Reducing waste by design
Keys, A.
Reducing waste by design - 2000 - Building Services Journal December 2000, 49-50(2) .
Considers how waste from the construction process can be reduced through better design. By reducing the complexity of the design and the materials used, improving co-ordination between building components and elements, and ensuring effective communication between the client, contractor, design team and suppliers it is possible to reduce waste and thus obtain both cost and environmental savings. Discusses the origins of waste, the wastes hierarchy and the need for a waste reduction strategy as a part of an innovative application of environmental design to construction projects.
CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
CONSTRUCTION WASTE
WASTE MINIMISATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Reducing waste by design - 2000 - Building Services Journal December 2000, 49-50(2) .
Considers how waste from the construction process can be reduced through better design. By reducing the complexity of the design and the materials used, improving co-ordination between building components and elements, and ensuring effective communication between the client, contractor, design team and suppliers it is possible to reduce waste and thus obtain both cost and environmental savings. Discusses the origins of waste, the wastes hierarchy and the need for a waste reduction strategy as a part of an innovative application of environmental design to construction projects.
CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
CONSTRUCTION WASTE
WASTE MINIMISATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES