Re-NetTA Project: organizational models for promoting re-manufacturing chains of building products in the Lombard manufacturing district

Abstract

In view of the circular economy transition, the building sector is facing the challenge of overcoming conventional organizational models that follow a “take-make-dispose” in favor of circular models, exploiting re-manufacturing to close the loop. Starting from the analysis of re-manufacturing practices well affirmed in other industrial sectors and the lesson learned in terms of key features, the paper focuses on circular strategies and new organizational models and tools for short-life building products coming from renewal interventions in office, exhibition, and retail. In particular, three novel circular models are presented, based on the cross-sectorial successful key features of reuse/re-manufacturing activities and the point of view of stakeholders, including manufacturers, service providers, policymakers, and the third sector. This collaborative effort took place in the context of the research “Re-NetTA - Re-manufacturing Networks for Tertiary Architectures - New organizational models and tools for re-manufacturing and reusing short-life components coming from tertiary building renewal”, leading the knowledge sharing among the involved players to support innovative solutions.