Brussels construction industry roadmap towards a circular economy

Brussels construction industry roadmap towards a circular economy

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https://www.circulareconomy.brussels/decouvrez-la-feuille-de-route-des-acteurs-…
Issuing Public Authority
Brussels Regional Programme for a Circular Economy
Publication Date
June, 2019
Country
Belgium
Language for original content
Dutch
French
Key Area
Production,
Consumption,
Waste management,
Secondary raw materials,
Innovation and investments
Sector
Construction, Buildings and Infrastructure
Scope
Regional
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The Brussels Regional Programme for a Circular Economy is Belgium's capital region strategic effort towards a circular economy. Within this programme, the Brussels construction industry with its 12,000 businesses is a priority sector. As construction and facilities management accounts for 98% of water use, 75% energy demand and 33% of waste in Brussels, there is great potential for a substantial contribution to a circular transition.

This roadmap, developed in partnership with the Environmental Agency through 3 stakeholder workshops, includes three gradual steps towards circular building in Brussels:
  1. voluntary measures by construction businesses by 2025
  2. comprehensive regulation for circular public buildings by 2030
  3. reforming all relevant local planning regulations to include circular principles by 2040
While the latter goal remains to be clearly defined and prepared, the voluntary measures by companies and regulatory update for public buildings have already been transformed into actionable steps, e.g. revising training curricula in vocational and professional schools with a circular mindset or setting up monitoring systems to track the flow of resource and waste from Brussels' largest construction sites.