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Cheng-Mo Chou is currently the vice general manager of Taiwan Engineering Consultants Group in Taipei, Taiwan. He has served as the project manager in more than 15 public construction projects in Taiwan, as well as the project manager of the only consultancy project of circular economy for public construction in Taiwan, i.e., circular economy implementation model for Taiwan public housing project. He is also currently the Director of the Taiwan Society of Circular Economy (TWSCE) Board of Directors. He graduated from Dept. Civil Engineering of National Cheng Kung University in 1993 and is a PhD candidate in graduate school of Dept. Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University. His research interests include project management, sustainable construction and circular economy.
The building industry is blamed for consuming enormous natural resources and creating massive solid waste worldwide. In response to this, the concept of circular economy (CE) has gained much attention in the sector in recent years. Many pilot building projects that implemented CE concepts started to appear around the world, including Taiwan. However, compared with the pilot projects in the Netherlands, which are regarded as the pioneer ones by international society, many CE-related practices are not implemented in pilot cases in Taiwan. To assist future project stakeholders to recognize what the key CE-related practices are and how they could be implemented in their building projects in Taiwan, this study has conducted a series of case studies of Dutch and Taiwanese pilot projects and semi-structured interviews with key project stakeholders of Taiwanese pilot projects. Thirty key CE-related practices are identified via case studies, along with their related 5R principles (Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle) and project phases. Suggestion on CE-related practices, their 5R principles, project items, and phases to implement in building projects in Taiwan is also proposed while discussion on differences between two countries’ pilot projects is presented.
H. Ping Tserng; Cheng-Mo Chou; Yun-Tsui Chang. The Key Strategies to Implement Circular Economy in Building Projects- A Case Study of Taiwan. Sustainability 2021, 13, 754 .
AMA StyleH. Ping Tserng, Cheng-Mo Chou, Yun-Tsui Chang. The Key Strategies to Implement Circular Economy in Building Projects- A Case Study of Taiwan. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (2):754.
Chicago/Turabian StyleH. Ping Tserng; Cheng-Mo Chou; Yun-Tsui Chang. 2021. "The Key Strategies to Implement Circular Economy in Building Projects- A Case Study of Taiwan." Sustainability 13, no. 2: 754.