Creating a circular Built Environment: The why and how
Location: Buildings Pavilion (Zone C, Area 5, lot n. 113)
Hosts: WBCSD, World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) and Arup
Date: 14 November 2022
Time: 11:00–12:00 (EET)
Description: Approximately half of all extracted resources globally are used for the built environment, and 11% of global GHG emissions are attributed to the embodied carbon found in construction materials, with another 28% of global emissions from energy use in buildings. Simultaneously, nearly 40% of urban solid waste comes from construction and demolition. By 2025, it is expected that 2.2 billion tons of construction waste will be generated worldwide (nearly double the amount of waste in 2018).
A sustainable built environment is circular, designed for longevity, flexibility, adaptability, assembly, disassembly, reuse and recoverability, and considers future climate risks. It uses low-carbon, low-impact, non-toxic materials and it recovers used resources (materials and products on-site or from other sites). It is powered by renewable energy, ensures sustainable water consumption and enhances the wellbeing and safety of people.
The transition to a sustainable built environment requires the use of a circular economy – which demands radical, meaningful transformation centered around designing out waste, enhancing product lifecycles, and changing consumption habits. There is a need for major innovation in materials, new regulations to make circular products, net zero buildings and choices cost competitive, investment in research and innovation, a major transformation of design practices and construction materials and waste management.
Hear from key industry leaders about how they are driving business to take a systematic approach to make a sustainable built environment system a reality.
Speakers:
- Catriona Brady, Director of Strategy and Development, World Green Building Council (WorldGBC).
- Dr Magash Naidoo, Head: Circular Development, ICLEI
- Gonzalo Muñoz, High Level Climate Champion for COP25
- Kristin Hughes, Director, Global Plastic Action Partnership, World Economic Forum
- Luca de Giovanetti, Senior Manager Built Environment, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
- Magali Anderson, Chief Sustainability and Innovation Officer, Holcim
- Manuel de Araújo, Mayor of Quelimane,Mozambique
- Matt Kennedy, Director, Climate Services & Sustainability, ARUP
- Miranda Schnitger, Lead Cities Project, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Usha Iyer-Raniga, Co-Lead, One Planet Network’s Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme (SBC)
For any questions, please email copaction@wbcsd.org.