The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy
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The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy

About this book

This book is a call to arms to all architects, designers and built environment professionals. To avoid a climate catastrophe and achieve a regenerative built environment, the use of new materials and any excess waste in resources need to be cut out from the very beginning of the design process. This requires far-reaching change in established industry processes. How might this begin? What are the key fundamentals you need to know? How can a more effective model be applied? This book, a much-updated second edition of the author's previous work Building Revolutions, answers all your questions. Inspiring, but never overwhelming, the Handbook to Building a Circular Economy is your must-have companion to helping create a more sustainable future. It explains in simple and practical terms how the principles of a circular economy can be applied to the built environment, thereby reducing the resources required to construct, fit-out, maintain and refurbish buildings. Case studies include:

  • The Forge, UK, by Landsec
  • The Bath School of Art, UK, by Grimshaw
  • Urban Mining and Recycling Experimental Unit, Switzerland, by Werner Sobek
  • NASA Sustainability Base, USA, by William McDonough + Partners
  • University of East Anglia Enterprise Centre, UK, by Architype
  • Park 20|20, The Netherlands, by William McDonough + Partners.

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INDEX

3D printing 102-3, 146
3DReid 66-7
Abbey Mill, Bradford on Avon 66-9
accessible layers 40, 78, 79
Accoya 104-5
adaptability 24, 36, 42, 62-75
Adaptavate 93
additive manufacture 102-3,146
adhesives 78, 79, 86, 93, 125
AECOM 70, 106
AHMM architects 88-9
aluminium 5,101,103
Architype 94-7
55 Baker Street 50, 52-3
Bath School of Art 71-3
BIM (building information modelling) 112
Biohm 97-100
biological materials 8-9, 92-100
biomimicry 8, 102, 103
bolted connections 58
Breathaboard 93
BREEAM 54, 125
bricks
reclamation 112-14,115
unfired 103-4
British Land 43-4, 55
brokers 123-5
Bryden Wood Technology 58, 60
build quality 23, 24
Building Deconstruction Institute 118-19
building information modelling (BIM) 112
building life 21-4, 35, 39
building obsolescence 23-4
building reuse 9-11, 24
building services
accessibility 42, 74
cardboard ductwork 93-4
equipment scrap value 26
maintenance 40
replacement 40
service runs 69
business models 34-5, 37, 126-33
carbon emissions 15,17, 33-4, 114, 117
cardboard ductwork 93-4
carpet tiles 53
carpets 104
Caterpillar 130-1
cement
liberation 116-17
production 2,114
replacement 96
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication Page
  6. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. 01 WHAT IS A CIRCULAR ECONOMY?
  9. 02 WHY CREATE A CIRCULAR ECONOMY?
  10. 03 BUILT TO LAST?
  11. 04 STARTING AT THE END
  12. 05 CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDINGS
  13. 06 BUILDING IN LAYERS
  14. 07 DESIGNING-OUT WASTE
  15. 08 DESIGN FOR ADAPTABILITY
  16. 09 DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY AND REUSE
  17. 10 SELECTING MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS
  18. 11 TURNING WASTE INTO A RESOURCE
  19. 12 CIRCULAR BUSINESS MODELS
  20. 13 VIRTUOUS CIRCLES
  21. 14 COMING FULL CIRCLE
  22. REFERENCES
  23. INDEX
  24. IMAGE CREDITS