Analysis of guidelines and identification of characteristics influencing the deconstruction potential of buildings.
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2018
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Growing concerns regarding environmental preservation and the fact that the construction
industry is one of the sectors with the highest rates of resource consumption and waste generation,
have encouraged the adoption of deconstruction as an alternative to the demolition of buildings
at the end of their lifecycle. However, the choice of strategies to enable deconstruction requires
an in-depth knowledge of how the building’s characteristics, combined with the procedures adopted
in the deconstruction process, will affect the reutilization of materials and components. In this paper,
characteristics relating to design for deconstruction (DfD) are identified and the influence of each
characteristic on the viability of a deconstruction is analysed. A literature review is conducted to assess
the guideline of DfD and to identify relevant characteristics. These characteristics are then divided
into the following categories: direct influence enabling deconstruction; influence on the ease of the
process; and, influence on prolonging a building’s lifecycle. A number of questions are suggested
for analysing each characteristic, and these can be employed in the development of a methodology
for evaluating a building’s deconstruction potential. The identification of characteristics involved
in the deconstruction guidelines may assist in the optimization of projects and the planning of
deconstruction processes.
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Reutilization, Design for deconstruction, Characteristics influencing deconstruction
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MACHADO, R. C.; SOUZA, H. A. de.; VERÍSSIMO, G. de S. Analysis of guidelines and identification of characteristics influencing the deconstruction potential of buildings. Sustainability, v. 10, p. 2604, 2018. Disponível em: <https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1105848659>. Acesso em: 15 fev. 2019.