Sustainable Use of Recycled Materials in Building Construction

Hendriks,

doi:10.1680/scc.31777.0054

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“…This approach is based on the Three Step Strategy (Duijvestein, 1997). The Three Step Strategy has a direct relationship with design, aiming at limiting the inflow and outflow of resources and to retain for a longer time the incoming flows within the system (Hendriks, 2001). This strategy establishes that in order to decrease the environmental impact there are three steps that must be followed: reducing volume flows, using renewable sources, and being efficient with the remaining need.…”

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“…Such selection should be made carefully, taking into account all the phases of the material's life cycle. Hendriks (2001) and Jong‐Jin and Rigdon (2007a, 2007b) identified criteria for choosing construction materials according to their environmental sustainability. They group the criteria in the three phases of the life cycle of building materials: Pre‐building, Building and the Post‐building phase.…”

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“…Most of the methods for determining the sustainability of materials such the Delft's ladder and the objectives of Design for recycling among others (Hendriks, 2001) focus on the post‐use or post‐building phase of the life cycle of the building, Table I shows the methods and literature used. They are presented in relation to the Three Step Strategy.…”

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Environmental assessment of construction trends in Mexico: towards sustainable building?

Santin

2009

Structural Survey

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine the environmental performance of construction trends in houses in central Mexico by assessing the type and quantity of material used in construction elements.Design/methodology/approachThree reference Mexican houses are used for the analysis: a traditional house, a house with mostly masonry elements, and a house with mostly concrete elements. The reference houses indicate the construction trend followed in central Mexico. Quantitative analysis of the types and weights of various materials used to construct the houses is undertaken. The environmental performance is measured according to their sustainability potential. The indicators used are based on the Three Step Strategy, which sets the steps needed to achieve sustainable construction: use fewer materials, use renewable materials and be efficient with the remaining need.FindingsThe analysis shows that there is a trend to use faster and cheaper construction processes, which are often concrete and prefabricated elements, especially for dwellings built in series. Although this has the positive impact of decreasing the stress on housing demand, it might have negative impacts on the environment because more energy‐intensive and artificial materials are used. In addition, the low homogeneity of these materials decreases the potential of construction elements to be reused or recycled.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings of this study aim at providing more information to practitioners on the sustainability of material choices during the design process. Thus practitioners will be better informed to design more environmentally sustainable buildings. The results are based on analysis of data from Central Mexico but may have relevance to other parts of the world.Originality/valueThe study provides quantitatively derived evidence to support sustainable design decisions.

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Environmental assessment of construction trends in Mexico: towards sustainable building?

Santin

2009

Structural Survey

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“…Secondly, it would provide locally available coarse aggregate in areas where it is in constant demand [4]. The growing research effort to successfully harness ceramic waste in construction industry [5] resulted in successful applications of WCA in concrete elements characterized by less demanding mechanical properties (e.g. pavement slabs) [6].…”

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Static And Dynamic Characteristics Of Waste Ceramic Aggregate Fibre Reinforced Concrete

Cichocki¹,

Domski²,

Katzer³

et al. 2015

Transactions of the VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava, Civil Engineering Series.

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There are multiple obstacles associated both with technology and properties of waste ceramic aggregate concrete preventing its wide production and application. In the research programme these limitations were addressed through utilizing steel fibre reinforcement and the phenomenon of internal curing. After laboratory tests of mechanical properties a numerical analysis of composites in question was conducted.

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“…This can be related not only to a more sustainable approach to improve building effi ciency and environmental conditions but also to an aesthetic intention aimed to show projects as sustainable, exploiting green as ecological element par exellence. Therefore, it is important to specify, especially in this period in which an endless number of products and projects are promoted and tagged as eco-friendly, that the concept of sustainability implies the consideration of many factors [10]. The requirements considered for the evaluation of materials and technologies have to rely not only on the analysis of the performances for accomplishing functional and architectonical characteristics they also concern the answer to the global needs of the whole community, with respect to the sustainable use of resources, the control of the productive thread and the valorization of ecosystem services [11].…”

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Designing green façades and living wall systems for sustainable constructions

Perini¹,

Ottelé²

2014

Int. J. DNE

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The integration of vegetation in urban areas is a constantly evolving research fi eld. However, green envelopes (especially the most innovative vertical greening systems) are not yet fully accepted as an environmental quality restoration and energy-saving method for the built environment, due to the lack of data needed to quantify their effects and to evaluate the real sustainability (environmental and economic) of these. The many systems available on the market allow combining nature and built space to improve the environmental quality in urban areas; green façades, living wall systems offer more surfaces with vegetation and, at the same time, contribute to the improvement of the thermal performance of buildings. From a functional point of view, vertical greening systems often demand a complex design, which must consider a major number of variables. In the case of vertical greened surfaces, there are numbers of systems to green façades with or without windows, starting from a simple disposition of climbing plants at the base of the façade. Vertical greening systems' characteristics and materials involved can either positively or negatively infl uence theirs performances, with respect to the improvement of the building envelope effi ciency and microclimate conditions (cooling potential and the insulation properties), and the environmental burden produced during their life span (installation, maintenance, disposal, etc.). This paper analyses characteristics, advantages and critical aspects of four common vertical greening systems, with special attention to micro-scale benefi ts (the benefi ts most related to the systems peculiarities) and to environmental sustainability.

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Sustainable Use of Recycled Materials in Building Construction

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Environmental assessment of construction trends in Mexico: towards sustainable building?

Environmental assessment of construction trends in Mexico: towards sustainable building?

Static And Dynamic Characteristics Of Waste Ceramic Aggregate Fibre Reinforced Concrete

Designing green façades and living wall systems for sustainable constructions

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