Materials libraries as knowledge tools on the path toward a circular construction industry

Extensive factual and target knowledge about the need fora turnaround in the construction industry and a circular building sectormust be effectively communicated to stakeholders and translated intopractical knowledge. Materials libraries that are geared toward circu-larity and embedded in supra-regional networks have the potential topositively influence teaching, science, and practice: through the directhaptic experience of a real sample collection of building materials andassociated research-based information databases in digital, location-independent form.