Circular economy in the construction industry: A systematic literature review

GLF Benachio, MCD Freitas, SF Tavares - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Construction Industry is responsible for over 30% of the extraction of natural
resources, as well as 25% of solid waste generated in the world. This happens because the …

Circular economy and the construction industry: Existing trends, challenges and prospective framework for sustainable construction

MU Hossain, ST Ng, P Antwi-Afari, B Amor - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
The circular economy (CE) concept has received increasing attention among different
parties on various levels recently. Due to the concern on significant resources consumption …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy in the building and construction sector: A scientific evolution analysis

M Norouzi, M Chàfer, LF Cabeza, L Jiménez… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
The building industry is responsible for considerable environmental impacts due to its
consumption of resources and energy, and the production of wastes. Circular Economy …

Construction and built environment in circular economy: A comprehensive literature review

Ö Çimen - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
Circular Economy (CE) considers resources in a continuously cyclical way. Yet literature
lacks a review of Construction and Built Environment (CBE) under CE. By presenting the first …

[HTML][HTML] Map** circular economy practices for steel, cement, glass, brick, insulation, and wood–A review for climate mitigation modeling

AT Lima, GM Kirkelund, Z Lu, R Mao, W Kunther… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Circular economy (CE) practices pave the way for the construction sector to become less
material-and carbon-intensive. However, for CE quantification by climate mitigation models …

Circularity assessment tool development for construction projects in emerging economies

G Tokazhanov, O Galiyev, A Lukyanenko… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Intending to close the loop of product life cycles and substitute for the linear economy, a new
concept of circular economy (CE) has emerged. Although relatively novel, the concept of CE …

[HTML][HTML] Circular supplier selection in the construction industry: A sustainability perspective for the emerging economies

ZN Tushar, ABMM Bari, MA Khan - Sustainable Manufacturing and Service …, 2022 - Elsevier
Supplier selection is one of the most important multi-criteria problems in supply chain
management (SCM). Most of the existing decision-making frameworks for selecting …

Reuse of building elements in the architectural practice and the European regulatory context: Inconsistencies and possible improvements

M Condotta, E Zatta - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Current European policies identify the efficient management of Construction and Demolition
Waste as a priority area. With regard to this, circular economy principles and present …

Critical issues hindering a widespread construction and demolition waste (CDW) recycling practice in EU countries and actions to undertake: The stakeholder's …

A Luciano, L Cutaia, P Altamura, E Penalvo - Sustainable Chemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Construction and demolition waste (CDW) reuse and recycling represents a key point to
enhance resource efficiency in construction sector and to reduce the huge volumes of …

[HTML][HTML] Architecture trends and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa's construction industry: A theoretical guideline of a bioclimatic architecture evolution based on the …

PV Genovese, AN Zoure - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Architecture developed when humans decided to settle, beginning with vernacular
architecture that influenced many subsequent concepts. In sub-Saharan nations, the notion …