2023: Building a NYS Circular Construction Economy: A Policy Action Plan
The built environment is the world’s largest producer of emissions and waste. Circular construction efforts – such as deconstruction and reuse – present promising alternatives but face many barriers to adoption, including the absence of marketplace infrastructure and policy that would discourage destructive practices and incentivize sustainable alternatives. This project will convene a cross-disciplinary team of academic researchers and industry and community experts to write an actionable white paper to inform groundbreaking deconstruction, salvage, and reuse legislation for New York state. It also could serve as a model for the U.S. and could fuel a circular construction economy.
Investigators: Felix Heisel, Architecture; Jennifer Minner, City and Regional Planning; Lori Leonard, Global Development; Denise Ramzy, Dyson School