på den valda metoden. PEF inkluderar slutet av livscykeln (EoL)-krediter i livscykelanalys (LCA) -studien och lägger dem till produktens resultat, medan EN 15804 kräver att krediterna från återvinning rapporteras separat som kompletterande information till produkternas miljöprestanda. För att jämföra krediter som beräknas enligt PEF och EN 15804, definieras en virtuell separat indikator för PEF för att beräkna alla krediter separat och jämföra resultaten med EN 15804 Modul D-resultat för att ge läsaren en översikt över de mest fördelaktiga användning av byggavfall enligt PEF och EN 15804. Olika sätt att minska subjektiviteten i valet av återvinningsgrad behandlas genom att utveckla mer transparenta och mindre subjektiva verktyg med hjälp av metoder från DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) och BRE (Center for building research, UK). Energimarginal behandlas genom att integrera ett verktyg för energimarginaler från CDM (Clean Development Mechanism, FN) och hitta bidraget från olika material till miljöfördelarna i och efter livscykeln för byggnaden. DGNB och BRE metoderna kräver emellertid ytterligare utveckling, eftersom de inte ursprungligen är utvecklade för LCA-studier och bara används som de enda tillgängliga alternativen för att göra utvärderingsmetoder för återvinningsbarhet kompatibla med LCA-studier. Andra metoder, speciellt för LCA, kan också utvecklas i framtiden. Baserat på en inventering av komponenter och material som används i en riktig byggnad, genereras de största miljömässiga fördelarna (krediter) av nedströms återvinning av träprodukter när man använder EN 15804-formeln, medan aluminium ligger på andra plats. Å andra sidan är kommer aluminium i första hand och trä kommer på andra plats med PEFformeln. Aluminium har överlägset flest fördelar (krediter) per kg av varje material, på grundav den enorma återvinningspotentialen som aluminium har och kommer att ersätta primärt aluminium i framtiden. Till skillnad från PEF rapporterar EN 15804 alla krediter separat utanför LCA-systemgränsen. Detta är mycket fördelaktigt eftersom den korrekta verifierade LCAn inte kommer att påverkas av de krediter som ges baserat på nuvarande teknik när byggnadskomponenternas livslängd är mellan 40 och 120 år från idag.

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Al-karkhi, Zaid, and Josef Fadhel. "Implementation of Industrial Symbiosis : How can a collaborative network improve waste management?" Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279114.

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Global use of natural resources has accelerated during the past decade and emissions and waste have increased as a consequence. The construction sector is a major contributor to global carbon emissions and is responsible for as much as one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. The negative impact that industries across the world are having on the environment is getting recognized as a serious problem and the environmental awareness is growing. A significant amount of this impact could be reduced with increased resource efficiency. Our economic system needs to undergo an unprecedented transformation, to stop environmental degradation but also to assure sustainable access to natural resources in the future. To tackle this issue, institutions are pressuring to move away from our current linear economy with its “take-make-dispose” characteristics and move towards a circular economy that is waste-free by design. The concept of Industrial Symbiosis is seen as a means to do that. In these industrial networks that resemble biological symbioses, waste or by-products of one company become a resource for another. By engaging traditionally separate industries in a collective approach involving physical exchange of materials, energy and by-products, it is possible to divert waste from landfill and reduce the negative impact on the environment. From a company perspective, Industrial Symbiosis can reduce the need for raw materials as well as waste disposal costs while allowing companies to create new revenue from residue and by products. The aim of this report was to investigate the perspectives that stakeholders have on a potential participation in an Industrial Symbiosis network and the complex interplay of drivers, facilitators and barriers to the implementation, as well as how the responsibilities among the stakeholders could be divided in order to implement this concept in the most effective way. This was done by interviewing key stakeholders within the construction industry to get an overall perspective on their views. The results indicated a generally positive outlook on the concept of Industrial Symbiosis among the stakeholders. Key drivers and barriers were identified as economic – companies are only willing to invest if it is profitable, regulatory – regulations are an important enabling factor as they create the right incentives for companies to participate, organizational – A transformation of the business model is necessary in order to implement circular economy and technological – Technological developments and innovations will aid the implementation as it can increase efficiency and transparency among the network participants. A tentative model has been generated where the responsibility distribution among the stakeholders have been mapped in order to give a greater understanding of the dynamics of a potential network. Den globala användningen av naturresurser har ökat under det senaste decenniet och utsläpp och avfall har vuxit som en följd. Byggsektorn är en stor bidragande faktor till globala koldioxidutsläpp och ansvarar för så mycket som en tredjedel av de globala utsläppen av växthusgaser. Den negativa påverkan som industrier över hela världen har på miljön erkänns som ett allvarligt problem samtidigt som miljömedvetenheten växer. En betydande mängd av denna påverkan kan minskas med ökad resurseffektivitet. Vårt ekonomiska system måste genomgå en enastående omvandling, för att stoppa miljöförstöring men också för att säkerställa hållbar tillgång till naturresurser i framtiden. För att ta itu med denna fråga pressar institutionerna att flytta sig bort från vår nuvarande linjära ekonomi och gå mot en cirkulär ekonomi som är avfallsfri genom design. Begreppet Industriell Symbios ses som ett sätt att göra det. I dessa industriella nätverk som liknar biologiska symboler blir avfall eller biprodukter från ett företag en resurs för ett annat. Genom att engagera traditionellt separata industrier i en kollektiv strategi som involverar fysiskt utbyte av material, energi och biprodukter, är det möjligt att avleda avfall från deponering och minska den negativa miljöpåverkan. Ur ett företagsperspektiv kan Industriell Symbios minska behovet av råmaterial samt avfallskostnader samtidigt som företag kan skapa nya intäkter från rester och av produkter. Syftet var att undersöka de synpunkter som intressenter har på ett potentiellt deltagande i ett Industriellt Symbios-nätverk och det komplexa samspelet mellan aktörer för genomförandet, samt hur ansvaret mellan aktörerna ska delas upp för att implementera detta koncept på det mest effektiva sättet. Detta gjordes genom att intervjua viktiga aktörer inom byggbranschen för att få ett övergripande perspektiv på deras åsikter. Resultaten indikerade en generellt positiv syn på konceptet industriell symbios bland intressenterna. Viktiga drivkrafter och hinder identifierades som ekonomiska - företag är bara villiga att investera om det är lönsamt, regelverk - förordningar är en viktig möjliggörande faktor eftersom de skapar rätt incitament för företag att delta, organisatoriska - En omvandling av affärsmodellen är nödvändig i för att genomföra cirkulär ekonomi och teknik - Teknologisk utveckling och innovationer hjälper implementeringen eftersom det kan öka effektiviteten och öppenheten bland nätverksdeltagarna. En modell har genererats där ansvarsfördelningen bland intressenterna har kartlagts för att ge en större förståelse för dynamiken i ett potentiellt nätverk.

