Circular Economy

As his one-year position as project assistant comes to a close, we caught up with David Sindelar to reflect on his time within the Sustainable Built Environments (SBE) research area.

Last week, a few of us attended the third Swedish Circular Economy colloquium that took place in Gothenburg. It was great to see more people coming from different industries and backgrounds, all focused on the same idea.

This week, we had the pleasure of speaking with Maud Lanau, a fellow SBE researcher whose work is shaping the future of sustainable built environments. Maud’s work at the intersection of industrial ecology and circular economy aims to reduce the environmental impact of buildings and infrastructure by focusing on material stocks, flows, and the life cycle of construction materials.

This week, we sat down with Sara Abouebeid and David Sindelar, two of our project assistants in the Sustainable Built Environments research group, to learn more about their work, research experiences, and perspectives on sustainability.

Congratulations to Shuang Wang on successfully defending her Licentiate thesis titled: “Characterizing the construction sector’s potential as secondary plastic provider.” Her research focuses on the circularity of plastics in the construction sector, a critical area for sustainability in the built environment.

Table of Contents Project Overview Main Outcomes Work Package Structure Timeline Funding program Urban LivingLabs About LivingLabs Key components: Steps of LivingLabs Case Studies Webinar on the CREATE Project DTCC Milestone Project Lunch Seminars Project results/ Deliverables Overarching Goals Avaliable deliverables Project Team -- Project Overview The CREATE project aimed at supporting urban transformation processes towards the circular economy by developing a tool (CREATE tool) that makes an inventory of the existing material stocks in the built environment and explores scenarios for future expected material flows from renovation and demolition activities.