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Within the framework of the European Green Deal, transitioning to a circular economy is imperative, particularly in high-impact sectors such as construction and demolition. As such, this study develops an Urban Mining Screener as a framework for data acquisition on material intensity in the built environment to inform and facilitate the selective demolition of buildings for urban mining. As a proof of concept, the developed Screener is tested through a case study on post-war social housing in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Employing a bottom-up approach to material stock analysis, the methodology involves the detailed assessment of building blueprints to estimate the material intensity of the selected building archetype. Building data is classified into cohorts by construction year and housing type (single and multi-family houses) for analysis. Using Madaster services for material registration and Material Passport generation, the Screener successfully identified and quantified substantial stocks of reuseable and recyclable materials.
Key results show significant variations in material intensity across different building types and construction periods, with concrete and brick dominating the material composition and offering high recovery potential. The findings suggest substantial potential for material recovery and reuse in post-war social housing, supporting the objectives of the circular economy and sustainable development. The screener and its associated methodology are easily replicable by design, allowing for repetition worldwide, on building and urban scales.
| If your abstract is not accepted for an oral presentation, would you be interested in presenting it as a poster instead? | Yes |
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