Fully devalued (waste) materials produced after each use cycle (lower is better).
Generation of municipal waste per capita.
Google Search popularity of terms such as "circular economy", "circular construction", "sustainable construction" and similar.
Green deals.
Green Public Procurement: Circular economy criteria in GPP.
Green Public Procurement: The share of public tenders (being subject to EU procurement law), which include environmental elements.
Green suppliers.
Gross additions to stock (GAS).
Gross investments in tangible goods (percentage of GDP at current prices).
Hazardous waste in the construction sector.
High-value recycling.
Impact on the environment.
Imports in raw material equivalents.
Initial investment costs.
Initial value (input) of materials.
Innovative schemes for CE developed by the government for CDW management.
Investments: In material goods (in circular sectors) defined as investments in all material goods (in circular indicators) as a share of GDP in the year of reference.
Investors/real estate project owners or investments in circular buildings or circular real estate projects.
Joints and materials withstand repeated use (durability).
Land use change, index.
Land-use: Share of preserved areas versus industrial purposes.
Leadership development programs set in place to raise greater awareness among individuals involved with the construction process and develop individuals (in relation to CE).
Life cycle Global Warming Potential.
Lifetime of the material in the anthroposphere.
Lightweight materials.
Longevity of buildings and components.
Maintenance material inputs.
Management systems adapted within building sector companies, e.g. EMAS / ISO".
Material Circularity Indicator (MCI).
Material circularity indicator CIRC (actual cumulative service in per cent of maximal service).
Material efficiency score: SMEs, resource efficiency and green markets.
Material outputs from stock.
Material rejected for material recycling used for energy recovery.
Material stocks (MS)of non-metallic minerals.
Material stocks (MS)of non-metallic minerals.
Materials available for the next cycle (output).
Materials collected and resold by retailers.
Materials lost (output).
Materials restored and their quality: Contamination, Tramp element content.
Materials used (in-put).
Materials with local high-value recycling potential after each use cycle (lower is better).
Metals recycled from waste ashes from energy recovery treatment.
Mineral depletion indicator.
Minimisation of waste on construction sites.
Modular design.
Municipalities with circularity goals regarding municipal buildings.
National standards under CEN / TC 350/SC.
Net additions to stock (NAS).
New buildings certified within a sustainability system (DGNB, Svanemærket, etc.).
New construction projects applying Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the assessment of materials flows.
Number of EPDs for “circular” materials.
Number of EU Taxonomy-aligned buildings.
Often divided into fossil energy, non-metallic minerals, metallic minerals, biomass, others.
Open buildings system.
Origins of the materials used.
Patents related to recycling and secondary materials.
Per capita stock expansion.
Platforms for exchange/sales of reused building materials.
Platforms: (Extra) utilisation of (public) buildings monitored via platforms.
Platforms: Activity or frequency level of products/materials reuse platforms (number of times people visit the platform page, number of times people offer reusable products, number of times architects/designers buy from these reuse platforms).
Platforms: Material efficiency audit data collected through digital platform.
Platforms: Online social collaboration platforms that bring together CE organisations and members of those organisations worldwide, enabling more collaboration, sharing, and overall communication.
Platforms: Utilisation of secondary resources through 3rd party platforms.
Platforms: Variability of reusable elements collected, offered on reuse platforms and available for designers to choose from Reverse logistics and take back schemes set in place.
Position in the waste hierarchy. Total waste generation is multiplied by a step value for each step in the waste hierarchy to produce a score value of the position of a given waste system in the waste hierarchy.
Private investments, jobs, and gross value added related to circular economy sectors.
Product-Level Circularity Indicator.
Product, components, and material retention rate.
Products and components collected for reuse by the municipality or NGOs at recycling stations or reuse areas.
Provision for ‘realistic’ tolerances for assembly and disassembly.
PSS solutions within the sector (market share).
Quality in new buildings.
Raw Material Consumption (RMC).
Raw Material Input (RMI).
Recirculated economic value from EoL components over total product value.
Recovery rate of construction and demolition waste.
Recyclability of component.
Recycled content in buildings.
Recycled material value/resale value.
Recycled materials as part of the total amount of raw materials for construction.
Recycling efficiency rate.
Recycling rate of all waste, excluding major mineral waste: (Recycled waste / treated waste).
Recycling rate of municipal waste: The share of municipal waste being recycled of the total waste amount.
Recycling rate within the C&D sector for a range of fractions, including overall packaging, plastic packaging, packaging based on wood, electronic waste, biowaste and construction and demolition.
Refurbishment rate.
Rehabilitation projects with reuse of buildings at least 20%.
Rejected material for material recycling sent to landfill.
Repairability (availability of repair manuals or spare parts or products designed for maintenance).
Resource productivity in construction.
Resource security: kg resources extracted per kg DMI.
Resource- and carbon footprints.
Reuse generated by reuse operators or households.
Reuse in public works.
Reuse potential assessed through digital material passport of buildings.
Reuse potential indicator (RPI) assesses based on current technologies if a material is seen as material or waste.
Reused material of total C&D waste.
Reversible mechanical connections.
Roadmaps for CDW management availability.
Robustness of new buildings.
Running and replacement costs.
Scientific articles on CE in buildings.
Self-sufficiency for raw material.
Self-sufficiency for raw materials, aluminium.
Self-sufficiency in renewable energy.
Separated in many different types of waste from construction, including all types of hazardous waste."
Service generated by material consumption.
Servitisation (i.e. product service system).
Share of certified building projects.
Simplicity in construction: The number of connections (lower is better).
Simplicity in construction: The number of different material types (lower is better).
Simplicity in construction: The numbers different types of connections (lower is better).
Sorting of waste at construction sites.
Structured Facility Management documentation in new buildings.
Students applying for CE-related studies at university.
Supply chain footprint of regenerative flows.
Targets in place regarding public buildings (e.g. repurpose).
Taxes on landfilling (amount/ton of waste).
TCA in new buildings.