TY - JOUR AU - Baiani, Serena AU - Altamura, Paola PY - 2019/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Design Process towards Resource Productivity. A Case Study JF - AGATHÓN | International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design JA - AGATHÓN VL - 5 IS - online SE - Architecture | Research & Experimentation DO - 10.19229/2464-9309/592019 UR - https://agathon.it/agathon/article/view/102 SP - 83-92 AB - <p>The transition to a circular economy, applied as a priority to the built environment, is recognized in the most recent EU guidelines as a promising approach to increase resource productivity. In Italy, a powerful lever is represented by the mandatory application of the Minimum Environmental Criteria within Green Public Procurement which, in construction (Ministerial Decree 11/10/2017), concern the totality of the contracts. The paper describes one of the first complete implementations of these Criteria, considering the innovation in the design process from a life cycle perspective, which is reflected in particular in the methods of selection and procurement of natural and eco-friendly materials, with recycled content and certificated products, as well as in the design for disassembly of building components.</p> ER -