Sustainable Production and Consumption,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
45, P. 177 - 191
Published: Dec. 28, 2023
Reusing
high-value
construction
materials
from
existing
buildings
that
otherwise
would
be
discarded
as
waste
is
a
key
strategy
for
achieving
circular
economy.
However,
this
potential
reuse
often
hindered
by
critical
information
gap
between
material
life
cycles.
Reliable,
accurate,
and
sufficient
in
digital
form
the
characterization
assessment
of
recovered
typically
not
available,
nor
are
there
well-established
processes
generating
such
information.
This
review
aims
to
understand
how
address
broad
knowledge
help
scale
up
built
environment.
A
flexible
pattern-matching
methodology
used
illuminate
research-industry
synthesizing
insights
state-of-the-art
literature
on
strategies
well
empirical
data
various
real-world
case
studies.
Results
show
organization
can
categorized
into
three
main
categories:
property
attributes,
source,
actions.
research
contributes
body
building
a)
current
research,
b)
identifying
gaps
recurring
themes
across
industrial
practices,
c)
contrasting
theoretical
approaches
with
applications,
highlighting
areas
convergence
divergence.
study
provides
taxonomy
useful
industry
practitioners
academics,
offering
actionable
accelerate
transition
more
paradigm.
Resources Conservation and Recycling,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
200, P. 107291 - 107291
Published: Nov. 15, 2023
This
paper
reviews
digital
tools
for
supporting
the
Circular
Economy
(CE)
in
built
environment.
The
study
provides
a
bibliometric
analysis
and
focuses
on
computer-aided
design
(CAD),
building
information
modeling
(BIM),
computational
plugins
that
can
be
used
by
practitioners.
While
Life
Cycle
Assessment
(LCA)
is
primary
methodology
evaluating
buildings'
environmental
performance,
identifies
beyond
LCA,
including
methods
circularity
indicators,
support
evaluation
of
circular
strategies.
Our
review
highlights
limitations
tools'
functionalities,
lack
representative
data
LCA
underdeveloped
indicators.
calls
further
development
these
terms
interoperability
aspects,
integration
more
sources
circularity,
possibilities
comprehensive
choices.
Computational
offer
greater
flexibility,
while
BIM-LCA
integrations
have
potential
to
replace
dedicated
software
spreadsheets.
Additionally,
opportunities
novel
methods,
such
as
algorithms
with
various
types
reused
elements,
sharing
twins
material
passports.
research
inform
future
studies
architects
engineers
their
efforts
create
sustainable
Advances in information security, privacy, and ethics book series,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 236 - 290
Published: Jan. 26, 2024
The
widespread
use
of
drones
across
various
industries
is
leading
to
significant
transformations.
However,
the
resulting
concerns
about
data
security
and
privacy
are
quite
significant.
This
section
offers
a
thorough
exploration
these
important
issues,
providing
insights
into
challenges
they
pose
potential
ways
address
them.
Starting
with
an
overview
increasing
utility
drones,
this
chapter
highlights
importance
strong
protocols
for
privacy.
By
examining
complexities
collection
storage,
it
reveals
different
types
that
gather,
delves
storage
techniques,
vulnerabilities,
setting
stage
effective
countermeasures.
At
core
discussion
cybersecurity
risks,
which
range
from
cyberattacks
on
drone
systems
unauthorized
access
tampering
data.
To
sum
up,
serves
as
comprehensive
guide
understanding,
addressing,
mitigating
related
in
operations.
Journal of Cleaner Production,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
442, P. 140973 - 140973
Published: Jan. 28, 2024
The
construction
industry
urgently
requires
a
resilient
information
system
for
effective
coordination
of
data
transmission
among
various
stakeholders,
including
both
the
public
and
private
sectors.
Such
an
advanced
digital
solution
would
not
only
enhance
transparency
along
value
chain
but
also
improve
quality
confidence
in,
recycled
materials.
Achieving
circularity
reducing
environmental
impact
are
closely
tied
to
efficient
management
material
flows
life
cycles.
Within
this
context,
Material
Passports
(MPs)
posited
as
foundational
element,
particularly
when
integrated
with
database.
This
integration
is
beneficial
increasing
concrete,
beginning
end-of-life
major
contributor
global
demolition
waste.
