Reusefully co-authored a new EISMEA (European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency) report on circularity in construction across Europe. The study presents new insights on the uptake of circularity approaches, obtained from more than 300 stakeholders from across the EU construction ecosystem.

Whilst the vast majority of construction stakeholders consider the transition to a circular economy to be a priority, only a minority of them (below 25% on average) actively measure their own circular approaches. To facilitate a greater transition to a circularity in construction, barriers need to be overcome, including the lack of standardisation and interoperability of data and measurement approaches. However there are drivers that can be explored to counteract these barriers, including harmonising data formats across the EU/industry, encouraging circular business opportunities, and regulating in support of the circular transition.

To support future measurement of the uptake of circular approaches in construction, the report recommends indicators that construction ecosystem actors could use at four different levels: product/material; building/infrastructure; organisation/process; and urban.

You can download a copy of the report on the EISMEA website here.