TY - GEN
T1 - Opportunities to reduce brick waste disposal
AU - Shooshtarian, Salman
AU - Maqsood, Tayyab
AU - Barrett, Carl
AU - Wong, Peter S.P.
AU - Yang, Rebecca J.
AU - Khalfan, Malik
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 and published by the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA).
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Brick is a widely used construction material in the Australian construction industry. It has different applications in construction elements, notably walls and pavements. Between 85–90% of new dwellings in Australia in 2011 were built with external brick walls and concrete flooring. Furthermore, brickwork generates an abundance of waste in construction projects each year. This paper investigates the opportunities for minimising the volume of brick waste across its supply chain based on circular economy principles. It develops a model called Brick- LoWMoR (Low of Waste, More of Resource) which can identify these opportunities across the brick supply chain from manufacturing through to design, construction and various end of life stages. This paper provides practical recommendations to improve brick waste management for construction and demolition activities. The recommendations can also inform the development of building codes and standards which impact on the construction and demolition (C&D) waste stream in Australia.
AB - Brick is a widely used construction material in the Australian construction industry. It has different applications in construction elements, notably walls and pavements. Between 85–90% of new dwellings in Australia in 2011 were built with external brick walls and concrete flooring. Furthermore, brickwork generates an abundance of waste in construction projects each year. This paper investigates the opportunities for minimising the volume of brick waste across its supply chain based on circular economy principles. It develops a model called Brick- LoWMoR (Low of Waste, More of Resource) which can identify these opportunities across the brick supply chain from manufacturing through to design, construction and various end of life stages. This paper provides practical recommendations to improve brick waste management for construction and demolition activities. The recommendations can also inform the development of building codes and standards which impact on the construction and demolition (C&D) waste stream in Australia.
KW - Circular economy
KW - Construction material
KW - Resource recovery
KW - Waste management
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85099423244
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference of Architectural Science Association
SP - 825
EP - 834
BT - ANZAScA 2020 - 54th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association
A2 - Ghaffarianhoseini, Ali
A2 - Ghaffarianhoseini, Amirhosein
A2 - Naismith, Nicola
A2 - Purushothaman, Mahesh Babu
A2 - Doan, Dat
A2 - Aigwi, Esther
A2 - Rotimi, Funmi
A2 - Ghodrati, Nariman
T2 - 54th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association, ANZAScA 2020
Y2 - 26 November 2020 through 27 November 2020
ER -