Circular Built Environment

Circular Built Environment: Global Vision and Action

The legacy of the Sustainable Buildings and construction programme of the One Planet Network (OPN) continues as Circular Built Environment (CBE) working group of the Materials Hub, hosted by the Global ABC managed through a partnership between the One planet Network, the GlobalABC and the Life Cycle initiative.

 

Partners

CBE is led by the Ministry of the Environment of Finland, RMIT university from Australia and Habitat for Humanity International.

Mission

CBE aims to help governments and other stakeholders across the world in:

1) Policy development

2) capacity building and knowledge creation and

3) market transformation

CBE focus areas

The scope of CBE is global and it promotes circularity in the buildings and construction sector. CBE works with the following three thematic action areas: 1) efficient use of existing buildings, 2) reuse and recycling of building  materials and 3) long service life in new construction.

CO-LEAD Organisations

CO-LEADS

CIRCULAR BUILT ENVIRONMENT ACTION GROUP

The CBE Action group gives strategic direction to the working group. CBE co-leads and CBE Action group member organizations lead individual tasks and projects and report back on the progress in the quarterly CBE Action group calls. CBE Action group member organizations are: UNEP, Ministry of the Environment Finland, RMIT university, Habitat for Humanity International, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, World Green Building Council, UNOPS, UN-Habitat, University of Cape town and ENERGIES2050.

ONE PLANET NETWORK focal point

10 Whole Life Cycle Recommendations

Circular public procurement

CBE key activities

Circularity and whole life cycle case studies