The potential and facilitating architecture for futures exchanges in secondary raw materials

A transition from a linear to a Circular Economy is called for. Futures markets in secondary raw materials can support the circular economy through allowing circular businesses to hedge price risk. A blockchain-based architecture is designed using Design Science Research. The architecture can be implemented to facilitate the underlying...

A Conceptual Framework for a Digital Circular Built Environment: The Data Pipeline, Passport Generator and Passport Pool

This article proposes a conceptual model to address the structural holes in data sharing between (and beyond) actors in the circular built environment supply chain and monitoring circular economy progress. Current digital innovations such as material passports and Building Information Modelling applications aim at increasing quality and...

How robust is the circular economy in Europe? An ascendency analysis with Eurostat data between 2010 and 2018

Considering its relatively low circularity rate (11.8% in 2019), the EU set several waste management targets as part of its roadmap to a circular economy yet the decision about which transition pathway to follow is not trivial. The maximization of circularity in human made systems is intended to function as a catalyst for this transition albeit...

Disruptive technologies for a circular building industry

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...

Potentiële stimulerende digitale technologieën voor circulaire installatietechniek

Nederland heeft het ambitieuze doel om een volledig circulaire economie te bereiken in 2050. Hoe gaat de gebouwde omgeving dit als meest grondstof intensieve en grote CO2 uitstoter realiseren? Wat betekent dit voor de installatietechniek? En wat is de rol van digitale technologieën in deze transitie? In dit artikel kijken we naar deze vragen...

Circular Digital Built Environment: An Emerging Framework

Digital technologies are considered to be an essential enabler of the circular economy in various industries. However, to date, very few studies have investigated which digital technologies could enable the circular economy in the built environment. This study specifically focuses on the built environment as one of the largest, most energy- and...

Empowering Consumers in the Circular Economy with blockchain-enabled storytelling

This thesis introduces the vision and implementation to involve and empower end-consumers in the circular economy. This thesis is the graduation project of Strategic product design master’s program, developed for Circularise, a B2B company who connects supply chain. It aims for an in-depth understanding of the users need and challenges in the...

A CE Indicator Scorecard and Circular Economy Business Model Canvas for the Food and Beverage Industry

A circular economy (CE) is seen as needed in all industry sectors to manage finite resources and to reduce the impact of production and consumption of goods on the planet. While the food and beverage industry has already many measurements in place to ensure cleaner production, a transition towards a CE requires a broader systems perspective....

Data sharing for a circular economy: A project for plastic's traceability in the automotive supply chain

The relevance of circular economy, in these days where the environmental impact and toll of humans’ activities is undeniable, grows steadily. Circular economy, founded on three basic principles, advocates for all materials to be kept in use for as long as possible. This takes a concrete shape, for example, in the importance of recycling...

Accelerating the transition towards circular economy within the built environment: Utilizing blockchain technology and designing a circular, modular, temporary start-up incubator on the Marineterrein in Amsterdam

The master graduation project focusses on accelerating the transition towards the circular economy. Specifically it is a design for an intervention on an existing building on the Marineterrein making it into start-up incubator in a way consistent with the thought frame of the Circular economy. The project is a exploration of the role of the...