EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This report provides a general framework for circular

buildings and proposes concrete strategies and
indicators for possible inclusion in BREEAM New
Construction and Refurbishment & Fit-Out (NC &
RFO). The aim of the report is twofold: to provide
stakeholders from government, business and
academia with a basic framework to approach
circularity in buildings, and to accelerate the transition
to a circular built environment by suggesting
strategies and indicators for integrations into
leading global standards for sustainable buildings
like BREEAM.

The definitions used in the framework are aligned with

the Transition Agenda for circular construction in The
Netherlands. The proposed strategies further build
on the strategies presented in the recently published
Roadmap for Circular Land Tendering as well as on a
range of existing frameworks and tools. The suggested
indicators are either adaptations of existing indicators
in BREEAM RFO and NC, or entirely new indicators.
The final list of suggested indicators was created with
input from external experts.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction

2. Objectives

3. Strategy framework for creating circular

buildings

4. Gap-analysis of BREEAM

5. Circular indicators for possible inclusion in

BREEAM

6. Next steps

Acknowledgements

Glossary

Annex I - Strategy framework for circular buildings

& potiental indicators for BREEAM

Annex II - Detailed description of six building

strategies and suggested indicators