How to activate the circular economy in the construction industry?
Issues about resilience, urban metabolism and resource management are increasingly being addressed by cities and manufacturers. As a major generator of waste and with the growing problems related to access to housing or pollution, professionals from the construction industry need to act quickly and efficiently.
To face these challenges, circular economy appears as an adapted solution to build a sustainable future and to proactively transform these constraints into opportunities.
To help you to answer these complex issues and take the lead in your industry, we train you to use new tools, mindsets and methodologies.
Public
This training is open to employees, contractors, consultants or freelancers in the construction industry: real estate developers, architects, project managers, contracting authorities, managers, suppliers.
There are no preconditions. First insights about the value chain for building projects could be beneficial.
Objectives
Synthesize and improve a building project, from design to end-of-life, to ensure value creation and positive impacts.
- Understand the main principles of the circular economy applied to the industry
- Acquire system thinking on the whole value chain
- Learn case studies and new tools to take action.
Program
1 day training, 30% theory / 70% practice
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Part 1: “Systemic design of the value chain”
key concepts: systemic impacts, resources, linear economy, externalities
workshop: map flows, interactions and their impacts
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Part 2: “What solutions to meet which issues?”
key concepts: modularity, reversibility, sobriety, cooperation
workshop: case studies on inspiring projects
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Part 3: “Improve an existing situation with the circular economy”
key concepts: cooperation, business models, value(s) creation
workshop: synthesize and analyze a business model with the Circular canvas and map a human ecosystem with the Partner map
Ready for this training?
You are willing to take action in the circular economy to create regenerative construction models with the circular economy?