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Business case

Impact on the availability of resources as well as their effect on living organisms, ecosystems, and components of the environment.

Ecological Impact

Impacts on the social fabric of the community and well-being of the individuals and families.

Social Impact

Impacts on the financial condition of a company, as well as the the economicconditions of its stakeholders and on economic systems at local, national, andglobal levels.

Economic Impact

Impact on increased knowledge and understanding as a result of the case study

Increase Awareness

Direct and indirect reduction in economic costs

Cost Savings

Direct and indirect effects that increase revenues or the potential for new revenues, for example from new products, customer segments, partnerships or business models

Revenue Potential

Reduced green house gas emissions released into the biosphere

Reduce Emissions (SDG13)

Reduced use of virgin materials and/or an increase of the use of secondary and bio-based materials

Reduce Material Consumption (SDG12)

Minimise waste through diversion: Instead of sending waste to landfill, it is redirected into other industrial processes for handling, treatment, recycling, recovery, or reuse in various forms. 

Minimise waste through design: At the outset of a process of project, plan and design such that there is zero waste or minimal waste during production, use, and at end of life. 

Minimise Waste (SDG12)

Providing specialist services to support consumers, businesses, andgovernments

Professional Services

Societal Services

Providing public and private education and support services at any level or for any profession, and governmental and public administration services, including judicial, regulatory, and legislative activities, taxation, defence, public order and safety, immigration services, foreign affairs and the administration of government programmes

Education and Government Services

Producing and providing services that utilise the creative talent of individuals to generate intellectual property, including movies and television shows, music, live performances, advertising, marketing or public relations services, newspapers, magazines and books, and commercial printing services

Creative Services

Providing various support services for businesses and governments, such as research, testing, certification and consulting services, cleaning and maintenance services, security and protection services, legal, accounting and bookkeeping services, information management, data processing, and business process outsourcing services

Research & Commercial Services

Work together throughout the supply chain, internally within organisations and with the public sector and communities to increase transparency and create joint value

Team up to create joint value

Engage with the government on circular policies and programmes

Government collaboration

Engaging in discussions with government bodies and policymakers to push for regulations that support the circular economy

Advocacy for circular economy policy

'Inform' increases the overall levels of awareness and builds the necessary skills and knowledge around the circular economy to foster long-term change.

Inform

Encourage workplace training

Extra-curricular education

Awareness raising events

Information campaigns

Impacts

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Industries

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A framework of policy instruments that enabled and encourage the transition to the circular economy

Policies

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A framework of policy instruments that enable and stimulate the transition to the circular economy

The principles of a circular economy concern designing out waste, regenerating ecosystems and keeping items in use. Decoupling the economy from material flows—improving the rate of resource productivity faster than the economic growth rate—is also a consistent guide. By evolving with the growing number of applications of circular economy principles, and consolidating these strategies across thematic areas, Circle Economy’s Key Elements Framework (KE) renders the elements of the circular economy salient and serves as a basis to derive contextual strategies and interventions. 


The Framework consists of:
- Core Elements: Activities directly handling product or material flows; and uniquely,
- Enabling Elements: those that remove obstacles for core actors.


Key elements of the circular economy

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Circle Economy's framework of strategies and activities that define the circular economy

Czechia

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INCIEN - Institute of Circular Economy promoting circularity in the economy of Czech Republic

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INCIEN

<p>INCIEN (Institut Cirkulární Ekonomiky) is a non-profit organization that promotes and supports the development of circular economy policies and regulations in the Czech Republic. It also provides training in related topics, such as circular procurement, circular textile industry, etc. INCIEN is supported by funding from its partners and European funds.</p>

INCIEN: Institute of Circular Economy in the Czech Republic

Article / Report

Designing products to resist damage and wear, and serve a long and useful life.

Design for physical durability

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OUR MISSION IS TO ACCELERATE THE PRACTICAL AND SCALABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

At Circle Economy, we believe in a visionary future for our planet — one in which we do not have to compromise in order to achieve economic, social, and environmental prosperity. As an impact organisation, we connect and empower a global community to create the conditions for systemic transformation. With nature as our mentor, we work alongside businesses, cities and governments to identify opportunities to make the transition to the circular economy, and provide a powerful combination of practical and scalable solutions to turn these opportunities into reality.
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Our mission is to empower a global community of businesses, cities and governments to accelerate the transition to the circular economy through practical and scalable insights and solutions that address humanity’s greatest challenges.

