These initiatives highlight how circular economy approaches can reduce environmental impact, strengthen material recovery, and improve long-term economic and social value across the built environment.
BAMB – Buildings as Material Banks
The BAMB project, funded under Horizon 2020, focused on enabling circular solutions in the building sector through innovative tools such as Material Passports and Reversible Building Design. Its approach supported the idea of buildings as long-term material banks, where resources retain value and can be reused more effectively.
Super Circular Estate
This project in the Netherlands explored advanced reuse and deconstruction strategies by recovering materials from an existing apartment block and using them in new demonstrator homes. It also supported innovation in circular materials, construction techniques, and social sustainability through community involvement.
CINDERELA
The Horizon 2020 CINDERELA project supported circular business models in the construction sector by promoting waste-to-resource opportunities and digital tools. One of its key innovations was CinderOSS, a digital platform supporting knowledge exchange, secondary raw materials, and circular construction marketplaces.
ReBirth
The LIFE project ReBirth focused on increasing recycling of industrial waste and construction rubble in the construction sector. It contributed through technical guidance, waste recycling methodologies, sustainable demolition practices, and environmental assessment approaches.
These projects demonstrate how cross-sector cooperation, digital solutions, and circular material strategies can support stronger reuse of construction waste and accelerate sustainable transformation in the built environment.
Within the ReBuilt project, similar principles were promoted through circular construction practices, secondary raw material use, digital tools, and innovation ecosystems that support stronger circular value chains across Central Europe. This places ReBuilt within a broader European effort to improve material efficiency, waste recovery, and sustainable construction practices.
Article prepared based on contributions from PP7 POR Consult – Project of Sustainable Development d.o.o.