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Circular construction

The construction sector holds one of the greatest potentials for a circular transition. The sector represents an enormous potential for reducing waste and increasing recycling and reuse. A building can be designed for circularity if it is designed to be easily decommissioned, e.g. using principles of modularity and design-for-disassembly to enable higher reuse of the building materials.

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Globally, the construction sector utilises 50% of the raw materials we extract
50 %
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In the EU, demolition and construction waste account for 35% of the total amount of waste
35 %
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80% of construction emissions can be saved through more efficient use of materials
80 %

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Globally, the construction sector utilises 50% of the raw materials we extract In the EU, demolition and construction waste account for 35% of the total amount of waste 80% of construction emissions can be saved through more efficient use of materials
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Designing for the circular economy — the Danish way

Blog post by Ditte Lysgaard Vind, founder of The Circular Way and Partnerships Director at Lendager. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Urban planning and development

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Nordhavn: The smart urban area of the future

27 July 2022
On this 360 virtual tour, you can explore the urban district of Nordhavn, Copenhagen. It is an urban area which combines liveability, sustainability and intelligent solutions in a vibrant smart city neighbourhood.
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Bio-based circular solutions

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Danida Green Business Partnerships is open for applications

21 July 2022
Danida Green Business Partnerships (DGBP) is a business instrument under the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The programme focuses on green transition through development projects developed and implemented in partnerships between commercial and non-commercial partners.
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Buildings

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The Marble Pier

19 July 2022
The construction sector accounts for 40% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, concieving of ways to design and construct more sustainable and buildings are imperative. One way to challenge old building traditions is by choosing more sustainable building materials. In Nordhavn, Copenhagen, R
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Circular building materials

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Soil remediation

28 June 2022
Whenever a new building is to be built, excavated soil is to be dealt with. Often this soil is contaminated with heavy metals, for instance. This therefore often leads to the soil being removed to a waste deposit.
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Circular building materials

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Nordic Waste A/S gets approval for upcycling contaminated soil

9 June 2022
A whole new method: As the first company in Denmark, Nordic Waste A/S can upcycle contaminated soil to secondary raw materials
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Buildings

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NEW AARCH

7 June 2022
A longstanding wish from the Aarhus School of Architecture has been to bring together its former satellites at one location to create a more holistic framework for both student and faculty as well as more energy and resource friendly operations. The vision was a building that in itself would encoura
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Meet Danish circular construction professionals

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Viegand Maagøe

We co-create the green transition. The transition relies on a combination of technologies, financing, people, and communications. This is why we are experts in advising about these topics.

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Buildings

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ADEPT

ADEPT focus on urban development and building architecture with an aim to push users, clients, profession and the world around us towards a deeper responsibility for the limited global resources. We d

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Buildings

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Nordic Waste A/S

At Nordic Waste we are specialists in biological and chemical treatment of contaminated soil and residual products from the industry etc. The purpose is to recycle the soil and residual products back

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Air pollution

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Energy Machines

Energy Machines™ is a leader in the design, implementation, and operation of integrated energy systems for buildings. Buildings are a growing climate problem, accounting for over 28% of global CO₂ emi

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Air pollution

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EcoTree International

EcoTree is a certified B-Corp with a simple, ground-breaking way to reward individuals and businesses supporting sustainable forestry in Europe. In short, we own the land and you own the trees! We’ve

Company

Buildings

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Port of Aalborg

Port of Aalborg is more than a traditional port, transport hub and business park. We work with partnerships and collaboration. Sustainability and green transition. Symbioses and synergies. Knowledge a

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Air pollution

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Port Esbjerg

Port Esbjerg is the North Sea’s leading port for offshore wind, base to the Danish offshore industry and an international hub for multimodal transport with six regular RoRo liner services. More tha

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Buildings

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Circle Bank

Construction made circular Today, it is more efficient, cheaper and faster to build using a traditional linear approach, which is a major systemic challenge for the circular tra
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Circular business models

By addressing product life extension, reuse and the recycling of waste, circular business models can re-duce consumption and minimise waste generation. They allow products to be continuously used, reused, sold as a service, and enable the sharing of products, rather than incentivizing a one-time purchase. A commonality and driving forces are data collection, digital tools, and design.
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Waste management

Successful waste management utilises the potential of waste by increasing recycling and reuse of materials while limiting the amount of waste that goes to landfill. Denmark has an efficient waste management system in place and aims to have a climate-neutral waste sector by 2030.
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Circular construction

The construction sector holds one of the greatest potentials for a circular transition. The sector represents an enormous potential for reducing waste and increasing recycling and reuse. A building can be designed for circularity if it is designed to be easily decommissioned, e.g. using principles of modularity and design-for-disassembly to enable higher reuse of the building materials.