At the 2017 US Circular Economy Summit, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) officially launched its Practitioner Guide to the Circular Economy after a three-week beta testing period. This follows the launch of WBCSD’s CEO Guide to the Circular Economy at the World Circular Economy Forum in Helsinki. The Practitioner Guide, a great […]
Following consultant the BSI has launched a new standard for the circular economy, BS 8001:2017: Framework for implementing the principles of the circular economy in organisations, the world’s first for implementing circular economy principles. I have covered the circular economy within the built environment over recent years, eg within blog posts here, through numerous presentations […]
Precycling is a term I adopted within FutuREstorative to describe the decision making process when specifying, procuring, ordering and calling off materials. It is the thought process, not for only the avoidance of waste but in considering net-positive and secondary uses for a product at the end of its initial use. Precycling is defined as ‘making purchasing […]
The British Standards Institute has issued consultation for BS 8001 for businesses implementing circular economy thinking. I have covered the circular economy over the recent years within the built environment over recent years within blog posts here,through numerous presentations and workshops and of course within FutuREstorative It is great therefore to see that BS8001 standard for circular […]
My recent talk at Green Vision Circular Economy event held at the Re:Center, University of Bradford, focused on Design for DeConstruction principles and raised a number of questions, for example; The Circular Economy is not just simply new generation waste recycling – are we rethinking design and construction systems and processes. (slide 2) How can we convert Site […]
Updated: Ready for a Circular Economy? This coming week sees a number of circular economy events, for example Green Vision 10th Feb (#GVis2016) in Bradford and ConstructCE 12 Feb (#cethinking) in London. Also see the Build Well 2016 Feb 10/11 event in the USA. If you are at all interested in learning more about Circular Economy and its current popularity in construction, get […]
This is not Sustainable. Echoing themes from Cradle to Cradle and FutuREstorative on impact of construction waste and materials … namely An industry that demands over half of humanities resources Contributes to a third of global waste The single largest source of waste in the UK, generating over 100 million tonnes of waste every year […]
Furthering the discussion on circular economy here on the fairsnape blog, the recent publication Circular by Design, Products in the circular economy from the European Environment Agency, makes a valuable contribution and a worthwhile read.Of particular note for the built environment: policy questions posed, related to the circular economy from a materials perspective on eco design, […]
Sharing this FutuREstorative review from the Urban Design Group This book aims to provoke a new way of thinking among those involved in design and development. FutuREstorative is about our relationship with nature and how this translates into our understanding and ‘sustainable design’. Brown has brought together thinkers and practitioners linked to the Living Building […]
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