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Circular economy in the building and construction sector: A scientific evolution analysis

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    Identifier: imarina:9216932
    Authors:
    Norouzi MChàfer MCabeza LFJiménez LBoer D
    Abstract:
    The building industry is responsible for considerable environmental impacts due to its consumption of resources and energy, and the production of wastes. Circular Economy (CE), a new paradigm can significantly improve the sustainability of this sector. This paper performs a quantitative scientific evolution analysis of the application of CE in the building sector to detect new trends and highlight the evolvement of this research topic. Around 7000 documents published 2005 to 2020 at Web of Science and Scopus were collected and analyzed. The bibliometric indicators, network citation, and multivariate statistical analysis were obtained using Bibliometrix R-package and VOSviewer. The co-occurrence analysis showed five keyword-clusters, in which the three main ones are: (i) energy and energy efficiency in buildings; (ii) recycling, waste management and alternative construction materials; (iii) sustainable development. The analysis showed that researchers pay close attention to “sustainability”, “energy efficiency”, “life cycle assessment”, “renewable energy”, and “recycling” in the past five years. This paper highlights that (i) the development and use of alternative construction materials; (ii) the development of circular business models; (iii) smart cities, Industry 4.0 and their relations with CE, are the current research hotspots that may be considered as potential future research topics.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Norouzi M; Chàfer M; Cabeza LF; Jiménez L; Boer D
    Department: Enginyeria Química
    URV's Author/s: Boer, Dieter-Thomas / Jiménez Esteller, Laureano
    Keywords: Sustainable development Science mapping Construction sector Circular economy Building Bibliometric analysis sustainable development sustainability scientometric analysis science mapping science management industrial symbiosis google scholar future energy-consumption construction sector building big-data bibliometric analysis
    Abstract: The building industry is responsible for considerable environmental impacts due to its consumption of resources and energy, and the production of wastes. Circular Economy (CE), a new paradigm can significantly improve the sustainability of this sector. This paper performs a quantitative scientific evolution analysis of the application of CE in the building sector to detect new trends and highlight the evolvement of this research topic. Around 7000 documents published 2005 to 2020 at Web of Science and Scopus were collected and analyzed. The bibliometric indicators, network citation, and multivariate statistical analysis were obtained using Bibliometrix R-package and VOSviewer. The co-occurrence analysis showed five keyword-clusters, in which the three main ones are: (i) energy and energy efficiency in buildings; (ii) recycling, waste management and alternative construction materials; (iii) sustainable development. The analysis showed that researchers pay close attention to “sustainability”, “energy efficiency”, “life cycle assessment”, “renewable energy”, and “recycling” in the past five years. This paper highlights that (i) the development and use of alternative construction materials; (ii) the development of circular business models; (iii) smart cities, Industry 4.0 and their relations with CE, are the current research hotspots that may be considered as potential future research topics.
    Thematic Areas: Safety, risk, reliability and quality Mechanics of materials Engineering, civil Engenharias i Construction & building technology Civil and structural engineering Building and construction Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Architecture
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: dieter.boer@urv.cat laureano.jimenez@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-5532-6409 0000-0002-3186-7235
    Record's date: 2024-07-27
    Journal volume: 44
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352710221005623?via%3Dihub
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Journal Of Building Engineering. 44
    APA: Norouzi M; Chàfer M; Cabeza LF; Jiménez L; Boer D (2021). Circular economy in the building and construction sector: A scientific evolution analysis. Journal Of Building Engineering, 44(), -. DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102704
    Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102704
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2021
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Architecture,Building and Construction,Civil and Structural Engineering,Construction & Building Technology,Engineering, Civil,Mechanics of Materials,Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
    Sustainable development
    Science mapping
    Construction sector
    Circular economy
    Building
    Bibliometric analysis
    sustainable development
    sustainability
    scientometric analysis
    science mapping
    science
    management
    industrial symbiosis
    google scholar
    future
    energy-consumption
    construction sector
    building
    big-data
    bibliometric analysis
    Safety, risk, reliability and quality
    Mechanics of materials
    Engineering, civil
    Engenharias i
    Construction & building technology
    Civil and structural engineering
    Building and construction
    Arquitetura, urbanismo e design
    Architecture
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