We organise our actions in six thematic & strategic agendas:
Strategic Agendas:
Bio-economy
Circular Construction
Chemicals/Plastics
Manufacturing Industry
Food Chain
Water Cycles
Seven leverages provide additional support:
Leverage effects:
Lever Policy Instruments
Lever Circular Procurement
Lever Communication
Lever Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Lever Financing
Lever Jobs & Skills
Lever Research
What, why and how?
Why are we pursuing a circular economy?
Future visions 2050
How do we see our circular future?
About our management
Who steers what at Flanders Circular?
Flanders has a number of promising circular building projects. But the industry is static and has little cross-sector communication. Numerous parties work in separate silos. As a result, it is difficult to make circular principles applicable on a large scale.
Moreover, the building sector is not quick to keep up with digital innovations. However, these can help to dismantle buildings much faster, cheaper and smarter than before. New digital methods such as BIM, parametric design, Big Data, blockchain technology, robotics, Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) have the potential to innovate the current state of the construction industry.
This research project by Prof. Dr. Catherine De Wolf aims to combine digital technologies with circular principles, so that data-driven decisions about material reuse can be automated.
With her team, she will build prototypes and apply their research to real-world examples. The project works with a platform where buildings are virtually represented using real-time data throughout their lifecycle. This data can be used to communicate with fellow stakeholders, from deconstruction workers to architects. The project team will combine the information from these new digital methods
Global implementation on a large scale of a circular model in the construction industry has not yet been successful. Prof. Dr. De Wolf and her team want to demonstrate that a fundamental shift is already possible at the local level.
ETH Zürich - Prof.Dr. Catherine De Wolf
Partners TU Delft, MIT
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