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Han, Sara Li-Chou. "Circular economy fashion strategies." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2017. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/620639/.

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Current design thinking focuses on incremental improvements to a linear system in which products are designed, produced and eventually disposed of. This continued consumption has resulted in over 1 million tonnes of discarded clothing and textiles entering into landfill each year in the UK. The effect of this high volume of waste is not only the loss of embodied energy and value, as re-useable items are disposed of, but continued environmental degradation through greenhouse gas emissions, toxic pollution and rapidly declining landfill space. Whilst consumers are increasingly aware of the consequences of continued consumption, there are limited options to act more responsibly. As much as 70% of textile waste is sent to landfill or incineration from municipal waste collections. In order to investigate these problems it was necessary to consider points at each stage in the cycle using an exploratory sequential mixed methods approach combining case studies, semi-structured interviews and a consumer survey. The practices of those collecting, sorting and grading post-consumer textiles, and those working within circular economy fashion to maximise the reuse and revaluation of such materials through their design practice, were analysed through semi-structured interviews, structured observation and process mapping. An online survey questionnaire evaluated how current consumer attitudes and behaviours would impact upon a circular economy fashion system, assessing how demographic categories define the way individuals view their own practice as consumers, users and eventual disposers. Results show the post-consumer textile collection industry to be in a state of flux. Organisations seeking to reuse and recycle post-consumer clothing and textiles face challenges in promoting the responsible disposal of these items in order to secure supply. Falling sale prices and uncertain collection volumes mean collectors are constantly struggling to extract as much value as possible through sorting and grading activities. Of the volumes collected for reuse and recycling, profit margins are low, resulting in drop in value of around 93% from new to used. Brands and designers working to create change by offering more conscientious product choices are struggling to connect with mainstream fashion consumers, hindered by a lack of industry acceptance and media coverage. Barriers to scaling up circular economy fashion strategies include a lack of market knowledge relating to consumers and the most effective promotional and retail strategies. Consumer insights show the youngest demographic group to be the most characteristic fashion leaders, but they also show the least regard for conscientious consumption. Regarding disposal, over one quarter of respondents across all demographic categories reported throwing old clothes in the bin, with convenience a major factor in such decisions. Indications from consumers show that those working within the industry, such as the brands, designers, producers and employers are viewed as having the greatest responsibility for making conscientious ethical and environmental choices. These findings present significant evidence to guide the development of an effective fashion communication strategy for a circular economy. The outcome is the proposal of a conceptual framework for transitioning towards a circular economy fashion system. This framework provides a guiding strategy for the successful integration of circular economy fashion practices into the mainstream.

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Milan, Umberto <1994&gt. "Circular economy, sustainable capitalism." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/17477.

