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Circular procurement: steering on environmental cost and reuse

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Niko
22 aug 2026 · 1 min read

Circular building starts with the client. By assessing tenders not only on price but also on environmental impact and reuse, sustainability gets a concrete place in choosing a contractor.

The environmental cost indicator

It expresses the total environmental impact of a design as a single figure in euros. The lower it is, the more environmentally friendly — making material choices and variants objectively comparable.

More than one number

Alongside it, clients steer on reversibility, reused materials and a material passport. This way a building is not only built sustainably but stays valuable at the end of its life.

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