Vlaanderen Circulair invites you to a webinar on sufficiency in the construction sector on 26 June 2025. This key concept within the circular economy focuses on making optimal use of existing buildings. The aim is to meet the need for housing and infrastructure without automatically resorting to new construction.
Build Less, Build Better with the Power of Sufficiency
Why Join?
Due to pressure on natural resources, climate challenges and increasing spatial saturation, the construction sector must seek credible, circular and sustainable alternatives.
One such avenue is “sufficiency”. To explain this concept, Vlaanderen Circulair is organising a free webinar, which will discuss strategies and concrete examples that contribute to a more sober, affordable and resilient built environment.
Programme
- Introduction by Sonja Leyvraz (European Environmental Bureau) on the principles of sufficiency in construction
- Case study from the impaC³t Living Lab project (KU Leuven – VLAIO): collective renovations supporting circularity
- Testimonial from the Stadsmakersfonds: a cooperative fund investing in the sustainable repurposingRepurposing designates all operations by which substances, materials or products that have become waste are used again. of existing buildings to strengthen urban and social cohesion
- Q&A session and closing remarks
Practical information
Date and time: Thursday 26 June, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: online
Participation: free, but registration is required
Language: English and Dutch