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Blomsma, Fenna. "Making sense of circular economy." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/47907.

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Calls have been voiced to change economic and industrial systems such that they align with sustainable development. One concept, circular economy, has emerged recently as a way to rethink waste and resource management. Within this research circular economy is defined as an umbrella concept that centres on the phenomenon of assessing a collection of resource life-extending strategies. This research explored how practitioners interpret the circular economy concept and how this influenced the enactment of waste and resource management, by use of a tool termed the Circularity Compass that was constructed for this purpose. A qualitative case study approach was followed, where 15 participants were interviewed, covering 23 innovation projects for 19 focal companies. The following seven insights stand out. Participants considered 1) materials and products and in particular parts or modules as playing important roles in establishing what resource life-extending strategies are possible; 2) other flows besides those directly related to the manufacturing of a product, such as material flows co-used with the product as well as energy and information flows, and frequently directed their attention at the infrastructure that facilitates these flows; 3) those strategies that allow for the flexible use of product capacity as valid interpretations of what constitutes a resource life-extending strategy; 4) resource life-extending strategies in sets of two or more, where they were frequently thought of as intimately related to each other; 5) addressing one or more barriers seen as inhibiting appropriate waste and resource management directly, whilst other barriers were subject to assumptions not further explored, or not acted upon in a number of cases; 6) various resource life-extending strategies as possibilities of a proposed intervention, without the need to completely resolve targeted routes; and, lastly, 7) participants experienced difficulties progressing the proposed solutions due to an inability to generate financial and political support.

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Türk, Ferhat, and Roman Zandi. "Circular Economy : Reuse of packaging." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar produktionsutveckling (ML), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-263323.

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This study is about finding methods for reusing of packaging from Elekta's product "Leksell Gamma Knife ICON" with Circular Economy as the focus. There is no process for this today. The important thing is the analysis of the entire supply chain from Suppliers to customer and then back to Suppliers to get general ideas about what the problems are and then to draw conclusions for the opportunities that exists. The methods used are analyzes if it is cost-effective and environmentally efficient to transport back packaging to the Suppliers who handle these packaging. Costs for the return process have been calculated, which is Supplier work, packaging costs, packaging costs and transport costs. Transport emission in the form of carbon dioxide equivalents have been calculated in the return process. Carbon dioxide equivalents have been calculated for the manufacturing of new packaging and transport by road and ship. The calculated values in the return process are compared with how Elekta is doing today during the process of packing LGK as well as delivering to customers to identify if it is effective to implement a new return process. A solution proposal that fulfils the requirements from an environmental and economic perspective is reported. Environmentally, it is reduced by 459 CO2eq number of carbon dioxide equivalents with transport from the US, 457 CO2eq from China and 1185 CO2eq from Europe. Financially, the company saves 17 190 SEK with transport from the USA, 19327 SEK from China and 18 126 SEK from Europe. Denna studie handlar att om att hitta metoder för återanvändning av emballagen från Elektasprodukt ”Leksell Gamma Knife ICON” med Cirkulär ekonomi som fokus. Det finns ingen process för detta i dagsläget. Den viktiga är analysen av hela försörjningskedjan från leverantör till kund och sedan tillbaka till leverantörer för att få generella uppfattningar om vad problemen befinner sig och där ifrån dra slutsatser för möjligheterna som finns. De metoder som används är analyser om det är kostnads- och miljöeffektivt att transportera tillbaka emballage till de leverantörer som hanterar dessa emballage. Kostnader för returprocessen har beräknats vilket är leverantörsarbete, emballagekostnader, arbetskostnader och transportkostnader. Transportutsläpp i form av koldioxidekvivalenter har beräknats i returprocessen. Koldioxidekvivalenter har beräknats för tillverkning av nya emballage samt transport med lastbil och fartyg. De beräknade värden i returprocessen jämförs med hur Elekta gör idag under processen att packa LGK samt leverera till kund för att identifiera om det är effektivt att implementera en ny returprocess. Ett lösningsförslag där kraven uppfylls ur ett miljömässigt och ekonomisk perspektiv redovisas. Miljömässigt minskas det med 459 CO2eq antal koldioxidekvivalenter med transport från USA, 457 CO2eq från Kina och 1185 CO2eq från Europa. Ekonomiskt sparar företaget på 17 190 SEK med transport från USA, 19327 SEK från Kina och 18 126 SEK från Europa.

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Minunno, Roberto. "Circular Economy of Modular Buildings." Thesis, Curtin University, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82005.

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In this I PhD explored the application of the circular economy theory to buildings. I employed methods based on systematic review and meta-analysis, life cycle assessment, case study method and method development. I proposed a method to calculate the circularity of a building. Further, I conceptualized the circular economy building Legacy Living Lab. It resulted that by applying the circular economy to buildings 88% of CO2 emissions can be saved. I produced 5 academic papers.

