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OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this project are twofold:

1. To provide a basic strategy indicator framework

for a circular building.

In order to identify circular indicators for possible

inclusion in BREEAM, it was first necessary to
develop a framework encompassing the key
impacts, strategies and sub-strategies for a circular
building. This basic framework is not only relevant
to analyse opportunities to increase the circular
impact of BREEAM, it also provides a source of
inspiration for elaborating strategies in other
projects and programmes that aim at making the
built environment more circular.

The following approach was taken to reach this

objective:

• Define circularity for buildings

• Identify desired impacts and key strategies,
building on the strategies identified in the
Roadmap Circular Land Tendering
• Take inspiration from existing strategy and
indicator frameworks (including BREEAM, other
standards amongst which LEED, DGNB, Crade to
Cradle

2. To suggest circular strategies and indicators for

possible inclusion in BREEAM.

The key objective of this report is to propose

strategies and indicators for possible inclusion in
the international BREEAM New Construction (NC)
and Refurbishment and Fit-Out (RFO), as well as the
Dutch versions of these standards.

The following approach was taken to reach this

objective:

• Perform a gap-analysis of BREEAM based on the

strategy framework, to answer the question which
indicators are fully covered, which ones are only
partially covered and which are not yet addressed
by BREEAM.
• Identify - with the support of experts in the field -
and describe key indicators that have the highest
potential of improving the circularity of a building.