{"id":23550,"date":"2026-09-18T11:49:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildext.com\/?p=23550"},"modified":"2026-09-18T11:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T11:49:26","slug":"circular-economy-hotspot-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildext.com\/en\/circular-economy-hotspot-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Csaba Livj\u00e1k at Circular Economy Hotspot 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Csaba Livj\u00e1k, Founder and CEO of BuildEXT, will take part in the European Circular Economy Hotspot conference in Budapest on 6 October, where he will present how digital design and project management tools can support the transition towards circular construction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

2026. Between 5\u20137 October 2026, Budapest will host the European Circular Economy Hotspot 2026<\/strong> international conference. The event brings together European business, policy and innovation stakeholders from the circular economy, while the conference day will take place at the Magyar Nemzeti Bank\u2019s L\u00e1mfalussy Conference Centre. The event is hosted by BCSDH and the Hungarian Circular Economy Platform. <\/p>\n\n

The conference speakers include internationally recognised experts such as Janez Poto\u010dnik<\/strong>, Co-Chair of the UNEP International Resource Panel, Peter B\u00f6rkey<\/strong>, Circular Economy Lead at the OECD Environment Directorate, Quentin Drewell<\/strong>, Senior Director at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Prof. Dr. Di\u00e1na \u00dcrge-Vorsatz<\/strong>, Vice-Chair of the IPCC, and Tom Szaky<\/strong>, CEO of TerraCycle. On the corporate side, executives from IKEA, Nestl\u00e9, Siemens Energy and Graphisoft Park will also take part in the programme. <\/p>\n\n

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Digital tools supporting circular construction<\/h3>\n\n

Csaba Livj\u00e1k, Founder and CEO of BuildEXT, was originally invited to participate in the \u201cBuild Less and Smart: Circularity in Tomorrow\u2019s Built Environment\u201d roundtable discussion. In the final programme of the session, he will also give a standalone keynote presentation. <\/p>\n\n

The ten-minute presentation will focus on the role of digital construction tools in supporting the transition towards circularity. BuildEXT\u2019s approach centres on data model-based design, information management and digital project management. <\/p>\n\n

The starting point is simple: sustainability in construction is not exclusively a matter of material selection or energy performance. The quality of information generated and used throughout a project also directly affects material use, redesign, errors, construction time and, ultimately, the project\u2019s environmental impact. <\/p>\n\n

A properly developed digital design and project management environment enables different disciplines, project phases and decisions to be connected within a common data environment<\/a>. This can reduce parallel work, redesign caused by errors and material waste, while enabling more accurate decision-making. <\/p>\n\n

Build Less and Smart<\/h3>\n\n

The \u201cBuild Less and Smart<\/strong>\u201d roundtable, starting at 15:30, will examine how circular principles can be applied throughout the entire building lifecycle: from the reuse of existing building stock and adaptable design to material reuse, lifecycle-based thinking and digital tracking.<\/p>\n\n

The discussion will be moderated by Dr. B\u00e1lint Bartha-Horv\u00e1th<\/strong>, Associate Director at CBRE Hungary, with the Hungarian Green Building Council (HuGBC)<\/strong> as professional partner. Alongside Csaba Livj\u00e1k, the roundtable participants will include J\u00e1nos Kocs\u00e1ny<\/strong>, Board Member of Graphisoft Park SE, S\u00e1ndor Gergely<\/strong>, Project Leader of the KOHO project, \u00c1d\u00e1m Bihari<\/strong>, Founder of NaturARCH, and, according to the programme, Andr\u00e1s Katona<\/strong>, CEO of Modulwood. <\/p>\n\n

For BuildEXT, participation provides an opportunity to introduce the digital integrator approach<\/strong> into the discussion around circular construction: how BIM, structured project data and information management can be directly connected to the economic and environmental performance of a project.<\/p>\n\n

European Circular Economy Hotspot 2026<\/strong>5\u20137 October 2026, BudapestConference day: 6 October, Magyar Nemzeti Bank \u2013 L\u00e1mfalussy Conference Centre <\/p>\n\n

The European Circular Economy Hotspot 2026 programme<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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