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Circle Economy

ISSO is the Dutch Knowledge Centre for the building and building services sector. ISSO is founded as a not for profit organization with the aim to coordinate research and organize knowledge transfer to the practitioners in the building and building services sector. ISSO is founded by the various professional associations in this sector. Since our start, 45 years ago, ISSO published more as 140 guidelines, publications and research reports. ISSO is also involved in the national, European (CEN) and international (ISO) standardization work in this field. ISSO publications are the basis for building service design and installation in the Netherlands. Some of our work is also published by similar organizations in other EU countries, this work was generally carried out with EU-support. ISSO plays an active role in the coordination work on the CEN standardization in the area of Energy for Buildings and Building systems, first as chair of a CEN Joint Working group on CENTC89,156,228 and 247 and later as Chair of the CEN BT TF173 coordinating the standardization work on the EPBD (Mandate M343). ISSO participates in several IEE and H2020 projects concerning BUILD UP Skills and Construction Skills.

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At TUS we have a clear focus on meeting the evolving needs of society and industry through applied learning and innovative thinking. By putting the individual needs of our students front-and-centre, we prioritise accessibility and opportunity for all. When we combine this student-first philosophy with next-generation thinking, we can help drive our region forward through education, research, and commercial collaboration.TUS is a multi-campus university spread across six colleges throughout Ireland’s Midwest and Midlands region. With principal campuses at Limerick and Athlone, we benefit from an already strong and vibrant history of education and learning in the wider region, and look forward to playing our part in sustaining and enhancing this identity for generations to come. By providing a healthy supply of high-quality graduates and an additional focal point for growth and innovation, we can help regional development take a big step forward. And for our nation, a technological university in the heart of Ireland adds a new dimension to education in our country, demonstrating a commitment to shared values like inclusivity, accessibility, and supportiveness. Our continuous focus on partnership, innovation and staying agile shows we understand the importance of working with key stakeholders across industry and society. And with more than 14,000 students enrolling in hundreds of courses every year across four counties, our story has only just begun.

The University was founded in 1942 as a Higher Technical School. In 1945 it was transformed into a State Polytechnic. In 1953 the Polytechnic was divided into several institutes one of them being the Institute of Civil Engineering, which was renamed to Higher Institute of Civil Engineering in 1963 and to Higher Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering in 1977. In 1990 by decision of its General Assembly the Institute was renamed to University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UASG), the official accreditation being voted by the Parliament on the 21st of July 1995. In five faculties – Architecture, Civil engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Geodesy, Transportation Engineering and 33 departments, senior executives are educated for the following majors: Architecture, Urban Planning, Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Supply and Sewerage, and Geodesy.

University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, UASG

<p>The overall aim of BUS-GoCircular is to address and overcome the challenges of the stimulation of demand for green energy skilled workforce, along with hands-on capacity building to increase the number of skilled workforce across the value chain. But which skills does the workforce need to possess? Based on the different circular strategies and interventions that are being applied in practice we can map which occupations are involved within the implementation of these interventions. Based on this work (WP2.1) we can start mapping the different skills that are required for these different interventions (WP2.2). A generic framework for Circular Economy interventions in the construction value chain and its first application has been developed for the BUS-GoCircular project. This framework is based on the eight Key Elements of the circular economy framework (tier 1). The result of this is a set of archetypical interventions that improve the energy performance of a building while applying circular key elements. The eight Key Elements consist of 25 more specific strategies (tier 2). For these 25 different circular strategy groups (tier 2), the professions, trades and roles that are involved with implementing each strategy have been mapped across five stages of the value chain: Plan, Procure, Construct, Operate, and End of Service Life. This serves as the basis to provide an overview of the different roles that are required to implement such a strategy, from factory operative, over material scout, to material engineers. The framework has then been applied to the circular strategies relating to multifunctional roofs, façades and interior elements, including strategies evolving around energy efficiency. This application has been validated through interviews with relevant external stakeholders and experts from across the BUS-GoCircular project consortium.</p>