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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...

The Climate City Office - Klimastadtburo - is the department responsible for municipal climate change issues in the City of Bremerhaven's Environmental Protection Agency. Klimastadtburo is committed to a climate-friendly city and to ensuring that the problem of climate change is taken into account a...

Circular Trust Building (CTB) is now officially up and running! The consortium’s first transnational gathering took place on 16th - 17th January in Assen, The Netherlands. Having battled the wintery weather- and the inevitable consequences for travel - participants were warmly welcomed to Drenthe’s...