A new whitepaper from BSI addresses digitalisation in ensuring the built environment benefits from the circular economy.
Authored by Dr.
Seyed Ghaffar, Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at Brunel University London and Paul Mullett,Group Engineering and Technology Director at Robert Bird Group, ‘Completing the Circle – How Digitalization will Unlock Circular Construction’, considers the challenges of implementing breakthrough technology whilst highlighting how it can support circular economy-based decision-making and create opportunities for innovation in the built environment sector.
Ross Matthews, Head of Sales at BSI Identify, says: “The circular economy is crucial to creating a more sustainable built environment.
Transformative technologies, such as product ID, can play a part in this process.
Traceable assets or materials allow immediate access to a range of vital information which could assist with the recycling process.
This whitepaper highlights how the built environment is best-placed to exploit the circular economy, with smarter working practices being key to a less-carbon intensive construction sector.”
Download the whitepaper at https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/industries-and-sectors/construction-and-the-built-environment/bsi-identify/bsi-identify-whitepaper-completing-the-circle/ (user registration required).
However, as this whitepaper highlights, the circularity culture is often stymied in relation to its use within the building sector.
This whitepaper is essential reading for advocates of sustainable building via environmental quality, economic prosperity, and social equity to the benefit of current and future generations.
Lack of effective stakeholder communication and unknown product performance capability are cited among the reasons for the lack of progress.
Communication technologies (ICT), and the development of digital collaboration platforms are seen as key to leveraging the circular economy’s influence on building design and construction.
"We thank Dr.
Seyed Ghaffar and Paul Muller for their expert input.
They’ve helped create an enlightening document that is sure to become an industry talking point.”
Download the whitepaper at https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/industries-and-sectors/construction-and-the-built-environment/bsi-identify/bsi-identify-whitepaper-completing-the-circle/ (user registration required).
