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The construction sector is highlighted by the intensive use of primary resources, low material productivity and low circularity, wherefore it is essential that the agents involved have knowledge of the material composition of the building stock and material flows to enable a paradigm shift.
The Circular Buildings project has as main goal the development of decision support tools to promote the increase in the reuse of materials and the reduction in waste production in the construction sector, namely through:
- Guidelines for preparation of Material Passports for buildings
- Good practices guidelines for promoting the circularity in Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
- Good practices guidelines to assess efficiency indicators of buildings
- Calculation tools for the benefits related to the circularity of buildings.
The tools to be developed allow the promotion of sustainable practices and circular economy principles in the construction industry, the effective planning of the rehabilitation and demolition of buildings and the reduction of related environmental impacts.
The project is aligned with the objectives of the EU Construction & Demolition Waste Management Protocol and the Portuguese Government's Action Plan for the Circular Economy, through its contribution to improve waste identification, source separation, logistics, waste processing and treatment options, process quality, monitoring and control.
The developed tools will be implemented in a demonstrator project.
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