Build Reuse - General
Root
- About the Build Reuse Wiki
- Brief History of the Build Reuse Wiki
- Why Deconstruct and Reuse
- Envisioning a Circular Building Sector
- GENERATING SUPPLY - DECONSTRUCTION
- GENERATING DEMAND - DESIGN
- CONNECTING SUPPLY AND DEMAND
- Materials Passports
- Related Policies
- Deconstruction and Reuse Networks
- Deconstruction and Reuse News Outlets
- RFIs / Opportunities to Give Feedback
- Funding Opportunities
- Conference and Webinar Materials
- Research Papers
- Metrics
- Definitions
This page provides resources that start to answer - what might a circular building sector look like?
General
A Circular Built Environment in the Digital Age
- Developed by: Catherine De Wolf, Sultan Çetin, Nancy M. P. Bocken
- Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-39675-5
- Description: "This open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of the digital innovations that have emerged in recent years for the circular built environment. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to ensure that both academic readers and industry practitioners can grasp the inner workings of each digital technology, understand its relevance to the circular built environment, examine real-life implementations, and appreciate the intriguing business models behind them."
7 Proposals for a Circular Built Environment (2024)
- Developed by: METROPOLIS
- Link: https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/7-proposals-for-a-circular-built-environment/
- Description: "In July and August [2024] METROPOLIS brought together visionaries from across the building industry for its Circular Future Hackathon, aimed at reimagining how we design and construct in a way that aligns with circular design principles... Representatives and sustainability experts across global firms, manufacturers, and industry organizations joined forces to tackle the building sector’s greatest circularity obstacles... In the months that followed, METROPOLIS shaped these concepts into comprehensive scenarios. You can view these seven forward-thinking solutions for a more sustainable and circular future in the built environment here."
Total Reuse: The New Model of Distribution of Recaptured Building Materials (2024)
- Developed by: ReCapturit, Inc.
- Link: https://online.fliphtml5.com/fdkgn/ambu/#p=1
Government Climate Action Plans that Address Materials Management and Waste
- Developed by: Various states, Tribes, and local governments; compiled by US EPA
- Links:
- EPA Example Government Climate Action Plans that Address Materials Management and Waste https://www.epa.gov/smm/example-government-climate-action-plans-address-materials-management-and-waste
- Climate Action Plans Deconstruction & Reuse https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JRRmkDdphLyalwEASUPHZbLXfMxDbd4E/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103941613924873831621&rtpof=true&sd=true
- Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Priority Climate Action Plan 2024 https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-04/chippewa-cree-pcap.pdf
- Description: "EPA maintains a list of Climate Action Plans from states, Tribes, and local governments with materials management and waste actions. The examples below are not comprehensive, but give you an idea of what you can replicate in your community."
Material Reuse in the Built Environment - Achieving Circularity in Commercial Construction Video (2023)
- Developed by: CallisonRTKL and Construction Junction
- Full version: https://vimeo.com/800888150
- Abridged version: https://vimeo.com/800887878
- Description: Vision for circularity in the building sector
Minnesota
Building Sector Map (2019)
- Developed by: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
- Description: From the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Sustainable Built Environment program, the Building Sector System Map created by stakeholders representing nearly every part of the system. Created in 2019.
MPCA Managing Building Materials Report
- Description: The Minnesota Pollution Control agency has a website dedicated to buildings materials and management.
- Link: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/managing-building-materials
Sustainable Building Material Management Presentation 2022
- Description: A PowerPoint made by Melissa Wenzel from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the significance of building materials, deconstruction and reuse.
Sustainable Building Material Management Presentation 2023
- Description: An updated PowerPoint made by Melissa Wenzel from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the significance of building materials, deconstruction and reuse.
New York
NYC EDC Circular Construction Guidelines (2024)
- Developed by: NYC Economic Development Corporation
- Link: https://edc.nyc/circular-design-construction-guidelines
- Description: "The City of New York (the “City”) is set to play a powerful role in decarbonizing the built environment and scaling the clean construction industry by enabling innovative solutions, facilitating bold policies, and operating programs to overcome implementation challenges in tangible ways. As part of the City’s decarbonization efforts, NYCEDC is implementing Circular Design & Construction Guidelines (the “Guidelines”), an operational guide to reduce waste and embodied carbon in NYC’s built environment."
Texas
Deconstruction: The Story of Two Homes (2021)
- Developed by: City of San Antonio - Historic Preservation
- This animated video was produced by The IMG Studio for the City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation and was funded by a Solid Waste Grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG).
- Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R2sbpsUKPU
- Description: "This video tells the story of two homes: one that is demolished, and one that is deconstructed. Learn all about the benefits of deconstruction - for the environment, for the economy, and for the community!"
Canada
Les Matérialistes - A participatory futurism pilot project (2024)
- Developed by: Architecture Without Borders Quebec, Dark Matter Labs, Les Interstices, and RECYC-QUÉBEC
- Link: https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/film/welcome-to-2050
- Description: "Les Matérialistes is a short documentary film... about the titular participatory futurist pilot project that is focused on the circular economy of construction materials in Quebec."
