For episode 38 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome 2 people: Kostas Anastasiades & Ben Moins. Both are senior researchers at the faculty of Applied Engineering at the University of Antwerp.

They are also linked to the service platform B.Cycle where Kostas serves as an expert on circularity and Ben is the program manager focussing on sustainability.

Both of them are writing and doing a lot of research on circularity, recycling and waste management, sustainability assessment and much more.

At Bao Living, all these issues are close to our hearts, and we also try to do our part to find solutions to these problems. So we’re very curious to hear more from their insights!

Ben’s research + contact (https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/personeel/ben-moins_19251/) 

Kostas’ research  + contact(https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/personeel/kostas-anastasiades/) 

Circular value institute (https://www.circularvalueinstitute.com/team) 

B.CYCLE (https://bcycle.be/)

Constantine The Great (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great)

Leonardo da Vinci (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci) 

Time stamps:

0:00 Intro

1:30 Ben’s research

9:30 Kostas’ research

18:30: Implementation of research

30:15: About B.CYCLE

34:45 Are there historical practices in construction that we can learn from today?

39:30 Price vs sustainability

47:45 Where do we see the construction industry in a couple of years?

51:25 What are the barriers of today’s society to increase circularity in construction?

54:20 Outro