Residential demolition and waste management - An ecobalancing case study

Felix Rheude; Aljoscha Bucher; Hubert Röder

doi:10.1016/j.clwas.2022.100056

Residential demolition and waste management - An ecobalancing case study

Felix Rheude, Aljoscha Bucher, Hubert Röder

Hochschule Weihenstephan-Triesdorf

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Due to their structure and age, many buildings will be demolished in Germany in the coming years. The present case study investigates the demolition of a typical detached residential house in Southern Germany built in the 1950s. Legal regulations were taken into consideration, and a life cycle assessment was conducted to simulate the environmental burdens of the demolition and monitor compliance with legal requirements. It was shown that 80.3 % of the total construction volume went to landfills, 14.4 % to thermal recycling, and 0.6 % to material recycling, while 4.7 % was reused. In addition, the global warming potential was evaluated for a mean of 96.59 kg CO₂ eq per square metre of gross external area. These results show that there is still room for ecological optimization of the demolition and recycling of residual materials from buildings in Germany.

Original language	English
Article number	100056
Journal	Cleaner Waste Systems
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clwas.2022.100056
State	Published - Dec 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Consequential LCA
Demolition
Regulations
Waste management

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