| Title | A new method for probabilistic circular economy assessment of buildings |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 1921 |
| Authors | Lei, HR; Yang, W; Wang, WG; Li, CQ |
| Title | A new method for probabilistic circular economy assessment of buildings |
| Year | 2022 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | Circular economy (CE) is increasingly applied to support circular and sustainable development of buildings and infrastructures. To effectively monitor the implementation of CE, a unified assessment procedure is in urgent need. This paper aims to develop an overall CE index for probabilistic CE assessment of building materials. Models for material circularity and sustain -ability are established. The proposed overall CE index is demonstrated in a case study of two buildings made of cross laminated timber (CLT) and reinforced concrete (RC), considering mul-tiple uncertain variables in different end-of-life scenarios. It is found in this paper that the circularity and sustainability indexes can facilitate the standardization of CE assessments and align them with existing limit state design codes for structural safety, e.g., Eurocodes. Results of the case study suggest that the CLT building has significant lower probability of unsatisfactory CE performance over RC building in terms of material circularity indicator, embodied energy and carbon emission. The paper concludes that the overall CE index can integrate reliability methods with CE assessment effectively. |
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