Materials libraries as knowledge tools on the path toward a circular construction industry

Abstract

Extensive factual and target knowledge about the need for a turnaround in the construction industry and a circular building sector must be effectively communicated to stakeholders and translated into practical knowledge. Materials libraries that are geared toward circularity and embedded in supra-regional networks have the potential to positively influence teaching, science, and practice: through the direct haptic experience of a real sample collection of building materials and associated research-based information databases in digital, location-independent form.

Keywords

• materials library
• building materials transition
• turnaround in the construction sector
• circularity
• circular construction industry