MPs
effectively
transmit
crucial
about
aggregates,
thereby
enabling
their
use
in
future
projects.
study
explores
feasibility
employing
Radio
Frequency
Identification
(RFID)
technology
MP,
aiming
sustainability
concrete
by
improving
transparency,
traceability,
reliability
chain.
Extensive
laboratory
tests
carried
out
three
distinct
experimental
phases
revealed
that
RFID
tags
exhibit
remarkable
resilience
mechanical
stress
typical
consistently
maintain
readability
embedded
concrete.
water
content
samples
was
identified
significant
factor
influencing
initial
tag
readability,
although
improved
over
time.
Other
factors,
such
type
particle
size
distribution,
proximity
steel
rebar,
had
minimal
modest
impacts
on
performance.
Additionally,
confirmed
remains
robust
at
transport
speeds,
which
highlights
potential
RFID-based
advancing
circular
supply
management.
provides
solid
foundation
research
evolving
area.
International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 28
Published: July 7, 2024
Digital
product
passport
(DPP)
is
a
key
regulatory
element
of
the
latest
European
Union's
Circular
Economy
Action
Plan.
By
enhancing
traceability
and
supply
chain
transparency,
its
upcoming
mandatory
implementation
aspires
to
improve
resource
circularity,
cut
emissions,
strengthen
governance.
However,
extant
literature
lacks
comprehensive
understanding
DPP
use
cases
in
how
they
enable
sustainable
circular
management
(SCM).
To
address
this
knowledge
gap,
study
first
provides
an
overview
current
state
policy
practice.
Based
on
structured
review
82
academic
literature,
we
synthesise
functional
areas
that
can
add
value
improving
sustainability
circularity.
Informed
by
findings,
discuss
theoretical
practical
implications
DPP-enabled
SCM,
then
prioritise
research
needs
emerging
domain.
Built Environment Project and Asset Management,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 22, 2025
Purpose
This
study
addresses
the
integration
of
Industry
4.0
(I4.0)
technologies
with
circular
economy
(CE)
principles
in
UAE
construction
sector,
aligning
Circular
Economy
Policy
2021–2031
(UAECEP).
It
explores
how
digital
tools
can
facilitate
sustainable
practices
by
enhancing
resource
efficiency,
reducing
waste
and
supporting
circularity
across
building
life
cycle.
Design/methodology/approach
A
systematic
literature
review
(SLR)
was
conducted
to
identify
frameworks
that
integrate
I4.0
CE
principles.
Based
on
review,
a
conceptual
framework
developed
refined
meet
sector’s
specific
needs,
focusing
applying
at
different
stages
construction.
Findings
Integrating
tools,
including
information
modeling
(BIM),
Internet
Things
(IoT)
artificial
intelligence
(AI),
enhance
reduce
promote
sustainability
UAE’s
sector.
The
aligns
transformation
efforts
UAECEP,
indicating
these
technologies’
applicability
design,
construction,
operation
end-of-life
stages.
Key
challenges
include
high
initial
costs,
technical
limitations
need
for
regulatory
support.
Originality/value
offers
novel
tailored
bridging
gap
between
policy
objectives
practical
implementation.
provides
strategies
overcome
local
through
stakeholder
collaboration
innovation,
contributing
goals.
Recycling,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
10(1), P. 21 - 21
Published: Feb. 5, 2025
This
review
studies
the
availability
of
post-consumer
steel
scrap
in
Europe
until
2050.
We
introduce
indicator
potentially
available
domestic
(PADPS),
which
measures
amount
(steel)
from
obsolete
products
for
recycling
prior
to
trade
scrap.
analyze
material
flow
academic
literature
and
international
organizations
quantify
this
indicator.
The
suggest
a
rising
trend
amounts
saturation
level
is
reached
expected
yearly
product
obsolescence
system
stabilizes.
Between
2010
2050,
PADPS
rise
by
approximately
1.6%
per
year.
identify
in-use
stocks,
rates,
lifetimes
as
three
commonly
gauged
factors
determining
PADPS.
While
rates
range
comparatively
close
studies,
estimation
stocks
displays
much
greater
variation
introduces
an
element
uncertainty
that
can
be
coming
decades.
