We don't always think about it, but soil is an important part of our biodiversity, water management and construction process. That is why it is important to keep an eye on it. In Flanders, Grondbank does just that, and so well that the system is a forerunner in Europe (and the world).
Driven by changing regulations and acute material shortages, the number of building projects using reclaimed elements has increased in recent years. However, building with reclaimed materials is far from being common practice: according to Embuild figures, only 1% of reusable building elements are effectively reused today in North-West Europe, and...
160 circular building projects, that is the result of 4 years of Green Deal Circular Construction and the efforts of 360 organisations going for circular (re)construction in Flanders. This was therefore celebrated at the closing event in Mechelen. A nice endpoint to the Green Deal Circular Construction, but certainly not the motivation to continue...
Circular construction is on the rise. There is more and more attention and interest in more sustainable construction and circular processes, but how do you really start a circular construction project? And circularity, what does it actually entail?