Life-Cycle Assessment of Built-Asset Waste Materials

ISBN-13: 9783846559604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 208 str.

Andrew Whyte

Opis

Life-cycle assessment (LCA) of built-asset waste materials and respective sustainable waste-disposal options are increasingly important for an industry that generates a significant proportion of all matter sent to landfill. Legislation-push from the aggregates levy and landfill restrictions, together with technology-pull from modern re-use and recycling techniques, will continue to exert pressure on recycling rates for construction waste and demolition materials. To recognise the potential of construction and demolition waste as a resource, guidance is needed. This book presents a guide to determining sustainable options for the reduction, re-use, recycling and disposal of demolition waste, and provides essential information related to: the background variables influencing the waste management of construction demolition waste; an assessment procedure setting-out a method for determining sustainable disposal options; and, an examination of the sub-divisions of demolition waste and respective waste management routes in terms a Triple-Bottom-Line (TBL) analysis of environmental impact, financial cost and social safeguard legislation.

O autorze

Having worked in both industrial and academic environments in Europe and Asia-Pacific, Dr Andrew Whyte has gained a wide-ranging knowledge of: construction management; design team integration; whole-life assessment of building; and, asset development through viable local technologies, environmentally sustainable methods and low-cost means.