{"id":4595,"date":"2022-03-28T14:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inies.fr\/inies-for-building\/the-circular-economy\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:22:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T09:22:21","slug":"the-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inies-dev.armstrong.space\/en\/inies-for-building\/the-circular-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"The circular economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the framework of ecological transition, a strategy of orientation towards circular economy is being established in France for several years, a strategy that the building sector has the ambition to support through innovative or breakthrough solutions. The circular economy operates in a loop, promoting eco-design, prioritising reuse and making waste a resource.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The issues for developing a circular economy are high. Indeed, buildings, as well for their construction as for their operation, currently represent 40% of the European energy consumption<\/strong> and more than 50% of the raw materials extracted.<\/strong> In France, the building sector generates approximately 42 million tonnes of waste<\/strong> each year, more than households (30 million tonnes) but 4 to 5 times less than public works (185 million tonnes). Almost all of this building waste (93%) comes from demolition\/rehabilitation work, new construction representing the balance.<\/p>

The context of environmental transition of the building, led by various legislative texts and national experiments, imposes a significant reduction of the environmental impacts, in particular carbon, of construction works. The ELAN law (or housing law 2018) reflects the “housing strategy” of the government and prepares the environmental regulation, the RE2020, by defining the energy and environmental performance and by aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of new buildings on their entire life cycle. It relied in particular on the E+C- experimentation. It is however essential to look at indicators other than only carbon, such as the depletion of resources, the use of materials or production of waste, all of these are criteria that are at the heart of the circular economy approach as defined by the “anti-waste for a circular economy” law promulgated in February 2020.<\/p>

Law for the Evolution of Housing, Urban planning and Digital (ELAN) (2018)<\/h2>

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Article 178: “For construction products and equipment, the procedures for calculating and formalising information are: <\/em><\/p>

  1. Greenhouse gas emissions throughout the life cycle;<\/em><\/li>
  2. Their contribution to storage of atmospheric carbon during the service life of buildings;<\/em><\/li>
  3. The amount of materials from renewable resources or from recycling that are incorporated into them;<\/em><\/li>
  4. For some categories of products and equipment, their impacts on air quality inside the building;<\/em><\/li>
  5. The obligation to make this information available to the public;<\/em><\/li>
  6. The skills requirements and the guarantee of independence and impartiality of the verifiers of this information.”<\/em><\/li><\/ol>

    Article 181 : “A decree from the Council of State specifies: [\u2026] the requirements for the use of materials from renewable resources or the incorporation of materials from recycling.”
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    Anti-Waste Law for a Circular Economy (AGEC) (2020)<\/h2>

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    Article 13 : “In order to improve consumer information, producers [\u2026] shall inform consumers, by means of marking, labelling, display or any other appropriate process, about their environmental qualities and characteristics, in particular the incorporation of recycled material, the use of renewable resources, [\u2026]. These qualities and characteristics are established by favouring an assessment of the entire product life cycle. Art. 58: As of 1 January 2021, the goods acquired annually by State services [\u2026] come from reuse or recovery or incorporate recycled materials in a range of 20% to 100% depending on the type of product.”<\/em><\/p>

    The Circular economy<\/strong> consists of moving from a linear mode of production and consumption where materials are extracted, used to manufacture products that are consumed and then thrown away, to a circular model using the produced waste as resources.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    The circular economy is an economic system of exchange and production which, at all stages of the life cycle of products (goods and services), aims to increase the efficiency of the use of resources and reduce the impact on the environment, while contributing to the well-being of individuals.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    In 2018, Alliance HQE-GBC published the framework for defining the circular economy in which 15 action levers were identified to integrate the principles of the circular economy into buildings. Framework definition of circular building economy: 15 levers to act (Alliance HQE-GBC)<\/p>

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    The framework for defining the Circular Economy for buildings: 15 levers for action (Alliance HQE-GBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

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