[HTML][HTML] Circular economy barriers in Australia: How to translate theory into practice?

J Feldman, H Seligmann, S King, M Flynn… - Sustainable Production …, 2024 - Elsevier
Australia has many unique features that make the approach to a transition to circular
economy different to other countries. There is growing recognition that the current linear …

Barriers and enablers to the adoption of circular economy concept in the building sector: a systematic literature review

A AlJaber, P Martinez-Vazquez, C Baniotopoulos - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The building sector is a major contributor to global resource consumption and waste
generation. The circular economy (CE) concept offers a promising alternative to the …

Digitalised circular construction supply chain: An integrated BIM-Blockchain solution

F Elghaish, MR Hosseini, T Kocaturk… - Automation in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Blockchain and smart contracts are measures to speed up the diffusion of circular economy
into construction processes. Nevertheless, integrated solutions that cover all the aspects of …

Assessment of symmetries and asymmetries on barriers to circular economy adoption in the construction industry towards zero waste: A survey of international experts

BI Oluleye, DWM Chan, TO Olawumi, AB Saka - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This study evaluates simultaneously the symmetries and asymmetries on the classification of
barriers to circular economy (CE) adoption in the building construction industry (BCI) of …

Modeling the principal success factors for attaining systemic circularity in the building construction industry: An international survey of circular economy experts

BI Oluleye, DWM Chan, P Antwi-Afari… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
To achieve zero waste and cumber the acute environmental effect of the building
construction industry (BCI), circular economy (CE) implementation is pertinent. Such …

Analysis of factors influencing the creation and stimulation of the Australian market for recycled construction and demolition waste products

S Shooshtarian, S Caldera, T Maqsood, T Ryley… - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
Growing population and urbanisation have led to a significant increase in construction and
demolition (C&D) waste generation. There are urgent calls for government and industry to …

Life cycle cost in circular economy of buildings by applying building information modeling (BIM): a state of the art

A AlJaber, E Alasmari, P Martinez-Vazquez… - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The building industry is one of the largest consumers of materials resources and significant
contributors to global waste. Applying core principles of circular economy (CE) could …

Development of the circular economy design guidelines for the Australian built environment sector

A Zaman, AM Caceres Ruiz, S Shooshtarian, T Ryley… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The construction and demolition (C&D) waste stream is the main source of solid waste in
Australia. While there is a strong circularity drive in Australia's and state/territory …

Upscaling bio-based construction: challenges and opportunities

B Dams, D Maskell, A Shea, S Allen… - Building Research & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Construction projects using emerging bio-based materials have been realized over the past
ten to fifteen years within Europe. Bio-based buildings utilize properties of natural materials …

[HTML][HTML] Local scale dynamics to promote the sustainable management of construction and demolition waste

M Ramos, G Martinho, L Vasconcelos… - … Conservation & Recycling …, 2023 - Elsevier
On a local scale, municipalities often incur high costs as a result of the illegal dum** of
construction and demolition waste (CDW), due to gaps in awareness and training, a lack of …