Environmental Impact of Demolishing a Steel Structure Design for Disassembly
The encouraging Design for Disassembly appears in the literature more and more often. Such a design appears to offer clear environmental advantages. However, there are still not enough research results to support the existence of these benefits. The authors using the Life Cycle Assessment method, wh...
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| description | The encouraging Design for Disassembly appears in the literature more and more often. Such a design appears to offer clear environmental advantages. However, there are still not enough research results to support the existence of these benefits. The authors using the Life Cycle Assessment method, which assesses the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions during the demolition and operation of steel structure. Steel is completely recyclable and, in terms of tonnage, is the most recycled material worldwide. We assessed three scenarios: (1) complete re-remelting (recycling) of the structure; (2) partial reuse of construction elements + remelting (recovery + recycling); and (3) complete reuse of the structure (recovery). GaBi software was used for the analysis. It was found that the environmental impact varied significantly among the examined scenarios. The first scenario poses the greatest environmental burden. However, compared to Scenario no. 1, Scenario 3’s environmental impact is more than 70% lower. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f18ec334ea7429b8e22b8300c7ce0102023-11-23T20:17:40ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-10-011519735810.3390/en15197358Environmental Impact of Demolishing a Steel Structure Design for DisassemblyElżbieta Broniewicz0Karolina Dec1Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45A, 15-351 Bialystok, PolandDepartment of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45A, 15-351 Bialystok, PolandThe encouraging Design for Disassembly appears in the literature more and more often. Such a design appears to offer clear environmental advantages. However, there are still not enough research results to support the existence of these benefits. The authors using the Life Cycle Assessment method, which assesses the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions during the demolition and operation of steel structure. Steel is completely recyclable and, in terms of tonnage, is the most recycled material worldwide. We assessed three scenarios: (1) complete re-remelting (recycling) of the structure; (2) partial reuse of construction elements + remelting (recovery + recycling); and (3) complete reuse of the structure (recovery). GaBi software was used for the analysis. It was found that the environmental impact varied significantly among the examined scenarios. The first scenario poses the greatest environmental burden. However, compared to Scenario no. 1, Scenario 3’s environmental impact is more than 70% lower.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/19/7358DfDlife cycle assessmentenergy savingsglobal warming potential |
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| title | Environmental Impact of Demolishing a Steel Structure Design for Disassembly |
| title_full | Environmental Impact of Demolishing a Steel Structure Design for Disassembly |
| title_fullStr | Environmental Impact of Demolishing a Steel Structure Design for Disassembly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental Impact of Demolishing a Steel Structure Design for Disassembly |
| title_short | Environmental Impact of Demolishing a Steel Structure Design for Disassembly |
| title_sort | environmental impact of demolishing a steel structure design for disassembly |
| topic | DfD life cycle assessment energy savings global warming potential |
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