Barriers and Enablers to Circular Building Design in the US: An Empirical Study

Rios, Fernanda Cruz; Grau, David; Bilec, Melissa M.

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0002109

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“…Several studies focused on identifying barriers and enablers for CE strategies in the built environment (Charef and Lu, 2021; Cruz Rios et al , 2021; Kanters, 2020; Mahpour, 2018; Rakhshan et al , 2020). Mahpour (2018) identified 22 potential barriers to transition to CE in construction and demolition waste management.…”

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“…Most of these empirical studies identify barriers to circular building design in European countries. However, given the different regulatory, economic and cultural contexts in other countries, Cruz Rios et al (2021) interviewed 13 architects across the USA to understand the perceived and experienced barriers to circular building design, such as ignoring reusing salvaged materials in new designs, an underdeveloped marker for salvaged materials and lack of standardization and transportability of building components. This study also proposed enablers to overcome these barriers such as: “integrating CE in contractual requirements for design,” “creating databases for reusable components,” “urban mining” and “integrating CE strategies to ICT.” The barriers differed in nature from those found in European countries: although technical and economic barriers were similar, more educational and cultural barriers were found in the USA (e.g.…”

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“…existing regulations and codes hinder reuse and repair, lack of data about availability, quality and quantity of salvaged building components). The literature review revealed that the main barriers to realising CE in construction are: the time and labour-intensive nature of deconstruction increases the project costs and delays the schedule (Hossain and Ng, 2018; Rakhshan et al , 2020); the high initial investment (Cruz Rios et al , 2021; Hossain et al , 2020; Rakhshan et al , 2020); and regulatory barriers (Akinade et al , 2020; Kanters, 2020; Rakhshan et al , 2020); legislation by the fovernment on the reuse and recycling threshold (Ghaffar et al , 2020); and management problems related project organization structures of the stakeholders (Eray et al , 2019). …”

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“…the high initial investment (Cruz Rios et al , 2021; Hossain et al , 2020; Rakhshan et al , 2020); and…”

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“…They concluded that CE implementation is yet to be conducted and that a comprehensive CE integration and methodology framework requires development. Cruz Rios et al (2021) identified the USA's barriers and enablers to circular building design. Similarly, Shooshtarian et al (2022) identified the main opportunities and barriers to minimize construction waste disposal through a review of 62 articles of Australian literature.…”

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Applications of Industry 4.0 digital technologies towards a construction circular economy: gap analysis and conceptual framework

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Purpose This paper aims to explore the emerging relationship between Industry 4.0 (I4.0) digital technologies (e.g. blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI)) and the construction industry’s gradual transition into a circular economy (CE) system to foster the adoption of circular economy in the construction industry. Design/methodology/approach A critical and thematic analysis conducted on 115 scientific papers reveals a noticeable growth in adopting digital technologies to leverage a CE system. Moreover, a conceptual framework is developed to show the interrelationship between different I4.0 technologies to foster the implantation of CE in the construction industry. Findings Most of the existing bodies of research provide conceptual solutions rather than developing workable applications and the future of smart cities. Moreover, the coalescence of different technologies is highly recommended to enable tracking of building assets’ and components’ (e.g. fixtures and fittings and structural components) performance, which enables users to optimize the salvage value of components reusing or recycling them just in time and extending assets’ operating lifetime. Finally, circular supply chain management must be adopted for both new and existing buildings to realise the industry's CE ambitions. Hence, further applied research is required to foster CE adoption for existing cities and infrastructure that connects them. Originality/value This paper investigates the interrelationships between most emerging digital technologies and circular economy and concludes with the development of a conceptual digital ecosystem to integrate IoT, blockchain and AI into the operation of assets to direct future practical research applications

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Section: Key Published Research To List Barriers and Enablersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Key Published Research To List Barriers and Enablersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…the high initial investment (Cruz Rios et al , 2021; Hossain et al , 2020; Rakhshan et al , 2020); and…”

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In most developed nations, a formal recycling industry oversees the management of solid waste. The opposite happens to be the case in underdeveloped nations wherein, the informal recycling sector has assumed such functions. The informal methods used in Nigeria for managing buildings' end‐of‐life situations has shown in many ways to be compliant with the sustainability goal since they provide an excellent example of how the waste hierarchy may evolve independently, with little or no assistance from policy and regulatory bodies. The purpose of this study is to conceptualise the processes through which salvaged materials from buildings in Kano State, Nigeria is processed in a step‐by‐step manner, ensuring that least amounts of materials end up in a landfill. Adopting a qualitative research design to achieve the study's aim, this study engaged 19 purposively selected experts through semi‐structured interviews in the city of Kano, Nigeria. The collected data was analysed using thematic analysis. Using the biomorphic adaptation of an African snail's shell, the study's findings led to the development of a conceptual model that depicts the actual scenario of handling demolition waste in Nigeria while highlighting the important elements and the inherent interactions among them. Based on these findings, the study recommends that the identified limitations in the Nigerian construction industry be addressed for the purposes of practice improvement and emergence of a comprehensive framework for the sustainable handling of building demolition waste (BDW).

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Circular Economy in the Nordic Real Estate and Construction Industry: A Policy Review

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Olander

2023

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Barriers and Enablers to Circular Building Design in the US: An Empirical Study

Cited by 58 publications

References 31 publications

Applications of Industry 4.0 digital technologies towards a construction circular economy: gap analysis and conceptual framework

Applications of Industry 4.0 digital technologies towards a construction circular economy: gap analysis and conceptual framework

Conceptualising an ethno‐mimetic model for effective buildings' end‐of‐life waste management: A Nigerian exemplar

Circular Economy in the Nordic Real Estate and Construction Industry: A Policy Review

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