Applying the Deconstruction and Reuse Evaluation (DERUE) Tool to Evaluate the End-Of-Life Circularity Potential of Building
- CSIR
- University of Witwatersrand
Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 303 to 310. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_29.
Abstract
Construction and demolition generate large amounts of waste that is directed to landfill. This means the valuable resources and productive land is lost. As a result there is an increasing interest in recovering material and components from buildings that have reached the end of their useful life and reusing these in other buildings. There is however limited research and guidance this area. This study aims to contribute to addressing this gap by developing and testing a methodology for the deconstruction of buildings and reuse of components and materials. The study shows how a tool, referred to as the Deconstruction and Reuse (DERUE) is developed. The DERUE is presented and tested by applying this to a case study building. Results from the application of the DERUE are used to critically evaluate the tool and its value as means for supporting deconstruction and reuse. The results indicate that the DERUE is useful tool for deconstruction planning, by providing reports which categorise and quantify materials and components in a building by type, condition, extractability and reusability. DERUE reports enable the value of deconstruction to be more readily understood and can be used to encourage building owners, contractors and municipalities to deconstruct buildings and reuse components instead of demolishing buildings and directing materials to landfill. The study recommends that the tool is developed and refined by applying it to a wide range of buildings.
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Session
Presented in Track O, Saturday 9 November 2024, 16:15 to 18:15, room WG 1001, Auckland University of Technology. Session chair Dr Kamal Dhawan.
How to Cite
Gibberd, J. (2025). Applying the Deconstruction and Reuse Evaluation (DERUE) Tool to Evaluate the End-Of-Life Circularity Potential of Building. In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 303–310). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_29
About the Conference
Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.