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Circular Economy and Green Products in the Building Construction Sector- The Impact in the Society
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Now days we can see how the Earth have been affected by non-conscious use of products
that contribute considerably to the pollution of the ecosystem. The human being is everyday
more worried about to preserve ecosystem, finding, designing and using materials and
products that doesn’t or affect less the ecosystem neither the humans. Green products have
been designed to do the least possible damage to the environment whether in their
production, use or disposal. Defined as products or materials that have a lesser or reduced
effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing products or
services that serve the same purpose (Speer, 2011).
The civil building construction that for the case of study is going to be mention only as
building construction, have and extensive direct and indirect impact on the environment
during their whole lifetime (Vierra, 2016). During the construction, occupancy, renovation,
demolition, building use energy, water, raw materials, generate waste and produce harmful
atmospheric emissions (Vierra, 2016). Due to these facts have surged the necessity of
implementing a circular economy model, creating green building standards, certifications,
and rating systems to help mitigate the impact of the building on the environment through a
sustainable design (Vierra, 2016).
A practice that support the concept of circular economy is the building deconstruction.
Developed and emerging economies are adopting the circular economy model leading to the
creation of markets for recovered materials (Commision, European, 2014).
When we talk about Green Products in the building construction we involve two aspects, the
materials and the technique used. A material can be a green product by itself, for example
the Bamboo, but also using a traditional material, a construction can transform into a green
product by the technique used.
Companies that produces green products are developing different labels and ways to
communicate the consumers of their benefits (Vierra, 2016). By these the consumer gets
acknowledge of how and why is a green product makes the consumer takes a decision
between buying traditional products or green product.
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Circular economy Green products Green building