CirCon4Climate – Circular Construction for Climate Action
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Contributing to minimising natural resource consumption and climate change mitigation through strengthening circular construction practices in Czechia, Poland, and Slovenia
Background
In Czechia, Poland, and Slovenia, most of the construction industry’s waste is landfilled instead of recycled. However, within construction up to 70 per cent of demolition waste can be used anew. Therefore, the European Commission’s Waste Framework Directive aims to ensure that this waste is managed in an environmentally reasonable manner. This does not only lessen the unnecessary consumption of natural resources and reduces the production of greenhouse gases but also drives forward the construction sector’s transformation towards a climate and resource-friendly circular economy model, which aims to minimise waste and emissions by reducing the need for new materials and manufacturing processes through tighter material cycles in construction.
Waste segregation in preparation for recycling in Greater Manchester, UK, Photo: ©ismwaste | Unsplash
Project
The project strengthens circular construction in Czechia, Poland, and Slovenia with the help of best practices from Germany. To achieve this objective, the project increases awareness regarding the circular construction process among regional governments and municipalities as well as key players within the industry: policymakers, architects, contractors, investors, and urban planning authorities. In practice, the project team advises investors on how to increase circular building principles in public procurement. Moreover, it provides architects and urban planning authorities with good examples as well as support in designing buildings with recycled materials. Hence, the construction industry is encouraged to use secondary materials – recycled materials that can be used in manufacturing processes – and to increase the volume of the collection of materials for reuse and recycling. The project uses best practices from Germany as guidance within this process. All in all, this contributes to mitigating climate change as well as securing supply within the construction sector.
Project information
Updated: March 2023
Countries: Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovenia
Project duration: 12/22 - 03/25
Funding: 853,871 €
Target groups: Cities, towns and municipalities, Companies, Regional governments
Implementing organisation:
Czech Technical University in Prague
Project Partners:
Institute of Innovation and Responsible Development (innowo), ITB, Leibnitz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG)
Project Website:
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Contact Person
Mrs Barbora Vlasata
Organisation: University Centre for Energy Efficient Buildings of Czech Technical University in Prague
Address:
Třinecká 1024
27343 Buštěhrad
Czech Republic
Email: barbora.vlasata∂cvut.cz
EUKI
This project is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI). EUKI is a project financing instrument by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The EUKI call for project ideas is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. It is the overarching goal of the EUKI to foster climate cooperation within the European Union (EU) in order to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
Contact
European Climate Initiative (EUKI)
Potsdamer Platz 10
10785 Berlin – Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)30 338424 570
info∂euki.de