Although experiments and initiatives are multiplying everywhere, the circular transition of the construction sector - responsible for around 40% of CO2 emissions and a third of waste in Europe - has yet to be invented. Is the context now more favourable to the generalisation of the circular economy? What are the innovations that could promote reuse and recycling? And where does the search for new business models stand? This month and until January, Leonard explores, with a series of dedicated round tables, the trends likely to move the lines of the circular on a large scale. 

Like a good vinyl record, our newsletters are divided into two sides. Side A analyses a major trend. Side B offers reading advice to go further two weeks after. 

Analysis

Circular economy: a favourable context for generalisation?

Gas, electricity, fuel... at the end of 2021, the price of energy is reaching record highs, as are the prices of materials and raw materials. In this context, the concept of the circular economy is finding a new echo within companies, which also see it as a response to the strengthening of environmental legislation. 

Projection

How many lifecycles for tomorrow’s buildings?

In order to limit the waste and carbon emissions from deconstruction and reconstruction, the idea of constructing buildings that can be easily transformed, adapted or dismantled is gaining ground. Of the 46 million tonnes of waste produced each year by the French building sector, half comes from demolition and 13% from new construction.

Opinion

What new economic models for the circular economy?

Re-use of materials, recycling of construction waste and the design of evolving buildings are essential steps towards the circular economy. They still need to be complemented by other models and practices, and made coherent, for a true circular economy to emerge in construction and development.

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How to make a success of cities' circular transition?  

How to create value while drastically reducing the extraction and consumption of new resources? What will be the jobs of the circular city? What partnerships should be forged between economic players to develop new markets and sectors? We invite you to Leonard:Paris between November and January for a new series of meetings open to the public to identify the obstacles to be overcome and the opportunities that lie ahead to accelerate the circular transition of the construction sector. 

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🚀 AI Program, 3rd cohort 

16.11 at 6pm

Leonard:Paris and on line

Circular transition: from constraint to opportunity

Inaugural session of the cycle: "How to make a success of the circular transition?" 

17.11 at 8.30am

Leonard:Paris and on line

COP 26: "Back from Glasgow"

Leonard invites you to discuss the outcome of the 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP26), which takes place in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 October. 

22.11 at 5.30pm

Leonard:Paris and on line

The circular transition facing the challenge of taxation and financing

Construction products from the circular economy often remain more expensive than those from raw materials. How can the circular economy become more competitive? 

23.11 at 6pm

Leonard:Paris and on line

Graduates, companies and climate: is the revolt rumbling?

Three years after the Manifesto for an Ecological Awakening, which called on companies and educational institutions to rise to the climate challenge, what forms is the commitment of students and young graduates in higher education to the climate and the ecological transition taking? 

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