Material Index is a team of contractors, architects, engineers and software developers focussed on enabling reuse at scale in the construction industry.
Material Index is your collaborative partner for the Circular Economy. Catalogue, Manage and Exchange materials.
Material Index (MI) is a team of contractors, architects, engineers and software developers focussed on enabling reuse at scale in the construction industry.
We provide tools to the industry to help contractors, consultants and building owners reuse more materials. You can use our AI Audit app for creating detailed audits with advanced reporting features. You can also buy and sell materials on our marketplace.
We also offer pre-demolition audits, material passports, and material brokerage as services direct for clients, conducted by our expert in-house team.
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Material Index is your collaborative partner for the Circular Economy. Catalogue, Manage and Exchange materials.
Material Index supported the retrofit of Camden's first Neighbourhood Space at Kentish Town, designed by P_DO Architects with a whole-life carbon approach targeting the UK Net Zero Carbon Building Standard.
Material Index is a founding signatory of the Circularity in Practice pledge, a nationwide initiative launched by the British Chambers of Commerce. Director Robert Smith attended the launch event in Manchester, in the company of His Majesty King Charles III.
Managing Director Robert Smith joined a panel at the BCO ESG Summit in Manchester, discussing 'Innovation vs Gimmick: How Do We Tell the Difference?' alongside leaders from AET Flexible Space, FORE Partnership, Stiff + Trevillion Architects, and WSP.
Product Lead Olivia Daw spoke at Hackney's Circular Built Environment Event at Plexal, Here East, sharing how Material Index shapes and delivers the digital tools, audits, and marketplace features that enable material reuse across the built environment.
Material Index presented a technical briefing for New London Architecture on making material reuse viable, exploring how circular construction practices can be scaled across the industry.
Material Index was highlighted in 'Cultivation & Salvation in Architecture', a research publication by Marty Bowen of Candalepas Associates, featuring circular insights from Australia, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, France, and the United Kingdom.
Material Index was profiled in Stone Specialist, highlighting how we're helping the construction industry shift from waste to opportunity through our digital platform for material reuse.
Material Index hosted a discussion at Hypha Gallery exploring how buildings are dismantled and materials recovered, alongside the exhibition 'What lasts doesn't always hold shape'. Architects, engineers, artists, and material experts came together to discuss deconstruction practices.
Material Index shared practical tools, data, and project examples at the Engineers Reuse Collective's Reuse Webinar, demonstrating how reuse can be embedded into everyday design decisions as an up-front priority, not an afterthought.
Commercial Partnerships Lead Venetia Flint joined the Our Built Heritage podcast to discuss how Material Index connects valuable reclaimed assets with new projects, driving significant cost, carbon, and waste savings.
We held a successful roundtable as part of our CBC grant, bringing together a range of built environment stakeholders to advance open-access costing tools.
We've been named as British Land's Circular Economy Partner! Director Rob Smith presented our services at British Land's Office Fit Out Sustainability Brief launch.
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