Dissemination
This page provides an overview of how results and knowledge produced within the CO2NSTRUCT project are shared. Here you will find access to project deliverables, as well as dedicated sections highlighting scientific publications and project newsletters that communicate key findings and progress to stakeholders and the wider community.
Content overview
Scientific Publications
Resource
efficiency for closed-loop circularity of building insulation materials in
Europe
Zheng Lu, Teklit
Gebregiorgis Ambaye, Ruichang Mao, Michael Hauschild, Lisbeth
M. Ottosen, Giammarco Montalbano, Pierluigi Zerbino, Davide Aloini, Ana
T. Lima
Sustainable
Production and Consumption, June 2026
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2026.03.002
Revisiting circular economy rebound: Market dynamics, policy implications, and future research directions
Benjamin H. Lowe, Andrea Genovese, David Font Vivanco, Trevor Zink
Journal of Industrial Ecology, October 2025
https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.70121
Macroeconomic models for assessing the transition towards a circular economy: A systematic review
José Bruno R.T. Fevereiro, Andrea Genovese, Ben Purvis, Oriol Vallès Codina, and Marco Veronese Passarella
Ecological Economics, October 2025
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108669
Synergies and Antagonisms Between EU Circular Economy and Climate Mitigation Policies: Focusing on Construction Sector
Juliana Barbosa; Paula Trindade; Filipa Amorim; Davide Aloini; Pierluigi Zerbino; Spyridon Karytsas; Theoni I. Oikonomou; Husam Sameer; Hans H. Dürr; Simon Slabik; Martina Flörke; Annette Hafner; Teklit G. Ambaye; Ana T. Lima; Sofia G. Simoes
Circular Economy and Sustainability, July 2025
https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-025-00673-6
Towards radical circular economy futures: Addressing social relations of production
Leandro J Llorente-González, Josep Pinyol Alberich, Andrea Genovese, Benjamin H Lowe
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, April 2025
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2025.123972
Mapping supply systems in circular settings: A proposal for a new methodology
Zerbino, P., Mabroum, S., Montalbano G., Lima, A.T., Aloini, D.
Computers & Industrial Engineering, Elsevier, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2025.110891
ISSN 1879-0550
Planning for a future free from rebound effects
Andrea Genovese, Benjamin H. Lowe, Meletios Bimpizas-Pinis, V.G. Ram
In Futures, Volume 164, December 2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2024.103479
ISSN 0016-3287
Climate mitigation potential of biobased insulation materials: A comprehensive review and categorization
Zheng Lu; Michael Hauschild; Lisbeth M. Ottosen; Teklit Gebregiorgis Ambaye; Pierluigi Zerbino; Davide Aloini; Ana T. Lima. In Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 470, September 2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143356
ISSN 0959-6526
Mapping circular economy practices for steel, cement, glass, brick, insulation, and wood – A review for climate mitigation modeling
Ana T. Lima, Gunvor M. Kirkelund, Zheng Lu, Ruichang Mao, Wolfgang Kunther, Carsten Rode, Simon Slabik, Annette Hafner, Husam Sameer, Hans H. Dürr, Martina Flörke, Benjamin H. Lowe, Davide Aloini, Pierluigi Zerbino, Sofia G. Simoes. In Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 202, September 2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114697
ISSN 1364-0321
Methods to estimate the circular economy rebound effect: A review
Lowe, B. H., Bimpizas-Pinis, M., Zerbino, P., & Genovese, A,
Journal of Cleaner Production, March 2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141063
Understanding the relationship between institutional pressures, supply chain integration and the adoption of circular economy practices
Calzolari, T., Bimpizas-Pinis, M., Genovese, A., & Brint, A.
Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier, November 2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139686
ISSN 0959-6526
The CO2NSTRUCT European project: Modelling the role of Circular Economy in construction value chains for a carbon-neutral Europe
Theoni I. Oikonomou, Spyridon Karytsas, Constantine Karytsas, Sofia G. Simoes, Oscar Seco Calvo, Maria Nuria Sánchez Egido, Silvia Soutullo Castro, Pierluigi Zerbino, Davide Aloini, Andrea Genovese, Meletios Bimpizas-Pinis, Simon Slabik and Ana T. Lima
In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, June 2023
https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1196/1/012043
ISSN 1755-1307
Climate mitigation models need to become circular; let's start with the construction sector
Ana T. Lima, Sofia G. Simoes, Davide Aloini, Pierluigi Zerbino, Theoni I. Oikonomou, Spyridon Karytsas, Constantine Karytsas, Oscar Seco Calvo, Beatriz Porcar, I. Herrera, Simon Slabik, Hans H. Dürr, Andrea Genovese, Meletios Bimpizas-Pinis (2023).In Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 190, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106808
ISSN 0921-3449
A multi-period model for reorganising urban household waste recycling networks
Zati Aqmar Zaharudin, Andrew Brint, Andrea Genovese. In Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 84, December 2022
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2022.101396
ISSN 0038-0121
Deliverables
Deliverable 2.1: Citizen behaviour survey
Deliverable 2.3: Occupant behaviour web tool for buildings
Deliverable 2.6: Policy assessment report
Deliverable 3.2: Closed-Loop Supply Chains of the six carbon-intensive Construction materials
Deliverable 4.1: Secondary data analysis on the CE rebound effect in the construction industry
Deliverable 5.1: Review of concepts related to CE Modelling Tools
Deliverable 5.3: Web-survey results in (internal) database
Deliverable 5.4: Guidelines and structure of files to include CE in TIMES
Deliverable 5.5: Combined data for six construction materials
