Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment

Construction has been identified as a field of action by the European Commission’s Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP). However, the lack of a common understanding and open tools to classify buildings’ circularity, at any stage in their lifecycle, is a barrier in the application of circular thinking.
Thus, this Action aims at defining the methodology to develop an international circularity framework for new and existing buildings to support decision making and assess the implementation level of CEAP. It will be based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), selected according to international best practices, current CE state-of-the-art, CEAP, and COST countries’ construction practices.
The main aim of the Action is to define the methodology to develop a common circularity framework for inclusive application and assessment in new and existing buildings to support decision-making for all value chain stakeholders and appraise the implementation level of the European Circular Economy Action Plan (ECEAP).
The outcome of the CircularB project is the development of a KPIs framework with enough flexibility to be locally applied.