Building circular in Brussels: an overview through 14 inspiring projects

SBE19 Brussels - BAMB-CIRCPATH "Buildings as Material Banks - A Pathway For A Circular Future"

Maerckx, A.-L.^1 ; D'Otreppe, Y.^2 ; Scherrier, N.^3

Cenergie Cvba, Berchem

2600, Belgium^1

Brussels Environment, Div. Energie, Air, Climat et Bâtiments Durables, Dpt. Stimulation Economique Bâtiments Durables, Brussels

1000, Belgium^2

Brussels Environment, Div. Information, Coordination Générale, Economie Circulaire et Ville Durable, Dpt. Déchets, Brussels

1000, Belgium^3

关键词: Circular economy;    Construction projects;    Construction sectors;    Economic modeling;    Large companies;    Material resources;    National level;    Very small business;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012059/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012059

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The call for projects 'Be circular - Be Brussels' is held since 2016 and has already awarded 14 circular construction projects. On those projects, a focus is put on the better management of human and material resources. The companies in charge of the winning projects are freelances, very small businesses, SMEs and large companies. Each in its own way, applies circular measures, on site and inside its organization. Reuse, design for change and disassembly, training of workers and partnerships between companies are some of the measures implemented, which help highlight the current levers and obstacles to a circular economy in the construction sector. Many challenges still need to be addressed in order to generalize circular construction across the region, but the sector is moving and the signals it sends are positive. In particular, we notice a real transfer from investments related to the material resources (purchase of new materials and waste management) towards investments related to human resources (preliminary studies and on-site labor); this matches the regional ambition to put the human capital at the center of the work process. As practical cases, the (current and future) circular construction projects help to target the measures that should be implemented at regional and national levels, so that the circular economy becomes, indeed, the new economic model of Brussels.