Critical consideration of buildings' environmental impact assessment towards adoption of circular economy: An analytical review

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified the implications, considerations, contributions and challenges of circular economy in the construction industry by systematically analyzing the recent literature and highlighted the numerous challenges under design, materials selection, supply chain, business model, uncertainty and risk, collaborations among actions, knowledge of understanding, relevant policy, integration of urban metabolism, and methodology for CE evaluation.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic literature review was conducted, including 45 articles that were divided into six areas of research: development of Circular Economy, reuse of materials, material stocks, Circular economy in the built environment, LCA analysis and material passport.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a literature review on the adoption of circular economy in the built environment, focusing on three approaches: management for sustainable cities, urban services and consumer practices aligned with circular economy, and cleaner production and construction.

TL;DR: The considerable environmental impacts, resource consumption and waste generation emanating from buildings are a cause of great concern and political attention as mentioned in this paper, which is the main reason for interest in the circular economy (CE...

TL;DR: In this paper, the circular economy is most frequently depicted as a combination of reduce, reuse and recycle activities, whereas it is oftentimes not highlighted that CE necessitates a systemic shift.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that the circular economy is most frequently depicted as a combination of reduce, reuse and recycle activities, whereas it is oftentimes not highlighted that CE necessitates a systemic shift, which may eventually result in the collapse of the concept.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define the concept of circular economy from the perspective of WCED sustainable development and sustainability science, and conduct a critical analysis of the concept from a perspective of environmental sustainability, identifying six challenges, for example those of thermodynamics and system boundaries, that need to be resolved for CE to contribute to global net sustainability.

TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes and organizes the literature on life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle energy analysis (LCEA), and life cycle cost analysis for environmental evaluation of buildings and building related industry and sector (including construction products, construction systems, buildings, and civil engineering constructions).