Circular Economy in the building sector: Three cases and a collaboration tool
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Circular economy is still a relatively new topic in the construction industry.
“CE is still a relatively new topic in the construction industry (Leising et al. 2017).”
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On a global scale the construction industry uses 40% of the materials in the global economy.
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“, 2018), but in practice this can include strategies such as considering buildings to be ‘material banks’ and the use of resource passports to keep track of materials (Leising et al., 2018).”
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- Authors
- Leising, E., Quist, J., & Bocken, N.
- Affiliations
- Delft University of Technology (NL)
- Lund University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Quist, Jaco
- Venue
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-03
- Volume
- 176
- Pages
- 976-989
- ISSN
- 0959-6526 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2775478090
- Cited by
- 527
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 63 · 2025: 81 · 2024: 76 · 2023: 77 · 2022: 65 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 58 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 8
- FWCI
- 52.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Cleaner Production (publishedVersion)
- Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
- Research Repository (Delft University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Keywords
- circular economy, building sector, circular buildings, supply chain collaboration, business model innovation, network dynamics, building renovation, demolition, construction supply chain, ownership models
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