The vision for this research project is to enable the acceleration of material re-use in construction, advocate deconstruction of existing buildings instead of demolition to enable the integration of re-used material into the supply chain and have 100% of all newly designed buildings as Net Zero carbon by 2030. 

The main output of this project is the Materials Passports policy paper. This paper provides guidance on how to implement materials passports and accelerate material reuse in construction. The purpose of this paper is to enable the widespread adoption of materials passports to support a circular economy. We propose an achievable deliverable for all projects and advocate for the creation of policy to support this. This policy paper provides a suit of guidance and templates to facilitate the immediate and comprehensive adoption of materials passporting across Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry.  

This research was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Innovation Scholars Programme (Grant AH/ X005143/1).  

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