Design for reconstruction - principles of design to facilitate reuse and recycling

This guide addresses the opportunities, primarily at the design stage of a project, for maximising the reuse of components and recycling of materials when a building is wholly or partly demolished. If buildings are carefully deconstructed rather than demolished, it is likely that more components and equipment might be reused. The guide also reviews the processes by which buildings are demolished and can be deconstructed, the opportunities for reusing components and recycling materials, and current experience of designing for deconstruction, in both the construction and automobile industries. It is considered that within two or three decades it is likely that the building industry will be the focus of legislation similar to the End of life: Vehicle regulations that are already influencing the manufacture of new cars. The case studies described include buildings made from a wide variety of materials, Honda vehicles, glassphalt and block paviours.

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• Authors:
  • ADDIS, W
  • SCHOUTEN, J
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 106p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous mixtures; Concrete; Construction; Design; Glass; Paving stones; Planning; Recycling; Sustainable development; Textbooks; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• ITRD Terms: 4967: Bituminous mixture; 4755: Concrete; 3655: Construction; 9011: Design (overall design); 4547: Glass; 143: Planning; 4573: Recycling (mater); 4508: Sett (stone); 2427: Sustainability; 8526: Textbook; 9084: Use; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Energy; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction; I90: Vehicles;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01026920
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-86017-607-X
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 5 2006 12:14PM