The Working Group GT-6 Circular Economy in the Building Sector has meet for its second meeting at the Environmental Institute in Madrid. Representatives of academia, industry and associations worked on an analisis and grafic representation of the existing materials flows in the building sector in Spain in order to identify barriers and oportunities for a stronger development towards closed-cycle construction processes. Based on our experience in low-impact, wood-based buildings and energy transition projectes like Roadmaps for Energy (R4E), we could contribute with a specific view on how to transform the building sector holistically through a definition of clear and ambitiuous objectives, the creation of scenarios and the roadmapping of pathways on the short, mid and long run.
Ecodesign principals, life-cycle assessment, end-of life recycling, downcycling or upcycling, tracking of material flows in cities with a clear focus on refurbishment and reuse, as well as new business models, ambitious legislation and tax instruments, and a general mind and value shift of society form the essential parts of a transition process in the building sector, which is so urgently needed.
CONAMA is a foundation which organizes the National Congresso on Environment of the same name from 26th -29th of November 2018, and where all working groups will present their outcomes to the general public. (http://www.conama.org/web/index.php)
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