Learn how to speed up material reuse in construction with Materials Passports at our online presentation! On the 5th June from 1-2 pm, Rachel Hoolahan and Ana Rute Costa will present the Materials Passports policy paper! Book your ticket here https://lnkd.in/ddR2MsaU

To consult the policy paper, please follow this link: https://lnkd.in/dNqBaAhH

The construction industry is not on track to decarbonise by 2050 and uses more resources than most other industries. It is imperative we retrofit existing buildings and preserve as many materials as possible. The reuse of existing materials can reduce waste and minimise the extraction of raw materials.

Providing a material passport to each construction material can ensure resources stay in circulation. Materials passports centralise existing data in a single location, ensure that materials are identified, traced and kept in use.

Calling all built environment players! As a client, user, architect, contractor, developer, manufacturer, trade person, stockholder, logistics, policy maker, you all gave a role to play on extending lifecycle of materials, reducing C&D waste and minimise extraction of raw materials. We need to work collectively towards a more sustainable future and embrace frugal life.

Meanwhile, treat buildings as treasures, use Materials Passports, promote the aesthetics of reused materials, rethink your design approaches, be creative, dare sobriety. This is the unique way to reduce embodied carbon and implement a successful circular economy in the construction sector.

Let’s make a deal: From 2025 onwards, every construction project should have materials passports as a key deliverable. This would enable the construction industry to focus on implementing real and meaningful circularity strategies.

Simultaneously, be a resource keeper, watch out for the greenwashing trap. It is all smoke and mirrors, bending rules and blurring reality. This goes against the principles of the circular economy.