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Lannestedt, Edén Sofia, and Alexander Nilsson. "Överblivna installationsprodukter och byggmaterial : Finns det affärs- och miljömässig bärighet att samla in överbliver material från byggarbetsplatser." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231985.

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Idag slängs stora mängder fullt fungerande material inom nyproduktionen i byggbranschen. Detta är ett dolt problem då materialet inte dokumenteras som överblivet material utan i vikt tillsammans med det övriga avfallet. Anledningen till att materialen slängs är den höga tidspressen inom produktionen och att det inte finns en standardiserad process för att ta tillvara på fullt fungerande överblivet material när det inträffar. Kassering av material anses vara lättare, vilket kräver mindre tid och resurser än att med eget initiativ och engagemang ta tillvara på det. Att återanvända material är en enorm miljövinst. Materialtillverkningen står för den största miljöpåverkan inom byggbranschen. Genom att hoppa över materialtillverkningsprocessen, tillsammans med all hantering och transport som denna process innefattar, kan miljöpåverkan minskas. Direkt återanvändning av material och produkter betyder att nytillverkningsprocessen kan undvikas samt hantering och transporter reduceras. För att göra direkt återanvändning av överblivet material möjlig behöver en rutin införas hos företagen och de olika projekten. Denna rutin behöver vara praktisk genomförbar och inom rimliga ekonomiska ramar. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om det är möjligt att uppföra ett logistikcenter där handel av fullt fungerande överblivet material kan ske. Miljömässiga och ekonomiska aspekter har granskats och vägts mot varandra. Att det överblivna materialet ska samlas på ett lager för att sedan kunna distribueras ut till försäljning och återanvändning. En granskning av de kostnader och intäkter som detta innefattar har utförts i form av en kalkyl. Intresse och efterfrågan har även undersökts. För att motivera till engagemang inom återanvändning av material har kopplingar dragits mellan hållbar utveckling, cirkulär ekonomi och miljömål. Studien har utförts på Skanska och avgränsats till nyproduktion av bostäder i Stockholmsområdet. Intervjuer och platsbesök står till grund för den insamlade informationen. Berörda personer i produktionsledningen från olika projekt har fått svara på frågor om egna erfarenheter angående överblivet material, avfallshantering, beställningar och planering av material men även om egna tankar och åsikter angående potentiella lösningar på problemet. Platsbesök har utförts på olika Skanska-projekt, en avfallsanläggning och på en uthyrningsenhet som Skanska själva driver. Svaren från dessa intervjuer och informationen från platsbesöken har sammanställts och analyserats. Slutsatsen blev att insamling av överblivet material från byggarbetsplatser visade sig, att åtminstone i teorin, vara genomförbart med avseende på ekonomiska och miljömässiga aspekter. Logistikcentret anses ha möjlighet att vara självförsörjande men även att gå med ekonomisk vinst. Genom att utveckla ett system för återanvändning av material tar byggbranschen ett stort kliv framåt inom hållbar utveckling. Today, large amounts of fully functional materials are being thrown away within the construction industry of new buildings. This is a hidden problem, as the materials are not documented as leftover materials but in weight together with the other waste. The reason for disposal of materials is the pressure of time in the production; also, that there is no standard process to utilize the fully functional leftover materials when it occurs. Disposal of materials is considered to be easier, which requires less time and resources than by own initiative and commitment to take care of the materials. Recycling by reuse of materials is a huge gain for the environment. Production of materials accounts for the biggest environmental impact in the construction industry. By skipping the material manufacturing process, along with the managing and transportation that it entails, reduction of the environmental impact can be achieved. Recycling by reuse of materials and products implies that the manufacturing process can be avoided and the managing and transportation of materials would be reduced. In order to make reusing of leftover materials possible, a routine needs to be introduced at the companies and the different projects. This routine needs to be practically feasible and within reasonable financial limits.The purpose of this study is to investigate whether it is possible to establish a logistics centre where trading of fully functional material can be done. Environmental and economic aspects have been reviewed and compared with each other. Leftover materials and products will be gathered in a warehouse and then distributed for sale and reuse. A review of the costs and revenues that the logistics centre includes has been carried out in the form of a calculation. Interest and demand have been investigated as well. To motivate commitment to the reuse of materials, connections have been made between sustainable development, circular economics and environmental goals. The study has been carried out in cooperation with Skanska and is delimited to production of new residential buildings in the Stockholm area. The collected information is based on interviews and site visits. People that are involved in the production management of different projects have answered questions about their own experience regarding leftover materials, waste management, order and planning of materials, but also their own thoughts and opinions regarding potential solutions to the problem. Site visits have been carried out on a waste facility, various Skanska projects and a rental unit that Skanska itself operates. The answers from these interviews and the information from the site visits have been compiled and analysed.

