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Application of Sustainability Concepts in the Lifecycle of Building Façade: A Review
Construction companies that started to embrace the circular economy and sustainable development concepts in their organisational mission are often faced with technical and managerial challenges. The reason is that the use of sustainable building materials is not well understood. The aim of this article is to review the applications of sustainability concepts in the entire lifecycle of the building façade and to assess the alignment with universally recognised sustainable practices such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The novelty of this article is the tracing of the whole lifecycle of the most used type of façade from design and material selection to end of life, focusing particularly on the management of waste for achieving sustainability of the built environment. We review state of the art in facade waste management in Australia using published scholarly articles and industry practices. The findings show that while certain lifecycle stages, such as manufacturing and construction, are directly connected to the concept of sustainability, a few gaps within the application of sustainable core values have been revealed. The most significant knowledge gaps were identified: a lack of comparison of environmental impacts of recycled and virgin materials used, lack of consideration of transportation routes and distances, and the end-of-life waste management to divert façade waste from the landfill. This article contributes to the façade waste management domain by summarising the current knowledge.
Application of Sustainability Concepts in the Lifecycle of Building Façade: A Review
Construction companies that started to embrace the circular economy and sustainable development concepts in their organisational mission are often faced with technical and managerial challenges. The reason is that the use of sustainable building materials is not well understood. The aim of this article is to review the applications of sustainability concepts in the entire lifecycle of the building façade and to assess the alignment with universally recognised sustainable practices such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The novelty of this article is the tracing of the whole lifecycle of the most used type of façade from design and material selection to end of life, focusing particularly on the management of waste for achieving sustainability of the built environment. We review state of the art in facade waste management in Australia using published scholarly articles and industry practices. The findings show that while certain lifecycle stages, such as manufacturing and construction, are directly connected to the concept of sustainability, a few gaps within the application of sustainable core values have been revealed. The most significant knowledge gaps were identified: a lack of comparison of environmental impacts of recycled and virgin materials used, lack of consideration of transportation routes and distances, and the end-of-life waste management to divert façade waste from the landfill. This article contributes to the façade waste management domain by summarising the current knowledge.
Application of Sustainability Concepts in the Lifecycle of Building Façade: A Review
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Dissanayake, Ranjith (editor) / Mendis, Priyan (editor) / Weerasekera, Kolita (editor) / De Silva, Sudhira (editor) / Fernando, Shiromal (editor) / Konthesingha, Chaminda (editor) / Gajanayake, Pradeep (editor) / Pilipenets, Olga (author) / Hui, Felix Kin Peng (author) / Gunawardena, Tharaka (author)
International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment ; 2022 ; Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2023-08-10
17 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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