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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>When it comes to consumer goods there are various strategies to avoid creating waste and having a negative impact on the environment.<br><br></li><li>As users we can Refuse and Reuse. As designers we can design products taking into consideration their end-of-use by following Design for Disassembly (DFD) strategies.<br><br></li><li>Buildings are complex structures; material sorting after demolition is a very difficult task. In addition, buildings have a long life-span.<br><br></li><li>A good approach to avoid early demolition or creating waste at the end-of-service of a building is DFD. Incorporating DFD strategies in the earliest life-stages of a building will allow the transformation of the building or the reuse of its components at the end of its service. <br><br></li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>DFD</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>DfD is seen as a design that intends to maximize materials conservation by taking the end-of-service management into consideration. The buildings designed for disassembly are adaptable and this strategy avoids demolition and disposal of buildings. DfD allows designing buildings that can be changed in the future and eventually dismantled (in part or whole) for recovery of components and materials.</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Yes, the biggest differences are that buildings are much bigger and last much longer. To demolish or disassemble a building, one needs big machines like excavators, cranes with wrecking balls and other heavy machinery. The pure size of a building makes it more difficult to take an entire building apart. And, in many cases, the only solution is to demolish it: for instance, if concrete was poured on the site during the construction phase. A typical building will last from 30 to 50 years, sometimes even longer. Many buildings are not designed in a way that allows reuse, disassembly or recycle. What we can do is to expand the life span of these buildings by repurposing them and, above all, change the way new buildings are designed and constructed.</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>In the linear economy, there are three options to handle waste: recycling, incineration and landfilling. </li><li>The  circular economy is an approach aiming at minimizing waste and emissions, as well as closing water, energy and material loops.</li><li>These approaches are characterized by different strategies. Landfilling is no longer an option in the circular economy context, and design has a central role in circularity strategies. </li><li>We define the Circular Built Environment approach as a way to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through business models supporting the minimizing of waste by reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering materials during the whole life-cycle of a product. </li></ul><div><br></div><div><br><br></div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The United Nations' Sustainable Devepment Goals (SDGs) are 17 global goals aiming to achieve more sustainable future for the present and future generations. Challenges such as poverty, hunger and climate change are addressed, while sustainable economic and social development, as well as environmental protection are promoted.</div>]]></description>
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         <title>The Butterfly Diagram</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was one of the pioneers in promoting the Circular Economy. The theoretical framework that we use for explaining the Circular Built Environment in this course is based on its principles. <br><br></div><div><br>Below you can see the Circular Economy concept illustrated by the "butterfly diagram". Both sides of the diagram are relevant to the built environment: the right side illustrates the <strong>technical cycle </strong>and closing the loops of resources facilitated by circularity strategies such as reuse, refurbish and recycling; the left side of the diagram shows the <strong>biological cycle </strong>and the loops and cascades assuring the sustainable management of biological resources and creating renewable flows and stocks. The ultimate aim of this economic model is to minimize the extraction of raw materials and waste generation. <br><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Understanding the life-cycle of building products and the impact that each stage has on the environment is the first step towards the development of a circular built environment.</li><li>There are four main life-cycle phases of a building product: production, construction, usage, and end-of-service. </li><li>At the end of its life the brick is most commonly landfilled, which is not in compliance with the principles of the Circular Economy. </li><li>However, more sustainable ways exist, for example recycling or reuse.  We need to be pro-active and think about end-of-life scenarios during the design stage.</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>We mentioned that circularity in the context of the built environment aims at better management of the resources. We are all familiar with the environmental problems associated with construction practices and the use of non-renewable construction materials; for example, Green House Gas emissions (GHGs), waste generation, resources construction. One alternative to contemporary built materials (concrete, steel, iron) are bio-based materials. In the context of the course we refer to bio-based materials as construction materials delivered from plants, trees or animals. They might be used in their original form, modified/treated or in combination with other materials. Building material examples include wood, straw, leathers, crop based materials such as hemp, flax, coconut filberts. At the beginning of the 21st century, plant-based materials have gained popularity as they prove themselves efficient and environmental friendly. The advantages of plant-based materials are centred around the following issues: <br><br></div><ul><li>Energy efficiency </li><li>Avoiding the usage of high-energy materials </li><li>Using local resources and minimizing transportation</li><li>Utilizing industrial and mining waste for production of building materials</li><li>Using renewable materials and energy sources</li><li>Reducing demolition waste </li><li>Recycling building waste</li></ul>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><br>Bio-based resources have the potential to provide construction materials with