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Gasnier, Hugo. "Construire en terres d'excavation, un enjeu pour la ville durable." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019GREAH001/document.

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La thèse explore les potentiels d’utilisation des terres de déblais comme matériau de construction et examine la pertinence d’une valorisation de cette ressource pour une construction soutenable dans le contexte français actuel avec un focus plus particulier sur la région parisienne. Elle s'articule autour d'une double question qui s’inscrit dans le cadre de la transition écologique des milieux habités : est-t-il pertinent de transformer les terres d’excavation générées par les chantiers des grands centres urbains en ressource pour l’architecture et quels potentiels offrent-elles pour la construction de la ville durable? La croissance des grandes villes entraine chaque année la production de millions de tonnes de terres de déblais qui sont issues des terrassements nécessaires à la construction de nouveaux immeubles ou extraites lors de la création d’infrastructures de transport (tunnels, gares, routes, …). À lui seul, le chantier du Grand Paris Express « devrait peser de 30 à 40 millions de tonnes » de terres d’excavation qui seront principalement acheminées par péniches en dehors de Paris pour être stockées ou enfouies dans des sites adaptés. Ce processus représente un coût financier, énergétique et écologique phénoménal et l’enfouissement d’une ressource pourtant potentiellement utilisable, d’où l’intérêt de s’interroger sur les possibilités d’utilisation de ces terres comme matériau de construction. Au commencement de cette thèse en 2015, peu de recherches et encore moins de pratiques portaient sur ce sujet. Or, dès les premières rencontres, les acteurs ont exprimés leur intérêt pour cette possible valorisation des terres de déblais comme ressource. Il était donc temps, d’une part, de faire le point sur les connaissances scientifiques concernant la matière terre, les pratiques actuelles en architecture de terre et les professionnels spécialistes de la construction en terre. D’autre part, il s’agissait de décrypter le contexte et le système des acteurs des terres d’excavation sur le territoire du Grand Paris. Enfin, la présence d’acteurs motivés sur le Grand Paris a facilité la réflexion prospective sur le potentiel d’utilisation de ces terres en architecture, y compris en ayant la possibilité d’en observer les premiers résultats concrets This thesis explores the potentials of using excavated earth as a building material and examines the relevance of a valorization of this resource for sustainable buildings in the actual French context with a more particular focus on the Parisian region. It is structured around a double question within the framework of the ecological transition of the inhabited environment: is it relevant to transform the excavated earth of the construction sites of major urban centers into a resource for architecture and which are the potentials for the construction of a sustainable city ?The growth of big cities is generating millions of tons of excavated earth yearly, issued from the necessary earthworks for the construction of new buildings or excavated during the creation of transport infrastructures (tunnels, railway stations, roads,…). On is own, the Grand Paris Express construction site « should generate 30 to 40 millions of tons »[1] of excavated earth that will be principally shipped by barges out of Paris to be stocked or buried in adapted sites. This process has a huge financial, energetical and ecological cost, and a potential usable resource is buried, hence the importance of the question on the possibilities of using this earth as a building material.At the beginning of this thesis in 2015, few researches and even less practices had been done on the subject. But, ever since the first meetings, the actors expressed their interest for the possible valorization of the excavated earth as a resource.On one hand, it was time to make an inventory of the scientific knowledges of the material earth, the current practices in earthen architecture and the professional earthen building specialists. On the other hand, it was necessary to decrypt the context and the system of actors around the excavated earth in the Grand Paris territory. Finally, the presence of motivated actors in the Grand Paris has facilitated the prospective reflection on the potential use of these earths in architecture including having the opportunity to observe the first concrete results

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Adibi, Naeem. "Développement d’un indicateur d’évaluation d’impacts de la consommation des ressources : cas d'application à une extraction des matériaux versus un recyclage." Thesis, Ecole centrale de Lille, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016ECLI0013/document.

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L’augmentation de la consommation de ressources suscite des préoccupations quant à leur disponibilité. Ces dernières années, les organisations nationales et internationales ont défini l’approvisionnement durable des ressources et la mise en place d’une économie circulaire comme des objectifs centraux de leurs stratégies à court et long termes.Dans ce contexte, différentes approches méthodologiques relevant de l’Analyse du Cycle de Vie (ACV) sont utilisées pour caractériser l'impact de l'épuisement des ressources. Les approches actuelles fournissent néanmoins des visions partielles, car dépendantes de données disponibles limitées, et ne reflètent pas les défis de la société en lien avec cette question des ressources.La méthode et les facteurs nouvellement développés fournissent une vision plus exhaustive de la disponibilité des ressources et peuvent être utilisés dans des analyses du cycle de vie ou dans des approches d'économie circulaire. Ce travail fut produit en partenariat avec le cd2e et le pôle de compétitivité Team². Il a également été réalisé en collaboration avec le bureau d’études et d’expertise en ACV, Cycleco Increase in resource demand raises concerns over their availability. In the recent years, national and international institutions have targeted sustainable resource supply and new economy models (e.g. circular economy, etc.) as a goal of their short- and long-term strategies. In this context, different methodological approaches under Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework are used to address the impact of resource depletion. However, they provide partial visions, based on limited available data, and do not reflect society challenges related to the resources. The newly developed factors and the LCIA method provide a more exhaustive vision through the availability of resources and may be used in Life Cycle Assessment or circular economy approaches. This work is done in partnership with the cd2e and Team2 cluster. It is also carried out in collaboration with CYCLeco Life Cycle Assessment Experts

