The Handbook to Building a Circular Economy

This book
is a call to arms.

To avoid a
climate catastrophe and achieve a regenerative built environment, the use of
new materials and any excess waste in resources need to be cut out from the very
beginning of the design process. This requires far-reaching change in
established industry processes.

How might
this begin? What are the key fundamentals you need to know? How can a more
effective model be applied? This book, a much-updated second edition of the
author’s previous work Building Revolutions, answers all of your
questions.

A must-have
companion to helping create a more sustainable future, this book explains
in simple and practical terms how the principles of a circular economy can be
applied to the built environment, thereby reducing the resources required to
construct, fit-out, maintain and refurbish buildings.

Case
studies include:

• The
  Forge, UK, by Landsec
• The
  Bath School of Art, UK, by Grimshaw
• Urban
  Mining and Recycling Experimental Unit, Switzerland, by Werner Sobek
• NASA
  Sustainability Base, USA, by William McDonough + Partners
• University
  of East Anglia Enterprise Centre, UK, by Architype
• Park 20|20, The Netherlands, by William McDonough
  • Partners