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From Carbon Footprint to Circular Brainprint: Advancing Behavioral Foundations of the Circular Economy 从碳足迹到循环脑印：推进循环经济的行为基础

Circular Economy Pub Date : 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.55845/urqk5823

Sébastien Bourdin

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Digital Fabrication for Circular Timber Construction: A Case Study 圆木建筑的数字化制造：案例研究

Circular Economy Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.55845/vwgd7873

Domink Reisach, Stephan Schütz, Jan Willman, Sven Schneider

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Development of an Assessment Model for Measuring Mechanical Engineering Companies’ Circularity and Maturity Levels 开发用于衡量机械工程公司循环性和成熟度的评估模型

Circular Economy Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.55845/xupf2540

Fabian Holly, Clemens Schild, Sebastian Schlund

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Requiring Circularity Data in Bim With Information Delivery Specification 要求在 Bim 中提供循环性数据与信息交付规范

Circular Economy Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.55845/rejy5239

Artur Tomczak, Claudio Benghi, Léon van Berlo, E. Hjelseth

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Industry and Literature Review of Urban Mining Applications in the United States: Gaps and Drivers for Implementation Towards a Circular Industrialized Construction Economy 美国城市采矿应用的行业和文献综述：实现循环型工业化建筑经济的差距和驱动因素

Circular Economy Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.55845/cqkg4853

Felix Heisel, Alexandra Ciobanu, J. McGranahan

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Circular Economy and Tourism: A Bibliometric Journey through Scholarly Discourse 循环经济与旅游业：学术论述的文献计量之旅

Circular Economy Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI: 10.55845/hgwo7144

M. Kabil, Al Fauzi Rahmat, Mihály Hegedűs, Bernadett Galovics, Lóránt Dénes Dávid

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