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Odongo, Martha Pauline Ojok, and Olivia Rose Gram Thomsen. "Circular Economy and Organisational Learning for SMEs : A study of SMEs practising circular economy in Kenya." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-45983.

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SMEs are an integral part of the Kenyan economy, and SMEs working with a circular economy (CE)can play a crucial role in contributing to sustainable growth and the nation’s sustainable development goals, Vision 2030. However, these SMEs face several challenges. This study aims to contribute to the body of research on CE and SMEs in developing countries, an area that is under-researched. Through the study, the researchers explore and bring to the fore the barriers and enablers experienced by SMEs practising CE in emerging economies. This study further examines whether SMEs can apply organisational learning to overcome and harness the barriers and enablers. This research is a qualitative study of an exploratory nature. Primary data was collected from SMEs across different sectors through semi-structured interviews. The main findings indicate that the SMEs face barriers with resources, collaborations, infrastructure, regulations and policies, culture, awareness, and the internal and external environment. However, these categories were also found to act as enablers in addition to adaptive spaces and knowledge management. The research further establishes that the present conditions in the external environment attached to weak policies and regulations are a barrier to progression and learning in CE. This study invites further research of circular economy in developing countries and practical solutions for a way forward.

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Girotti, Andrea. "Packaging strategies for the Circular Economy." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017.

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As volumes of packaging waste are increasing worldwide, the urge to reduce environmental and health impacts caused by this waste stream is leading to rising concern over how it is managed and disposed of. At the same time, resource scarcity and linear consumption patterns have regained attention among business leaders, policy makers and people who have become increasingly aware of the importance of reversing this trend using a sustainable model of growth, also known as ‘sustainable development’. The circular economy is a new paradigm within sustainability that focusses on resource efficiency, waste minimisation and low-carbon economy supporting the shift towards sustainable growth and enabling new business opportunities. Using a set of complementary analytical methods, this research evaluates the performance of the Italian system, making use of intervention theory combined with an analysis of the barriers to the circular economy within three areas: regulatory framework, recycling awareness, eco-innovation and prevention. It also describes the functions of CONAI and the results achieved with respect to national and European objectives. In addition, this paper approaches some of the barriers to the circular economy in Italian packaging and packaging waste systems through a case study on a fictitious company selling aluminium coffee capsules whose features are in the context of real world companies dealing with packaging. The findings of this thesis highlight the areas in which Italian packaging and packaging waste management is facing barriers to the circular economy. The findings also highlight how circular economy in Italy is either failing or succeeding, and the potential initiatives and strategies which could overcome barriers to its successful implementation. Moreover, the findings of the case study reveal ways in which to implement circular economy strategies on a specific packaging value chain in Italy while complying with national regulations.

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O’Grady, Timothy Michael. "Circular Economy of Advanced Prefabricated Buildings." Thesis, Curtin University, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89151.

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This PhD documents the design, construction and assessment of a Circular economy building: The Legacy Living Lab. L3 is now an operational Curtin University - off campus - building located in Fremantle and it leading the field in circular economy in construction by incorporating 28 industry partners to merge industry academia and society. The results of this PhD include a circular economy index and seven peer reviewed publications.

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Baxter, Weston L. "Designing circular possessions : exploring human-object relationships in the circular economy." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/52779.

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This thesis argues the need for a fundamental shift from the design of products to the design of possessions in the circular economy. Possessions in the circular economy are characterised by interactions resulting in a user-object relationship rather than legalese and differ from the linear economy in terms of their length of use and number of users. Individual users are thus seen as critical actors to enable material circulation in that they take possession and dispossess of products. Two key topics—psychological ownership and contaminated interaction—are explored in detail to fill theoretical gaps in design research and practice. After discussing these topics, some directions and guidelines are suggested. Possession or ownership is taken as an innate human desire. A framework describes the method of developing ownership including the motives, routes, and paths that guide the development of that relationship. This framework is used to describe object attachment to inform product longevity and decisions around keeping and discarding. It is also useful to help explain why some access-based models are adopted while others are not. Maintaining perceived value in the circular economy entails mitigating contaminated interaction—tainted interaction due to prior use and prior users. Contaminated interaction is shown to affect new circular business opportunities, disposal decisions and downcycling. A typology is presented to characterise indicators of use with an emphasis on sensorial material properties. Aversion to used products is found to come from three drivers: hygiene, utility and territory. A theoretical framework for contaminated interaction is presented which is explored through positive and negative forms of contamination. Finally, a case study shows how alterations in product characteristics lead to improper disposal and act as an example of what it means to design of circular possessions.

