The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (ASBP) and the Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) is producing an industry guide titled The Reuse of Doors, and has produced some sector specific summaries offering clear, practical advice to support the reuse of doors in commercial fit-outs.
Doors carry semiotic, architectural and societal importance. Their design and potential for reuse are shaped by multiple factors, the function, the type of building, the use profile, specific performance requirements, the materials it is made from and the traceability that sits behind it. What can appear, on the surface, to be a simple product with obvious reuse potential is, in practice, far more complex. As a result, any reuse pathway must take these differences into account and be tailored to maximise both the potential and the success of reuse. This is what makes it an ideal product category to help consider reuse of construction products.
Find out more about ASBP’s work on reuse and its Reuse Now Campaign here.
Summary documents
The Reuse of Doors full guide is coming soon!
ASBP's Reuse Now Campaign
The Reuse of Glass Partitioning Systems Guidance is part of the Reuse Now Campaign. The campaign began a few years ago with the ASBP-led DISRUPT project, which explored the innovative reuse of structural steel in construction through the creation and adoption of new circular business models, and has gained momentum since spanning a wide remit of circular economy related topics, predominantly focussing on reuse.
2025/2026 campaign sponsors are reuse stalwarts Cleveland Steel & Tubes, Optima Systems, The Concrete Centre, and Reusefully.
ASBP has been working on the topic of material reuse for nearly 10 years, with past activities including DISRUPT and DISRUPT II, the From Demolition to Deconstruction event series, various webinars on topics such as Material Passports and Pre-Demolition Audits, and three sold-out Reuse Summits (2023, 2024 and 2025).
We work closely with our members and experts in the wider industry to deliver best practice and innovative thinking, liaise with stakeholders to join the dots and limit repetition, and strive to ensure our outputs are practical and impactful to support the acceleration of reuse in the construction industry. Our in-house expertise comprises Technical Director Dr. Katherine Adams, Circular Economy & Reuse Director Debbie Ward and Research Associate Dr. Asselia Katenbayeva, who bring 35+ years of academic and industry-focussed research and development on the topics of waste, reuse and circular economy.
Header image credit: H Mansell
With thanks to our sponsors
Gold sponsor: Cleveland Steel and Tubes
Silver sponsor: Optima
Silver sponsor: The Concrete Centre
Bronze sponsor: Reusefully
