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Strategies for circular, prefab buildings from waste wood

Year: 2019

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This paper presents a strategy how to maximise timber elements and materials from existing buildings for the reuse or the recycling for new construction. The EU funded project RE 4 develops a new concept for disassembly to reuse or recycle timber elements from existing buildings for manifold application (structural and non-structural) and aims to bring waste wood back into the building cycle. Furthermore, an innovative design concept for fully reversible, prefabricated, multi-story residential buildings constructed from waste wood has been established to extend the buildings-life cycle through robust but flexible and adaptable design. Reversible connections, reusable elements and recyclable materials shall minimise future waste when buildings reach their end of life. A two-story prototype shall proof the concept and deliver figures for easy installation, dismantling and future reuse. The research aims to show how current practice can be overcome and design for disassembly can be achieved.

Source: IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/225/1/012052

Authors: A Klinge, E Roswag-Klinge, L Radeljic, M Lehmann

Language: English

Topic: Sustainable Building Design and Assessment

Subfield: Building and Construction

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: European Commission

Awards: Buildings as Material Banks: Integrating Materials Passports with Reversible Building Design to Optimise Circular Industrial Value Chains, REuse and REcycling of CDW materials and structures in energy efficient pREfabricated elements for building REfurbishment and construction