Circular economy for the built environment: A research framework
By Francesco Pomponi, A. Moncaster. 2017
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The built environment puts major pressure on the natural environment; its role in transitioning to a circular economy (CE) is therefore fundamental. However, current CE research tends to focus either on the macro-scale, such as eco-parks, or the micro-scale, such as manufactured products, with the risk of ignoring the additional impacts and potentials at the meso-scale of individual buildings. This article sets out to unpack the fundamental defining dimensions of a CE and frame them for CE studies for the built environment. A critical literature review forms the basis for identifying and framing such fundamental dimensions. Our contribution highlights the key roles of interdisciplinary research and of both bottom-up and top-down initiatives in facilitating the transition to ‘circular buildings’. The frame for reference has been used to capture current discourse on the sustainability of the built environment and has proved to be a valuable tool to cluster existing initiatives and highlight missing links for interdisciplinary endeavours. The article represents a contribution to the theoretical foundations of CE research in the built environment and a stepping stone to shape future research initiatives.
Subfields: Building and Construction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Strategy and Management
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Citations in the corpus
- Interpreting Circularity. Circular City Representations Concealing Transition Drivers (2018, background): “Additionally, the first scientific research frameworks for circular economy start to be developed [1,8].”
- Circular cities: exploring local government strategies to facilitate a circular economy (2019, background): “Initial studies stress a transition to CE is vital for a sustainable built environment (Lindner, Mooij, & Rogers, 2017; Pomponi & Moncaster, 2017).”
- A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies (2020, background): “Nevertheless, circular renovation of buildings must align with circular design thinking – as alluded to above, in terms of re-integrating materials back into the value chain – as well as the need to enhance material/product durability and energy efficiency (Pomponi and Moncaster, 2017).”