Circular built environment definitions
There are currently 5 definitions in this directory beginning with the letter M.
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Mass Timber
A type of structural system that utilizes large solid or engineered wood panels and framing members.
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Material banks
Material(s) Banks are repositories or stockpiles of valuable materials that might be recovered. If those materials replace primary resources used during the construction, operation or refurbishment of buildings and their parts, the need for primary resource mining can be eliminated.
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Material harvesting
Recovering materials from the existing stock of building with the aim to reuse, recycle or biodegrade them and realise a technical or biological material loop.
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Material passports
Materials Passports are electronic and interoperable data sets that collect characteristics of materials and assemblies, enabling suppliers, designers and users to give them the highest possible value and guide all towards material loops.
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