Maximizing material productivity to future-proof Canada’s construction sector
Designing out waste, building in value. Circular Construction Canada is working to reinvent Canada’s construction sector into a resource-efficient engine of innovation, productivity, and resilience.
Circular Construction Canada—formerly Circular Economy Leadership Canada (CELC)— reimagines Canada’s construction sector as a resource-efficient engine of innovation, productivity, and resilience.
Canada’s construction sector is facing rising costs, regulatory pressures, and supply-chain risks, threatening its competitiveness and ability to deliver. Applying a circular construction model will help make the sector be more cost-effective, resource-efficient, and prosperous.
Circular construction creates stronger, more profitable businesses by turning today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. By creating more resilient supply chains, higher resale value, financial sustainability, and market leadership, businesses across Canada have greater opportunity to thrive.
So how do we accelerate the transition to circular construction in Canada? We learn by doing, driving innovation, and scaling what works.
Contact Paul Shorthouse, Managing Director, for more information: [email protected]
Designing out waste, building in value. Circular Construction Canada is working to reinvent Canada’s construction sector into a resource-efficient engine of innovation, productivity, and resilience.
With a growing network of partner organizations across the country, CCC advances thought leadership, technical expertise, and collaborative platforms for accelerating systems change and the transition to a resource-efficient, low-carbon, and financially resilient built environment in Canada.
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Read MoreThe transition to a low-carbon economy will result in increased primary demand for metals like aluminum, copper, lithium, silver, nickel, lead, and zinc – some of which are in short supply. At the same time, the negative impacts of mining activities have come under increasing scrutiny. Can circular economy strategies help address supply and demand by enhancing resource recovery while minimizing environmental impacts? Evolving research shows it’s possible.
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