1. What are we discarding during the life cycle of a building? Case studies of social housing in Andalusia, Spain
- Author
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Cristina Rivero-Camacho, M. Desirée Alba-Rodríguez, and Madelyn Marrero
- Subjects
Engineering ,Architectural engineering ,Public housing ,020209 energy ,3308.02 Residuos Industriales ,Bill of quantities ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Residuos de Construcción Demolición (RCD) ,01 natural sciences ,Evaluación ambiental ,3305.01 Diseño Arquitectónico ,Waste Management ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Building life cycle ,Retrofitting ,Environmental impact assessment ,Edificación residencial ,Proyectos de edificación ,3308.04 Ingeniería de la Contaminación ,Waste Management and Disposal ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Gestión de costes ,business.industry ,Construction Materials ,Construction Industry ,Sostenibilidad ,3305.14 Viviendas ,3308.07 Eliminación de Residuos ,Spain ,Earthworks ,Sustainability ,Demolition ,Housing ,business ,Gestión de proyectos - Abstract
The paper evaluates for the first time the embodied impact in CDW during the buildings life cycle by means of the bill of quantities of construction projects. The main objective is to be able to predict the future CDW to be generated by a project in the design stage, by means of the bill of quantities of the urbanization, construction, renovation, rehabilitation and demolition projects. The tools already in place for cost control can be used as an instrument for the introduction of sustainability considerations in construction projects. The methodology proposes a connection between the different stages of a building's life cycle, more precisely its budget. The latter is linked to other future budgets for building renovations or retrofitting projects. The result shows that urbanization and demolition generate 90% of CDW, the former is caused by earthworks and the latter is due to the elimination of all building materials. The building is removed 1.3 times, in terms of material weight, energy and water. Finally, traditional models for economic control and waste management in construction projects can be the vector which introduce environmental assessment through the building life cycle. © 2019
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- 2019