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

Andreas Seebacher; Sandra Böhm; Elena Boerman

doi:10.14512/tatup.7147

Authors

Andreas Seebacher Karlsruhe Transformation Center for Sustainability and Cultural Change, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe (DE) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2100-8178 andreas.seebacher@kit.edu
Sandra Böhm Institute for Building Design and Technology, Department of Architecture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe (DE) https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2512-7763 sandra.boehm@kit.edu
Elena Boerman Institute for Building Design and Technology, Department of Architecture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe (DE) https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9524-5216 elena.boerman@kit.edu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.7147

Keywords:

materials library, building materials transition, turnaround in the construction sector, circularity, 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.

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