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COLLABORATIVE PLATFORMS SUPPORTING CIRCULARITY IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. IDENTIFYING STRATEGIC ACTIONS AND REPLICABLE GOOD PRACTICES

  • Paola Altamura - Department of Planning Design Technology of Architecture, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
  • Serena Baiani - Department of Planning Design Technology of Architecture, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy
  • Francesca Ceruti - Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia, Italy
  • Laura Cutaia - Laboratory Resources Valorization, Department for Sustainability (SSPT), ENEA, Italy

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Abstract

This contribution highlights the role that collaborative platforms can offer for the promotion of circularity in the construction sector, through the interaction between different stakeholders and, in particular, through the collection and promotion of good practices. In fact, the work reports the outcomes of stakeholder consultation experiences, developed within the Italian Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, aimed at identifying the strategic areas and priority actions for the scale-up circular solutions to a large scale, and activities of collection, selection and analysis of good practices at different scales (products, buildings, tools) that exemplify the possibility of concretely implementing - in a highly replicable manner - the circular solutions, until now often considered experimental cases that are difficult to be repeated.

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Editorial History

  • Received: 31 May 2024
  • Revised: 30 Jul 2024
  • Accepted: 06 Aug 2024
  • Available online: 02 Sep 2024

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