Reusing precast concrete for a circular economy

Author: Juha Rämö, technology director Consolis Parma  Load-bearing frame structures account for the largest part of the carbon footprint of new buildings. Emissions can be significantly reduced by using low-carbon products and replacing new products with reused building components. Consolis Parma’s new circular economy solution, PARMA ReUse(TM), introduces reclaimed concrete elements to new construction alongside new products.           PARMA ReUse™ is Parma’s factory refurbishment solution for bringing reclaimed concrete elements to new construction. Reclaimed products refurbished using PARMA ReUse technology belong to the […]

Authors:   Agnese Scalbi, Eindhoven University of Technology   Marcel Vullings, TNO  ReCreate’s Dutch cluster reflects on the need for quality assurance and supportive regulation from a business point of view. Reusing precast concrete structural elements can substantially reduce environmental impacts and resource consumption in the built environment. For precast concrete, however, reuse only becomes viable at scale when quality can be demonstrated as clearly as it is for new […]

Ensuring the service life of reused concrete components is a critical requirement for safe reuse, but it is also the key to accurately evaluating the true reuse potential of existing elements. Currently, the construction industry faces a major regulatory roadblock: standards typically limit service life strictly to carbonation (corrosion initiation phase: when carbonation reaches the […]

16-18 September 2025 Tampere Hall congress centre Tampere, Finland (street address Yliopistonkatu 55) About the conference The 2nd International Conference on Circularity in the Built Environment (CiBEn) brings together pioneering researchers from all over Europe and beyond to share knowledge on the state-of-the-art on circular construction. Organised in collaboration between Tampere University (Finland), TU Delft […]