Presentation by Dr Mike Titts, Head of Urban Living and Built Environment, Innovate UK at the RIBA July 8th 2015 more information: https://storify.com/subutcher/treading-softly-cradle-to-cradle-the-best-way-to-a

1. What is the C2C business model and what
are the opportunities for firms in the Built
Environment?
Dr Mike Pitts
Head of Urban Living & Built Environment
07920 210844
mike.pitts@innovateuk.gov.uk
@pittso

3. Gumdrop

4. History of Metals Production
0
160
320
480
640
800
960
1845 1860 1875 1890 1905 1920 1935 1950 1965 1980 1995 2010
AnnualProduction:Cu,Au,Pb,Ni,FeOre,Diamonds,Bauxite
0
840
1,680
2,520
3,360
4,200
5,040
AnnualProduction:MnOre,Ag,Zn
Copper (kt Cu)
Gold (t Au)
Lead (kt Pb)
Nickel (kt Ni)
Iron Ore (Mt)
Diamonds (Mcarats)
Bauxite (Mt)
Manganese (kt Mn ore)
Silver (t Ag)
Zinc (kt Zn)
??
Mudd, 2009, Sustainability of Mining ...
from work by Tom Graedel

5. 0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
OreGrades(Cu,Au,Pb,Zn,Ni,Diamonds)
0
600
1,200
1,800
2,400
3,000
3,600
OreGrade(Ag)
Copper (%Cu)
Gold (g/t Au)
Lead (%Pb)
Zinc (%Zn)
Nickel (%Ni)
Diamonds (carats/t)
Uranium (kg/t U3O8)
Silver (g/t Ag)
Gold: 1857 - 50.05; 1858 - 41.23; 1859 - 37.27
Trends in Ore Grades … ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓

6. Newman iron ore mine, Pilbara, Australia – Google Earth

7. 170 kg
Cu

8. Source: Grilli and Yang; Pfaffenzeller; World Bank; International Monetary Fund; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development statistics; UN Food
and Agriculture Organization; UN Comtrade; Ellen MacArthur Foundation circular economy team – image from their ‘Towards A Circular Economy ‘report
Extraction is predicted to account for 40% of
the world’s energy use by 2050 [Green Alliance (2011)
Reinventing the Wheel: A circular economy for resource security]

10. Global GHG emissions 44 GtCO2e
energy, process
64%
deforestation,
agriculture,
decay
36%
2006 figures, from Sustainable Materials, J. Allwood

11. Energy/Process GHG emissions 28GtCO2
buildings
31%
industry
35%
other
8%
transport
22%

12. Industrial GHG emissions 10GtCO2
steel
25%
3%
other
44%
cement
19%
4%
plastics
4%
aluminium
paper
Demand for steel is set to rise by
80% between 2010 and 2030 [BBC]

13. Raw Materials Manufacture
Design
Distribution Use End-of-Life
repair
reuse
remanufacture
recycle
reduce
or
replace
Resource Efficiency & the Circular Economy

14. What’s Important?
• Design
• Delivering customer benefits in new ways
(shift to services)
• Getting stuff back (and separating it out)
• Supply chain collaboration (new value
networks) and the aligned business models
to make it work!

15. Design

16. Orangebox

18. product to service shift...

22. Wear2

26. Building Information Modelling
 Design
 Delivering customer
benefits in new ways
(shift to services)
 Getting stuff back (and
separating it out)
 Supply chain
collaboration (new
value networks) and the
aligned business models
to make it work!

27. Power by the Hour
Source: Rolls Royce

30. Flute Office

31. AEC Hackathon 17-19 July
http://goo.gl/PvmrBD
20% Discount:
H@ckAEC

32. Stay in touch...
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• Twitter: @innovate_uk @pittso