Maximizing the potential
Explore how circular economy principles can reshape the way we design and build. Learn how collaboration across stakeholders drives resource efficiency, and discover strategies for creating buildings and infrastructure that minimize waste, extend material life and deliver long-term value through smart, sustainable design.
Construction waste and resource use
The extraction of minerals used to produce construction materials is responsible for a quarter of global land use change and construction demolition processes drive nearly one-third of all material consumption — a key learning point in this part of the course, helping us to understand why effective climate protection measures and material strategies are so crucial in the construction sector in particular.
Circular economy principles
Brogan MacDonald and Paul Astle from Ramboll highlights the urgency to adopt circular economy in construction.
Circular construction with concrete
It is important to understand the different types of reuse and recycling. Consider the following diagram to learn about the hierarchy of most valuable to least valuable reuse scenarios for a given project.
Disassembly and Reusing Concrete Components
By designing assets for future disassembly, we open the door to true circularity and smart reuse. Curious to see how this works in practice? Click play and discover how thoughtful design decisions today shape a more sustainable tomorrow.
Recycling construction and demolition materials
Advanced crushing for upcycling
Find out more about Holcim's advanced CDM crushing technology in Saint-Laurent-de-Mure, France.
100% Recycled concrete building
The world's first fully recycled concrete building, enabled by Holcim's EcoCycle technology.
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