Circular Environmental Impact of Recycled Building Materials and Residential Renewable Energy

Building materials, due to their mass and energy-consuming production processes, drastically increase the embodied energy of construction. This study assesses circularity processes for construction industry with a life cycle assessment (LCA) case located in large cosmopolitan city. The research concludes that significant decrease environmental impacts results from shift recycled materials phase, as well changing landfill disposal method recycling. In particular, it was found use building (such cement, metal, concrete, or glass) during phase recycling methods lead an overall impact up 65%. work also underlines importance renewable systems. both wind solar systems, most caused are paid back second year gains system. However, recovery metal depletion requires 667 years. result provides evidence emerging need integrating circular regarding reusing energy-generating sector.