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DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Dr. Naomi Keena\n\nJoin us on November 10th\, 202
 1\, at 12:05 pm (EST)  for this free online webinar\n\nAs the rates of urb
 anization increase to unprecedented levels\, the urgent need for sustainab
 le housing and infrastructure has become a widespread global challenge wit
 h social\, economic\, and ecological implications. The housing sector dire
 ctly impacts the majority of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Developme
 nt Goals (SGDs). However\, striving to achieve these goals in a compartmen
 talized or siloed manner has impeded the implementation of transformationa
 l solutions in the housing sector that increase the security and wellbeing
  of urban populations. In particular\, managing interconnections within th
 e Built Environment Process (BEP) value chain poses many housing challenge
 s. This is typically due to its siloed nature following a throughput linea
 r economy that facilitates a culture of take-make-waste and lacks incentiv
 es for collaboration and exchange across the value chain.\n\nOne promising
  approach in rethinking current siloed models within the BEP\, is that of 
 circular economy (CE) which envisions a sustainable future where waste is 
 eliminated in the built environment and materials and buildings are kept i
 n use for as long as possible. Emerging literature in the area of circular
  materials management outline effective zero waste strategies towards sign
 ificantly curbing global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and meeting the Pa
 ris Agreement goals. However\, a CE approach to housing can go beyond sole
 ly waste recovery. This talk will present an approach to exploring CE in t
 he built environment via building practices (a built case study) and data-
 driven approaches (a web application). It will highlight the need for both
  new circular building practices as well as their data-driven counterpart 
 towards understanding and linking the complexity of the BEP value chain. T
 he talk will outline ongoing interdisciplinary research on the development
  of nimble frameworks which map the BEP value chain\, highlight relationsh
 ips\, and allow for communication across its stakeholders towards low-carb
 on and cost-effective decision-making. By tracking carbon\, energy and mat
 erial flows\, this research aims to surpass the concept of a building\, in
  abstraction\, fixed solely in the operational phase\, but rather as a sys
 tem which undergoes multiple journeys of carbon\, energy\, and material tr
 ansformation in its initial construction and future dismantle.\n\nBy addre
 ssing CE principles from the built as well as the digital perspectives\, t
 his research has significance in multi-stakeholder engagement and evidence
 -based decision-making\, especially within work which strives to find solu
 tions to grand challenges such as environmental issues. By unlocking the p
 otential of circular economy principles in the built environment\, it aims
  to facilitate in projecting future scenarios towards a sustainable and pr
 ogressive future. It offers potential value to circular economy methods\, 
 amendments to policy and building codes\, and the creation of incentives f
 or cross-industry collaboration\n\nRegister: https://mcgill.ca/x/JTz\n
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SUMMARY:TISEDTALK SEMINAR: Circular Economy and the Built Environment: From
  Housing to Data
URL:/tised/channels/event/tisedtalk-seminar-circular-e
 conomy-and-built-environment-housing-data-334472
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