Disruptive technologies for a circular building industry

Review (2022)

Authors

F. Setaki Environmental Technology and Design - Architecture and the Built Environment
Arjan Timmeren Environmental Technology and Design - Architecture and the Built Environment
Arjan van van Timmeren Environmental Technology and Design - Architecture and the Built Environment
Arjan van Timmeren Environmental Technology and Design - Architecture and the Built Environment
Arjan van Timmeren Environmental Technology and Design - Architecture and the Built Environment
A. van Timmeren Environmental Technology and Design - Architecture and the Built Environment
A. Timmeren Environmental Technology and Design - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Environmental Technology and Design (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 F. Setaki, A. van Timmeren
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109394
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Research Group

Environmental Technology and Design

Abstract

This paper focuses on the circular economy (CE), the building industry, and on the disruptive technological innovations that intersect in these arenas. It outlines how disruptive, often digital, technologies can potentially enable a CE in the building industry, primarily within the two most wasteful phases of the building cycle, the construction and demolition phases. This is achieved through an analysis of the potential of each technology type to enable a CE, using existing literature and desktop research on applied examples of the technological solutions in question. The paper aims to clarify the implementation scenarios of digital technologies for the circular building industry and are organised according to technology type, CE principle, building phase, material family, estimated TRL, and type of application.