United Kingdom
Re-usable buildings: An exploration of the business case (2018)
- Developed by: ReLondon
- Link: https://relondon.gov.uk/resources/report-re-usable-buildings-an-exploration-of-the-business-case
- Description:
- Literature reviews, stakeholder mapping, interviews, summary of workshop
- Case for action, vision for reusable buildings sector, roadmap
- Business cases and business models
Envisioning a Circular Building Sector
This page provides resources that start to answer - what might a circular building sector look like?
General
A Circular Built Environment in the Digital Age
- Developed by: Catherine De Wolf, Sultan Çetin, Nancy M. P. Bocken
- Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-39675-5
- Description: "This open access book offers a comprehensive exploration of the digital innovations that have emerged in recent years for the circular built environment. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to ensure that both academic readers and industry practitioners can grasp the inner workings of each digital technology, understand its relevance to the circular built environment, examine real-life implementations, and appreciate the intriguing business models behind them."
7 Proposals for a Circular Built Environment (2024)
- Developed by: METROPOLIS
- Link: https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/7-proposals-for-a-circular-built-environment/
- Description: "In July and August [2024] METROPOLIS brought together visionaries from across the building industry for its Circular Future Hackathon, aimed at reimagining how we design and construct in a way that aligns with circular design principles... Representatives and sustainability experts across global firms, manufacturers, and industry organizations joined forces to tackle the building sector’s greatest circularity obstacles... In the months that followed, METROPOLIS shaped these concepts into comprehensive scenarios. You can view these seven forward-thinking solutions for a more sustainable and circular future in the built environment here."
Total Reuse: The New Model of Distribution of Recaptured Building Materials (2024)
- Developed by: ReCapturit, Inc.
- Link: https://online.fliphtml5.com/fdkgn/ambu/#p=1
Government Climate Action Plans that Address Materials Management and Waste
- Developed by: Various states, Tribes, and local governments; compiled by US EPA
- Links:
- EPA Example Government Climate Action Plans that Address Materials Management and Waste https://www.epa.gov/smm/example-government-climate-action-plans-address-materials-management-and-waste
- Climate Action Plans Deconstruction & Reuse https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JRRmkDdphLyalwEASUPHZbLXfMxDbd4E/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103941613924873831621&rtpof=true&sd=true
- Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation Priority Climate Action Plan 2024 https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-04/chippewa-cree-pcap.pdf
- Description: "EPA maintains a list of Climate Action Plans from states, Tribes, and local governments with materials management and waste actions. The examples below are not comprehensive, but give you an idea of what you can replicate in your community."
Material Reuse in the Built Environment - Achieving Circularity in Commercial Construction Video (2023)
- Developed by: CallisonRTKL and Construction Junction
- Full version: https://vimeo.com/800888150
- Abridged version: https://vimeo.com/800887878
- Description: Vision for circularity in the building sector
Minnesota
Building Sector Map (2019)
- Developed by: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
- Description: From the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Sustainable Built Environment program, the Building Sector System Map created by stakeholders representing nearly every part of the system. Created in 2019.
MPCA Managing Building Materials Report
- Description: The Minnesota Pollution Control agency has a website dedicated to buildings materials and management.
- Link: https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/managing-building-materials
Sustainable Building Material Management Presentation 2022
- Description: A PowerPoint made by Melissa Wenzel from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the significance of building materials, deconstruction and reuse.
Sustainable Building Material Management Presentation 2023
- Description: An updated PowerPoint made by Melissa Wenzel from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the significance of building materials, deconstruction and reuse.
New York
NYC EDC Circular Construction Guidelines (2024)
- Developed by: NYC Economic Development Corporation
- Link: https://edc.nyc/circular-design-construction-guidelines
- Description: "The City of New York (the “City”) is set to play a powerful role in decarbonizing the built environment and scaling the clean construction industry by enabling innovative solutions, facilitating bold policies, and operating programs to overcome implementation challenges in tangible ways. As part of the City’s decarbonization efforts, NYCEDC is implementing Circular Design & Construction Guidelines (the “Guidelines”), an operational guide to reduce waste and embodied carbon in NYC’s built environment."
Texas
Deconstruction: The Story of Two Homes (2021)
- Developed by: City of San Antonio - Historic Preservation
- This animated video was produced by The IMG Studio for the City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation and was funded by a Solid Waste Grant from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG).
- Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R2sbpsUKPU
- Description: "This video tells the story of two homes: one that is demolished, and one that is deconstructed. Learn all about the benefits of deconstruction - for the environment, for the economy, and for the community!"
Canada
Les Matérialistes - A participatory futurism pilot project (2024)
- Developed by: Architecture Without Borders Quebec, Dark Matter Labs, Les Interstices, and RECYC-QUÉBEC
- Link: https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/film/welcome-to-2050
- Description: "Les Matérialistes is a short documentary film... about the titular participatory futurist pilot project that is focused on the circular economy of construction materials in Quebec."
United Kingdom
Re-usable buildings: An exploration of the business case (2018)
- Developed by: ReLondon
- Link: https://relondon.gov.uk/resources/report-re-usable-buildings-an-exploration-of-the-business-case
- Description:
- Literature reviews, stakeholder mapping, interviews, summary of workshop
- Case for action, vision for reusable buildings sector, roadmap
- Business cases and business models