Resource Use- Sustainability Shorts

Ready to embrace circularity?

Consider a project you’re working on, or a building you use. What materials were used during construction? Where did they come from? What will happen to those materials once the building is demolished?  

For Kai Liebetanz from UKGBC, these are the questions that fuel interest in material and resource use in the built environment.

Hear from Kai about how this passion – generated from a desire to protect nature – fuels his work. Learn from UKGBC members about how our industry uses and disposes of resources, and what solutions are already being used to reduce impact.

And finally, watch to the end to understand what you can do to help radically transform the sustainability of the built environment.

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Ready to embrace circularity?

  • On your next project, consider the principles of reuse, remanufacture, recycle, refurbish and restore.  
  • Ask questions of your supply chain – where are their materials coming from? Can they prove their providence? Or can they source sustainably recycled and repurposed item?. 
  • Check out more of UKGBC’s resources to learn more circularity frameworks and how you can implement them.