Closing the Loop: A Decision Support Framework for Circular Economy implementation to the adaptive reuse of vacant buildings in the Netherlands.

The Circular Economy (CE) in the built environment has gained ever more attention as discussions around the threats of global warming, resource scarcity, environmental impacts, and energy emissions intensify. The building industry accounts for approximately 40% of carbon emissions and reusing vacant buildings – thus slowing resource loops – is...

District Heating project development, a fragile business: Towards new collaboration and business models

An exploratory research into the role of business models and collaboration mechanisms in district heating project development. District heating is one of the main solutions of decarbonising the built environment, however it is only thinly researched and implemented. A generic collaboration model of district heating project development in the...

Extending the Loop: Developing a business model for carpet tiles

Interface is an international manufacturer of carpet tiles with a long history in sustainability. With its mission Zero, Interface wants to become the first company without a negative impact on the environment by the year 2020. Over the years Interface already made significant progress by means of product innovations and organizational changes....