Material Passport Industry Brief Report
This brief aims to inform stakeholders in the Irish construction sector of the transformative impact of Material Passports (MPs) as solutions to implement Circular Economy principles in the Built Environment. It is based on a wider doctoral research programme that aims to identify and address challenges in existing MP frameworks. The research is ongoing and funded via the Build Digital project. It includes a systematic literature review, gap analysis, and recommendations. The literature review emphasises the MP’s role in promoting circularity through material recovery, resource efficiency, and waste reduction. The major challenges include the current MP static nature, lack of standardisation, policy gaps and data quality issues. The gap analysis emphasised that there is an urgent need for real-time updates, standardisation, policy frameworks, data quality control, stakeholder education, and behavioural shift.
Principal Authors:
Ioannis Markou CEng MICE, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture and Built Environment SETU
Dr. Derek Sinnott, Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Built Environment SETU
Dr. Ken Thomas, BE MA PhD EurIng CEng MIEI. Head (Waterford) Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment at SETU
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