Tax Shift for Circularity: a policy-oriented life cycle costing analysis of two construction case studies at the Floriade

The Circular Economy (CE) has emerged as an economic paradigm that could provide a pathway to sustainable development. The transition to a CE is a complex process requiring wide multi-level and multi-stakeholder engagement, which can be facilitated by appropriate policy interventions. As value retention processes in the CE require additional...

Perspectieven op circulaire gebiedsontwikkeling: Lessen uit de Binckhorst en andere gebiedsontwikkelingen

De betonfabriek als glazen bol: circulaire steden kunnen niet zonder industrie

Bij de herontwikkeling van bedrijventerreinen in steden legt de bestaande industrie vaak het af tegen woningbouw. Maar TU Delft-onderzoeker Karel Van den Berghe laat via een rekenoefening zien dat dit ook ten koste gaat van de circulaire ambities van steden. Want hoe kan Den Haag ooit verantwoord bouwen als de stad haar enige betonfabriek...

De paradox van circulariteit

Karel Van den Berghe is kritisch en bezorgd. De in Nederland werkende Vlaming stelt dat steden teveel belang hechten aan ruimte voor circulair ontwerp zoals lampen, huizen en buurten. De circulaire economie heeft echter ook ruimte nodig om het circulair functioneren te faciliteren, met name de (her)maakindustrie. Toch verdwijnen in Nederland...

Keten circulair bouwen voorlopig nog niet gesloten: Groeiende inzet ondanks beperkingen

Circulair bouwen raakt ingeburgerd: Rijksvastgoedbedrijf en Rijkswaterstaat in 2030 circulaire bouwopdrachtgevers

When a Fire Starts to Burn: The Relation Between an (Inter)nationally Oriented Incinerator Capacity and the Port Cities’ Local Circular Ambitions

This paper assesses the potential of the circular economy (CE) policy ambitions of the port cities of Ghent (Belgium) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Both Ghent and Amsterdam are municipalities that potentially lend themselves ideally to set up a more local-oriented circular (re)production and (re)consumption system. Subsequently, both have the...

Patterns of Circular Transition: What Is the Circular Economy Maturity of Belgian Ports?

Large seaport hubs in Northwestern Europe are aiming to develop as circular hotspots and are striving to become first movers in the circular economy (CE) transition. In order to facilitate their transition, it is therefore relevant to unravel potential patterns of the circular transition that ports are currently undertaking. In this paper, we...

Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project. Technical Delivery Report: Annex 4.2.6. FLD D2

Accelerating deep building energy retrofits within the Circular Economy transition. This technical report is an annex to the Facade Leasing Demonstrator Project 2018 performance report (4.2.6.FLD.D1). For general information on the Facade Leasing research project, its process, and objectives please refer to the aforementioned document.<br/>This...

Circular Area Design or Circular Area Functioning?: A Discourse-Institutional Analysis of Circular Area Developments in Amsterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands

The hypothesis of this paper is that the circular economy (CE) has the potential to (re)balance the conflict within urban spatial planning between ‘place as a location’ and the ‘organization of space’. The former dominates the latter following a shift from a Fordist towards a finance and real-estate driven regime. A consequence is that existing...

Circulair bouwen vraagt om sprong voorwaarts: Veel ideeen maar nog weinig uitvoering