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M. Honic, I. Kovacic:
"Increasing the sustainability of buildings by application of the Material Passport method";
Vortrag: 4th South East Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (4th SEE SDEWES 2020), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (ONLINE); 28.06.2020 - 02.07.2020; in: "Proceedings of the 4th SEE SDEWES 2020", (2020), S. 1 - 13.

Concerns about increasing global consumption of non-renewable resources as well as shortages of primary raw materials and reduction of space available for final disposal of waste are raising important issues for the society. Additionally, the minimisation of resources consumption belongs to the main concerns of the EU, resulting in the development of strategies for maximizing recycling rates in order to minimize environmental impacts and energy consumption caused by extraction of primary materials.
In this paper, the Material Passport (MP) method, which evaluates the recycling potential and environmental impact of materials embedded in buildings, is demonstrated on two use cases. Thereby the focus lies on showing the potentials of MPs for defining the most important indicators influencing the sustainability of buildings. Results show, that the sustainability indicators are depending on the specific use case and that the MP has significant potential to improve reuse and recycling rates of buildings.

Material Passports, Circular Economy, building stock, recycling potential, sustainability indicators, waste minimization