the following benefits:<br><br></div><ul><li> The capture and storage of carbon </li><li>Sustainable production as crops grown annually or as longer harvest-cycle foresting, including secondary products from food growth</li><li>Biodegradability at end-of-service stage (controlled decay inside an anaerobic digester would produce both organic fertiliser and bio-methane to supply energy)</li><li>Exceptionally low or almost zero linear coefficients of thermal expansion, often comparable or better than many man-made products</li><li>The property of controlling temperature in enclosed spaces</li><li>The property of acting as buffer of moisture and balancing the humidity of the indoor environment </li><li>Relatively high specific heat capacity</li><li>Reduced heat transfer  </li><li>Excellent performance-to-weight ratios</li><li>Overall lower embodied energy (EE) than man-made or synthetic materials</li></ul><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><br>Cork, cellulose, pulp and bamboo are the all plant-delivered materials. On the contrary, construction marble is a stone which is composed of calcite, dolomite or serpentine. Glass as construction material consists of clear sand, calcium oxide and sodium carbonate. Finally, clay is a finely-grained natural rock or soil.<br><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><br>Political challenges are related to changing national and international regulations and the inconsistency in the selection of building materials. Social issues relate to the growing demand for resources with emphasis on food safety. Environmental issues overlap with social challenges and extend to the need to preserve biodiversity and prevent deforestation and land-use changes. The most serious challenge for bio-based construction materials is often the lack of capital investment and procurement issues. The link to the effectiveness of bio-based materials is related to technological improvement and innovation which can lead to new designs and products development.<br><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>Bio-based materials can improve the environmental impact of a construction. Using materials based on agricultural waste is a more circular option because materials would otherwise be discarded. </li><li>Building connections that are completely demountable without damaging building blocks or components are important because they allow easy, direct reuse. </li><li>To allow future reuse of components, the interface and connections have to be designed in such a way that they are compatible with future construction solutions. Otherwise they become obsolete and will be discarded.</li><li>Digital processes and data bases with information about building products, and how these can be reclaimed, assembled, or reused, are an important strategy towards the Circular Economy.</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The main principles for DfD are related to: Select materials feasible for reuse and recycle. Use accessible connections. Eliminate chemical/wet connections. Use simple and robust connections. Use durable, interchangeable and easy to transport modules.</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>The "Shearing layers" concept was first conceived by architect Frank Duffy, and later developed by Steward Brand in his book "How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built".</li><li>The shearing layers are: Site, Structure, Skin, Services, Space Plan and Stuff. All of the layers are characterised by different longevity and impact. </li><li>The understanding of the sharing layers enables us to increase the circularity potential of a building from the start.</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>To be able to reuse as many materials as possible, designers should be open to new ways of designing or incorporating alternative solutions.</li><li>The building is understood as a material bank, as it is expected that the materials or building products will be later on reclaimed. This means that components and connections need to be designed for disassembly to enable reuse or other (re) life options.</li><li>Dry connections, such as screws or bolts, should always be used instead of wet connections. They should also be easy to reach to enable ease of disassembly, and thus, reuse. The same applies to building services.</li><li>Circularity can be applied not only to materials but also to water, energy, and waste. Buildings should be able to produce enough energy to be self-sufficient; water activities can be planned to reuse water, and waste can be reduced by optimizing the use of local resources. </li><li>Circularity is about collaboration between disciplines. A constructive dialogue between stakeholders can allow a more integrated design that can deliver circular solutions. </li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>The building designed as a circular product implies that value is added by designing through a kit of parts. The different life-cycles are integrated through the design. The temporary courthouse is can change its functionality to become an office.</li><li>Contrary to the linear business model (take-make-waste), the circular model is based on enabling multiple lives to potentially generate different revenues through different life-cycles. </li><li>Identifying the key performance indicators that lead to circularity in the early stages of a project, and in collaboration with other stakeholders, is an important strategy that differs from traditional linear design, and should be taken into account.</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>The inflow of energy from a household can be reduced by using efficient energy appliances with an energy label or changes in user behaviour.</li><li>Thanks to technology, it is also possible to create another inflow of energy through photovoltaic cells or micro wind turbines, which generate electricity for local consumption.</li><li>Another example would be a geothermal heat pump that can be used as an alternative to central solutions, therefore called <em>decentralized solutions</em>. </li><li>The combination of these measures can make a household less dependant on a central energy system, and it can shift from a linear to a more circular system.</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div><em>“Part of our problem in moving towards circularity is most people neither see the importance of it nor exactly know how to do it.”</em><br><br>John Elkington, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Volans Ventures</div>]]></description>
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