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is Denmark’s Kalundborg Eco-Industrial Park); integrating safe pedestrian and bicycle
paths, as well as convenient transit interconnection points; spatial orientation and shaping
of buildings to optimize energy efficiency and solar gains, while avoiding shading and
ensuring each building has solar access; and designing surrounding landscapes and street
layouts that take advantage of the diurnal and seasonal microclimate conditions (e.g.,
avoid creating artificial wind tunnels, promote breezeways, include shady walkways with
tree canopies, as well as sunny areas and wind breaks). There are open source software
programs available for performing these myriad tasks.
4.4 Establish a national policy that integrates the development of a circular economy
throughout Luxembourg’s economic sectors. Catalyzing the circular economy is, in a very
fundamental way, a core part of Luxembourg’s strong policy priority promoting a
diversified, knowledge-intensive economy by taking advantage of IoT (HPC and CBA) tools
and technologies. Just as smart buildings, smart grids, smart vehicles, and smart
manufacturing all require continuous measuring and analyzing of Big Data to determine
and ensure performance as designed, so is this the case with the energy and material
flows constituting the circular economy. To avoid lost opportunities and seize unfolding
opportunities, the circular economy should be recognized as a linked and vital component
of advancing the interconnected digital Communication Internet, Renewable Energy
Internet, Mobility and Logistics Internet, Buildings as nodes (and nanogrids), and the
Internet of Things.
4.5 Prioritize large-scale circularity initiatives in the industrial, commercial, and agriculture
sectors.
4.6 Identify and remove the barriers and impediments currently limiting public procurement
practices and incentives in government and public agencies from purchasing sustainable,
green, resource efficient products and services. Engage business firms to help identify
and eliminate these barriers.
4.7 Promote the establishment of material passports for every technical product. Leverage
the ongoing developments of the EU Horizon 2020-sponsored Buildings As Material Banks
(BAMB), now underway with sixteen partners from eight European countries. The goal is
to integrate circularity practices in the building sector, including reversible building design,
as well as business model innovations, decision-making and management models, and
policy propositions. 330
330 BAMB, Buildings as Material Banks, http://www.bamb2020.eu/about-bamb/.
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