Circular economy in the construction industry: An overview of United States stakeholders' awareness, major challenges, and enablers

BC Guerra, F Leite - Resources, conservation and recycling, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Increasing environmental concerns and resource scarcity risks have drawn attention to a
Circular Economic (CE) model during the last decade. Nevertheless, literature related to the …

Circular economy in the built environment: A systematic literature review and definition of the circular construction concept

F Ossio, C Salinas, H Hernández - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Circular Economy (CE) has become increasingly important across various
industries. It challenges the traditional take-make-dispose approach and aims to maximize …

Construction and demolition waste management contributing factors coupled with reduce, reuse, and recycle strategies for effective waste management: A review

K Kabirifar, M Mojtahedi, C Wang, VWY Tam - Journal of cleaner production, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Construction and demolition waste (C&DW) as a direct consequence of rapid urbanization is
increasing around the world. C&DW generation has been identified as one of the major …

[HTML][HTML] From LCA to circular design: A comparative study of digital tools for the built environment

A Dervishaj, K Gudmundsson - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2024‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews digital tools for supporting the Circular Economy (CE) in the built
environment. The study provides a bibliometric analysis and focuses on computer-aided …

The circular economy in the construction and demolition waste management: A comparative analysis in emerging and developed countries

J Soto-Paz, O Arroyo, LE Torres-Guevara… - Journal of Building …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Construction Industry (CI) is characterized as one of the largest generators of
solid waste worldwide. In fact, is estimated that the construction and demolition waste (CDW) …

A scientometric review of global research on sustainability and sustainable development

TO Olawumi, DWM Chan - Journal of cleaner production, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The concept of sustainable development has gained worldwide attention in recent years
which had enhanced its implementation. However, few studies have attempted to map the …

Circular economy applications in the construction industry: A global scan of trends and opportunities

BC Guerra, S Shahi, A Mollaei, N Skaf, O Weber… - Journal of cleaner …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Construction consumes more than 3 billion tons of raw materials globally each year.
Adopting circular economy principles can help reduce waste and save more than $100 …

Perceived benefits of and barriers to Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation in construction: The case of Hong Kong

DWM Chan, TO Olawumi, AML Ho - Journal of Building Engineering, 2019‏ - Elsevier
BIM has experienced an increasing appeal in its adoption and implementation in the built
environment worldwide in recent years. The current research study aims to identify and …

[HTML][HTML] Salvaging building materials in a circular economy: A BIM-based whole-life performance estimator

LA Akanbi, LO Oyedele, OO Akinade, AO Ajayi… - Resources …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to develop a BIM-based Whole-life Performance Estimator (BWPE)
for appraising the salvage performance of structural components of buildings right from the …

Fundamentals of building deconstruction as a circular economy strategy for the reuse of construction materials

G Bertino, J Kisser, J Zeilinger, G Langergraber… - Applied sciences, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The construction industry is one of the most environmentally detrimental industries in the
world, impacting directly the use of raw materials, their determination of use involving the …