The circular design guidelines for the built environment (all buildings, precincts and infrastructure) aim to encourage and enable government agencies and industry to take a leading role in adopting smart, innovative, and sustainable approaches to:

• reduce embodied carbon
• minimise the generation of waste
• improve materials efficiency
• increase the circularity of materials.

The strategies apply throughout the lifecycle of a building, precinct or infrastructure asset, including briefing and design, planning assessment and approval, procurement and delivery, ongoing operation and maintenance, and end-of-life re-use and repurposing.