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Design for Disassembly and Deconstruction - Challenges and Opportunities

open access: yesProcedia Engineering, 2015
AbstractConstruction waste management has become extremely important due to stricter disposal and landfill regulations, and a lesser number of available landfills. There are extensive works done on waste treatment and management of the construction industry.
David Grau Torrent   +2 more
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Mechanical carbon emission assessment during prefabricated building deconstruction based on BIM and multi-objective optimization [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
Machinery operation is a major source of carbon emissions in building deconstruction. Early intervention through Design for Deconstruction (DfD) is crucial for emission reduction, yet the factors influencing these emissions are underexplored.
Baolin Huang   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Research on innovative furniture design methods combining Huizhou window grilles with digital technology [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
Traditional Chinese architectural elements embody rich cultural connotations, However a robust methodology for the systematic translation from cultural semantics to manufacturable designs is still lacking.
Weilin Wang   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Sustainability of Steel Office Buildings

open access: yesProceedings, 2020
Sustainable construction is an important part of sustainable development because of its contribution to the economy as well as the environmental and social impact of buildings on our lives. Steel is one of the most basic materials, both in structures and
Filip Broniewicz, Miroslaw Broniewicz
doaj   +3 more sources

From resource circularity policies to the zero-waste strategy

open access: yesAgathón, 2021
Over the last twenty years, waste management policies were aimed to mitigate environmental impacts; but in most cases the results of these policies had been the downcycling. The upcycling and the transition to circularity are good solutions to remedy the
Adolfo F. L. Baratta
doaj   +1 more source

Learning from the past to build the future: multidisciplinary design process

open access: yesTechne, 2021
Multidisciplinary skills and knowledges were common in historical constructions. The necessity to rethink the way we design and realize our built environment in response to the climate change is requiring the re-convergence of knowledge.
Ornella Iuorio
doaj   +1 more source

Deconstructing Design Research [PDF]

open access: yesThe Design Journal, 2019
This paper presents a novel conceptual framework for assessing design research projects. Present-day design research is typified by projects, which traverse disciplinary, methodological, and conceptual boundaries that often have wide-ranging social, cultural, and economic impact to industry, government bodies, and the wider public.
Rodgers, Paul A.   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Modern trends in deconstruction And its relationship to residential and public building design strategies [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2023
The proper and systematic exploitation of the design thought and methodology with its various components and elements by the interior designer can result in non-traditional design models and solutions through the use of modern strategies in interior ...
Sameh Salem
doaj   +1 more source

Fundamentals of Building Deconstruction as a Circular Economy Strategy for the Reuse of Construction Materials

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
The construction industry is one of the most environmentally detrimental industries in the world, impacting directly the use of raw materials, their determination of use involving the whole lifecycle, as well as all their surrounding environment. However,
Gaetano Bertino   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental and Numerical Investigation of a Novel Demountable Timber–Concrete Composite Floor

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in timber–concrete composite (TCC) floors as a sustainable structural solution. Until now, only a few studies have investigated the demounting of TCC floors, which is essential to increase ...
Hooman Eslami   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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