TY - BOOK AU - Keys, A. AU - Baldwin, A. AU - Austin, S. TI - Reducing waste by design T2 - Building Services Journal PY - 2000/// KW - CONSTRUCTION PROCESS KW - CONSTRUCTION WASTE KW - WASTE MINIMISATION KW - WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES N2 - 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 ER -