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Life cycle assessment of the end-of-life phase of a residential building

Vitale, Pierluca, Arena, Noemi, Di Gregorio, Fabrizio, Arena, Umberto·2017·Waste Management
DOI 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.10.002
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The study investigates the potential environmental impacts related to the end-of-life phase of a residential building, identified in a multifamily dwelling of three levels, constructed in the South of Italy by utilizing conventional materials and up-to-date procedures. An attributional life cycle assessment has been utilised to quantify the contributions of each stage of the end-of-life phase, with a particular attention to the management of the demolition waste. The investigation takes into account the selective demolition, preliminary sorting and collection of main components of the building, together with the processes of sorting, recycling and/or disposal of main fractions of the demolition waste. It quantifies the connections between these on-site and off-site processes as well as the main streams of materials sent to recycling, energy recovery, and final disposal. A sensitivity analysis has been eventually carried out by comparing the overall environmental performances of some alternative scenarios, characterised by different criteria for the demolition of the reference building, management of demolition waste and assessment of avoided burdens of the main recycled materials. The results quantify the advantage of an appropriate technique of selective demolition, which could increase the quality and quantity of residues sent to the treatment of resource recovery and safe disposal. They also highlight the contributions to the positive or negative environmental impact of each stage of the investigated waste management system. The recycling of reinforcing steel appears to play a paramount role, accounting for 65% of the total avoided impacts related to respiratory inorganics, 89% of those for global warming and 73% of those for mineral extraction.

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  1. Grimaud, H., 2016. Improving management of construction and demolition waste. Workshop “Improving Management of Construction and Demolition Waste”, Brussels, May 25th, 2016. Available at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/studies/mixed_waste.htm#workshop.
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Authors
Vitale, P., Arena, N., Di Gregorio, F., & Arena, U.
Affiliations
  • University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
  • University of Surrey (GB)
Corresponding author
Arena, Umberto
ORCID
Venue
Waste Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-02
Volume
60
Pages
311-321
ISSN
0956-053X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.wasman.2016.10.002
OpenAlex
W2531716239
Cited by
153
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 7
FWCI
16.08
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Waste Management (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (submittedVersion)
Funders
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
Keywords
end-of-life phase, residential buildings, demolition waste, selective demolition, recycling, energy recovery, waste disposal, multi-family housing, resource recovery
MeSH terms
Construction Materials, Housing, Italy, Refuse Disposal, Waste Management, Recycling, Solid Waste

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