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To support the construction industry’s shift toward more circular models, the CTB project (Circular Trust Building) is well underway in Sweden. Recent workshops held with Region Kronoberg and Vöfab marked the beginning of a number of pilot projects aimed at increasing material reuse. There is lots o...

Vives is the largest University of Applied Sciences in West Flanders, with campuses in five student cities. By implementing, amongst others things, applied research and expertise in circular and sustainable construction techniques, digital transformation, BIM, spatial planning, monitoring and evalua...

Circularity is a theme that is already well embedded at the Municipality of Groningen. Great progress has already been made in the areas of waste, purchasing, food and water. Now these experiences are being used in the theme of circular construction and spatial planning....

The Hanze University of Applied Sciences has a long track record in circular construction and renovation. Indeed Hanze has developed and contributed to many partnerships with industry, public sector and academia. Research by the Hanze is helping bridge the gap between circular material supply and de...

The City of Roeselare has just recently inaugurated its new town hall – an iconic example of harmonious new meets old, incorporating sustainability, circular building practices and the carbon-reducing ambitions of our Belgian CTB partners....

The CTB partners recently met again, this time in Sweden, to fine-tune project strategies and activities, and exchange knowledge for a more circular construction sector....

On April 8th CTB partners met online to discuss the framework within which the consortium works and to clarify our definition of ‘circular’ in the context of the Circular Trust Building project. Following a presentation by Peter Omlo, Researcher of Circularity and one of our knowledge partners from...

The Province of Drenthe is one of the 12 regional administrations in the Netherlands. Some of its primary competences and activities relevant for the CTB project are spatial development and regional economy. Informally, the Province has recently become more involved in housing policy in anticip...

Actium is an ambitious housing corporation located in the green heart of the Northern Netherlands, providing 16,000 households in Drenthe with an affordable home. Together with tenants and other stakeholders, Actium endeavours to incorporate circular and sustainable practices by focusing on energy e...