Driving innovation for a circular built environment in BC

Is your business involved with BC’s construction sector and looking innovate, develop and scale a product, technology or practice that supports a circular cleantech economy?
Changing local government regulations, uncertain economic conditions, carbon emissions reduction requirements, and a growing market for sustainable products are driving a circular cleantech building solutions across British Columbia.
Through the Circular Construction Accelerator (CCA), your business can gain access to one-on-one support from expert advisors tailored to your company’s needs, expert insights, and industry resources all designed to accelerate the adoption of circular-driven cleantech solutions.
The CCA aims to support participating businesses by:
building local resilience and mitigating supply chain risks
driving business growth and enhancing competitiveness
fostering export opportunities and partnership
How CCA Supports Your Business
CCA offers complimentary tailored one-on-one guidance to help scale any aspect of your business, including the following areas:

Developing products and getting market-ready

Sourcing alternative materials

Integrating reverse logistics or waste-to-resource design

Defining and strengthening your business case

Identifying funding and partnership opportunities

Navigating upcoming policy in your sector

Researching market trends or opportunities

Strengthening your communication strategies
Applications Now Open
Interested in how the accelerator program can benefit your business?
CCA is open at no cost to any business that:
- Is BC based
- Activities are associated with the built environment
- Has integrated, or is seeking to integrate, circular economy principles in their products, technologies or operations.
Contact us if you have questions or to apply.
Meet Our 2024/25 Participants
VEMA Deconstruction
VEMA provides sustainable demolition through building deconstruction to maximize recoverable materials for reuse and upcycling.
GRT
GRT produces a natural aggregate from excess soil. Their products are 100% waste-to-resource and diverted from local landfills.
Infina Technologies Inc.
Infina Technologies Inc. has launched an innovative new voided concrete solution specifically designed for concrete floor slab and wall systems that reduces concrete, embodied carbon and costs.
Ergo Eco Solutions
Ergo Eco Solutions collects and recycles local cooking oil from Vancouver Island businesses, and turns it into a concrete release agent for the construction industry.
Renewal Development
Renewal Development has a mission to rescue, relocate, modernize, and repurpose quality single-family homes from growing urban areas to non-urban communities.
Deconstructors Demolition
Deconstructors Demolition Inc. offers eco-friendly building demolition and deconstruction services on Vancouver Island.
Circular Economy in Construction

A circular built environment designs out waste and strives to capture the maximum value of products and materials through their full lifecycle. It is based on three key principles:
ELIMINATE waste by designing it out through upstream interventions
OPTIMIZE materials and resources by extending the life of buildings and products and recapturing value at end-of-life
REGENERATE natural systems by emphasizing renewable energy and materials
Ready to take your business to the next level?
Get in touch!
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