LEWIS PERKINS
President,
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute
WHY?
THE MAKING OF THINGS
IS DESTRUCTIVE
TAKE | MAKE | WASTE
THIS
CYCLE IS
ACCELERATING
IMAGINE A WORLD…
BEGINNING OF ABUNDANCE
END OF WASTE
NUTRIENT CYCLES
Design for biological and technical nutrient cycles
BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENTS
TECHNICAL NUTRIENTS
WATER, OXYGEN,
NITROGEN, CARBON DIOXIDE
Factories that make energy, filter water &
provide creature habitat while upcycling
our clothes.
Built Positive is a co-creative movement to increase
the built environment’s positive impact on people,
planet, and economy by designing materials and
products for circularity, innovating to improve these
inputs, and quantifying their positive impact from
the molecule through to the metropolis.
QUANTIFY VALUE FROM MOLECULE TO METROPOLIS
Buildings generate
valuable material
feedstocks that can be
disassembled and
upcycled in to new
construction
Chemistry is safe for
humans and the
environment
Increased productivity
and quality of life
Increases flexibility of
space
ECONOMY
Reduce real estate
investment risk
Reduce life cycle impacts
with less extraction and
more reuse
PEOPLE
PLANET
Minimize waste by
maximizing resource yields
& utility at all times
Resources cycle safely
retain maximum value
BUILT POSITIVE KEY CONCEPTS
CIRCULAR MODELS
BIOLOGICAL CYCLE
Source: Ellen MacArthur (2012) Adapted from the Cradle to Cradle Design Protocol by Braungart & McDonough
TECHNICAL CYCLE
VALUE CHAIN INTEGRATION
& COLLABORATION
Create closed cycles for materials, energy, waste and water in an
environment that promotes health, creativity, and productivity.
BUILT POSITIVE: VALUE CREATION & RETENTION
Materials
Buildings
Regional Systems
Governments
BUILT POSITIVE
• Circular design
• Material health
• Design for reuse, disassembly
& recovery
• Value chain collaboration
& Innovation
• Qualifying & quantifying value
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
• New business models
(e.g. product as service)
• Reverse logistics
• Legacy chemical management
• Policies, incentives and
disincentives
HOW DO WE GET THERE?
NOW
Inspiration & Awareness
• Define the elements of building positive
• Develop a widely available resources (e.g. curriculum, case studies)
• Create opportunities to learn and share
NEXT
Reflection & Refinement
• Examine principles in practice
• Explore challenges
• Engage for innovation and process breakthroughs
2020
CREATING A MOVEMENT
Conscious Change
• Built Positive principles are being put into practice
• Sharing and amplification of practices, principles, and breakthroughs
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
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