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Brodersen, Pauline, Johanna Håkansson, and Rodrigues Coelho Viktor Pombal. "Circular Economy, the future economy model for retailers : A qualitative study on retailers understanding of Circular Economy and their sustainability work progress." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-95338.

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This thesis is about Circular Economy and sustainability through a retailer’s perspective. There has also been a focus on researching and trying to find out if the size of the retailer matters in a sustainability perspective and to achieve a Circular Economy. The research that has been made is done with a deductive approach and a qualitative method. Interviews have been held over a timeframe of a week in May 2020. Because of the pandemic, Covid-19, all of the interviews were held over telephone or email to ensure safety for all respondents, including the safety for the authors. The theory chapter has been conducted through peer-reviewed articles and literature. This chapter has then been divided into smaller parts chapters, as Circular Economy, Sustainability and Supply chain, and Triple bottom line. After the theory chapter the method in how the research have been done and why specific methods have been preferred over others. Following chapter is the empirical findings bundled together with analysis, each interview comes first separately and divided in the same way as the theory and are then compared in an analysis. The conclusion is that retailers need to continue working to become more sustainable. A way for retailers to present their work towards Circular Economy and sustainability is to be transparent and will reach consumers’ which can lead to higher reliability. There is a difference between larger and smaller retailers, it is in how the larger retailers have worked more towards incorporate Circular Economy model and sustainability in comparison to the smaller retailers.

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Lu, Xupeng (Luke), Shuiwei (Lucy) Wang, and Jie (Jim) Hu. "Government Interventions in Developing a Circular Economy." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Business Administration, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3422.

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This dissertation focuses on the roles of government intervention in developing circular economy. We start with a pre-study of the theories and literature related to circular economy in the developed countries around world. Several case studies are adopted to illustrate the different measures in developing circular economy. Case studies concerning the environmental taxation, the tradable permits and the green certificate system put an emphasis on the economic role of government intervention. A case study of a circular economy in the city of Kristianstad including C4 Energy Company and waste management covers all the measures in harmonization. At last a framework of government interventions and eight proposals based on Swedish experience are tested and supported. Then a comparison between Sweden and China is carried on under a Chinese context through a case study of Chinese Eco-park. The framework is categorized into three aspects: state regulation, economic instruments and social balance mechanism. After the comparison, some modifications are done. We develop a framework and eight proposals in developing a circular economy in China.

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Blissett, Robert. "Coal fly ash and the circular economy." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6002/.

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Coal fly ash (CFA) can be regarded as a unique material with the potential to be a showcase waste to illustrate the concept of the circular economy. The application of a processing scheme to power station CFA allows the exploitation of multiple components of the product. The CFA can be separated into low density, carbon, and magnetic concentrates as well as the residual fly ashes. This work contributes to a growing body of research that suggests multi component utilisation of CFA is technologically, environmentally, and economically imperative. The thesis explores five separate but related themes that attempt to increase the exploitation of CFA. In the first it is shown that CFA products that are derived from a commercial scale processing scheme exhibit differences in bulk chemistry, mineralogy, and particle size. In the second theme, a study of the rheology of CFA suspensions was conducted. The third aspect of the thesis explores the current method of recovering cenospheres from bulk CFA. The fourth part of the thesis covers the separation of carbon from CFA using an environmentally benign waste material such as vegetable oil. Finally, a silver activated titanium dioxide floating photocatalyst has been manufactured using cenospheres as an industrially derived substrate.

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Muzaiek, Samir, and Merico João Murilo Silva. "The Circular Economy: A path to sustainability?" Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-44360.

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Background: The Circular Economy model came as an alternative to the linear “use and dispose” production system. It argues to promote an economic order that can address the waste of aftermarket goods and a more efficient use of resources and raw materials. It further promises economic gains from a more efficient resource management and extended use of products lifecycle, in conjunction with new employment opportunities that arise as a result of new business models and industrial processes. Whilst the Circular Economy is surely a departure from traditional economic systems, there has been not enough debate on the full impacts as well as possible unintended consequences of its implementation. Purpose: The purpose is to examine the Circular Economy adoption approach in the Jönköping county in Sweden and how this approach contributes to sustainability improvement. Purpose: The purpose is to examine the Circular Economy adoption approach in the Jönköping county in Sweden and how this approach contributes to sustainability improvement. Method: This is an exploratory research which is based on a qualitative design with an inductive approach and interpretive paradigm. The research follows a case study of a pilot project to help SMEs in Jönköping county - Sweden, to implement Circular Economy. The primary data is collected through semi-structured interviews with the project coordinators. Conclusion: The Circular Economy Project in Jönköping takes into consideration all three resource loops on their implementation of CE based on Bocken et al (2016) resource loops. Embedding all three loops in the implementation of CE is a comprehensive and advanced form of circularity. Combined with the project high-level of sustainability awareness and their effort to integrate the social aspect into their Circular Economy, this research has placed the sustainability profile of the Project at the third level of the corporate sustainability stages presented by Landrum (2018), which is systemic sustainability.

