Granlund Energy Seminar 20.4.2016: Circular Economy in the Built Environment. Speaker: Sustainability Group Manager Ken Dooley, Granlund Consulting

1. Circular Economy in
the Built Environment
Ken Dooley
20.4.2016

2. Circular Economy
“If the circular economy was adopted by the EU, savings
within a range of between €300 – €560 billion could be
realised by 2035”
Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2012
”A well known topic but poorly defined”
”What does it mean for us in real estate & construction?”
”If the circular economy is coming ……
- where do I start if I am in real estate & construction?”

3. Hiedanranta, Tampere
25 000 residents
Responsible for energy
& construction stage
circular economy

4. 8 Components: Circular Economy
in the Built Environment

5. Circular Economy in the Built Environment
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Natural
Materials   
Major Influence Minor Influence
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Natural Materials
ConstructionDesignMaterials

6. Circular Economy in the Built Environment
Natural
Materials
Major Influence Minor Influence
 
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle  
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life

7. Major Influence Minor Influence
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Design for
Disassembly
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Design for
Disassembly
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
Circular Economy in the Built Environment

8. Design for Disassembly

9. Design for Disassembly
Kasper Guldager Jensen:
• New building designed for disassembly for 0.35%
• New build Danish office building €115m & 42.000 m2
• Demolition costs € 2.15 million today
• Materials worth € 4.7 million at the end of the
buildings life

10. Circular Economy in the Built Environment
Sharing
Economy
Solutions 
Sharing Economy
Solutions
Major Influence Minor Influence
 
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle

11. Sharing Economy Solutions
”if you only use your car for 20%
of the year could someone else
use it for the other 80%?”

12. Sharing Economy Solutions
City on Demand by Jarmo Suominen (Aalto)
Hospital
Workplace
University

13. Sharing Economy Solutions
Source: NCC
A 4 room apartment ……..or………….
……. a 3 room apartment with a room for AirBnB

14. Sharing Economy Solutions
Examples:
• AirBnB
• Desk sharing in offices
• Coworking
• Pop up retail
• The end of private car parking

15. Circular Economy in the Built Environment
New Ownership
Models 
Major Influence Minor Influence
 
New Ownership
Models
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle

16. New Ownership Models
”Products as a service” = change how items designed
Consumer products + renting = long lifecycle products
Source www.bundles.nl

17. New Ownership Models
Source: Kingfisher

18. Circular Economy in the Built Environment Major Influence Minor Influence
 
Sustainable
Lifestyles 
Sustainable
Lifestyles
New Ownership
Models
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle

19. Circular Economy in the Built Environment Major Influence Minor Influence
 
Resource
Efficiency
 
Sustainable
Lifestyles
New Ownership
Models
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
Resource
Efficiency

20. Resource Efficiency
Use waste materials as an alternative to virgin
materials wherever possible
Local materials are also preferred
Balfour Beatty: UK motorway design
• 400,000 recycled tyres
• 375,000 tonnes of power station ash
• €57 million saved with nearly 8 million tonnes of
waste material

21. Circular Economy in the Built Environment Major Influence Minor Influence
 
Industrial
Symbiosis  
Resource
Efficiency
Sustainable
Lifestyles
New Ownership
Models
ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Design for
Disassembly
Natural
Materials
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
Industrial
Symbiosis

22. Industrial Symbiosis
Locate companies together so that the output of one is
the input of another
• Food processing and biogas production
• Food processing and bioplastic production
• Mushroom growing and insulation manufacture

23. Finnish Example: Sybimar

24. Circular Economy in the Built Environment Major Influence Minor Influence
 
Design for
Disassembly
Sharing
Economy
Solutions
Sustainable
Lifestyles
Industrial
Symbiosis
Reuse,
Recommissioning,
Recycle
Resource
Efficiency
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Natural
Materials  
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New Ownership
Models
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ConstructionDesignMaterials Use End of Life

25. Circular Economy: First steps..
Strategy
• High level analysis
• Step by step guidance
Use Phase
• Consumption patterns
analysis
• Building level
• Neighbourhood /
Campus level
New Projects
• New and renovation
projects
• Operational improvement
of construction projects
Use Phase
Management
• Use phase targets
• Implementation strategy
• Service network
Long Term
Planning
• Circular economy
detailed investment
strategies
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26. Ken Dooley
Sustainability Group Manager
Granlund Consulting
+358 50 315 2417
ken.dooley@granlund.fi
Twitter @kendooley
Thank you!