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Bradley, Ryan T. "TRANSFORMING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY INTO A HELICAL ECONOMY FOR ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING." UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/me_etds/135.

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The U.N. projects the world population to reach nearly 10 billion people by 2050, which will cause demand for manufactured goods to reach unforeseen levels. In order for us to produce the goods to support an equitable future, the methods in which we manufacture those goods must radically change. The emerging Circular Economy (CE) concept for production systems has promised to drastically increase economic/business value by significantly reducing the world’s resource consumption and negative environmental impacts. However, CE is inherently limited because of its emphasis on recycling and reuse of materials. CE does not address the holistic changes needed across all of the fundamental elements of manufacturing: products, processes, and systems. Therefore, a paradigm shift is required for moving from sustainment to sustainability to “produce more with less” through smart, innovative and transformative convergent manufacturing approaches rooted in redesigning next generation manufacturing infrastructure. This PhD research proposes the Helical Economy (HE) concept as a novel extension to CE. The proposed HE concepts shift the CE’s status quo paradigm away from post-use recovery for recycling and reuse and towards redesigning manufacturing infrastructure at product, process, and system levels, while leveraging IoT-enabled data infrastructures and an upskilled workforce. This research starts with the conceptual overview and a framework for implementing HE in the discrete product manufacturing domain by establishing the future state vision of the Helical Economy Manufacturing Method (HEMM). The work then analyzes two components of the framework in detail: designing next-generation products and next-generation IoT-enabled data infrastructures. The major research problems that need to be solved in these subcomponents are identified in order to make near-term progress towards the HEMM. The work then proceeds with the development and discussion of initial methods for addressing these challenges. Each method is demonstrated using an illustrative industry example. Collectively, this initial work establishes the foundational body of knowledge for the HE and the HEMM, provides implementation methods at the product and IoT-enabled data infrastructure levels, and it shows a great potential for HE’s ability to create and maximize sustainable value, optimize resource consumption, and ensure continued technological progress with significant economic growth and innovation. This research work then presents an outlook on the future work needed, as well as calls for industry to support the continued refinement and development of the HEMM through relevant prototype development and subsequent applications.

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Amoorizi, Varnamkhasti Kianoosh. "Competitive Business framework design toward the circular economy." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-86977.

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Lam, Dennis, Jie Yang, Yong Wang, Xianghe Dai, Therese Sheehan, and Kan Zhou. "New composite flooring system for the circular economy." Techno-Press, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18598.

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No Circular economy is an economic system aimed at minimizing wastes and making the most of the current resources. This regenerative approach contrasts with the traditional linear economy, which has been adopted by the construction industry. Developing new construction technologies for sustainable built environment is a top priority for the construction industry throughout the world. Much of the environmental impact from the construction industry is associated with the consumption of resources and generation of waste. The construction industry in Europe consumes over 70,000 million tonnes of materials each year and generates over 250 million tonnes of waste. Composite flooring formed by connecting the concrete slabs to the supporting steel beams has been widely used for many years and is well established as one of the most efficient floor systems in multi storey steel frame building structures. However, shear connectors are welded through the steel decking to the steel beams and cast into the concrete; this made deconstruction and reuse of these components almost impossible. A new composite flooring system which allows for the reuse of the steel beams and composite floor slabs is developed and tested to assess its potential and suitability for reuse. This paper presents the results of a series of full scale beam tests and demonstrates the reusability of this new form of composite flooring systems. Simplified hand calculations are also provided and compared against beam tests EPSRC, Structural Metal Deck Ltd.

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Andersson, Jonas. "Towards Circular Economy: Exploring states´ incentives for change." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22427.

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This paper explores how policy makers want a transition towards circular economy to look like and what solutions they visualize, with a focus on the why(?) arguments. By analyzing the discourse in states official roadmaps towards circular economy, this study forms an understanding for what motivates a transition. The findings show that the possibilities for economic gains and the creation of new markets are the main purpose to change. In addition to that, whenever the survivability of humanity and the environment was arguments for a change, it in almost all cases came back to the economical outsets with such transition, how much money can be gained/saved.

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