The ‘circular city’ reduces its environmental impacts from many points of view: from construction-related CO2 emissions to energy production. The key areas for the implementation of an 'urban policy for transition' are mainly oriented towards the reuse and recycling of materials from the building processes and urban value chains (urban mining), also through reuse practices of the existing building stock. The results of the research activities, reported in the present contribution, demonstrate the possibility of integrating studies on the environmental benefits of recycling in the building sector, with investigations on the potential of reuse to increase the overall eco-effectiveness of building interventions, interpreting the urban built environment in the perspective of a ‘reusable city’. The hypothesis for a real reduction of raw material consumption in the construction sector is to combine the use of secondary materials with the reuse of building components, resulting from partial or total deconstruction, and of materials from other waste streams, not belonging to the construction sector. Therefore, the research sought to understand to what extent the reuse of architectural components and waste materials from other industries can contribute to increasing resource efficiency at the local scale, reducing the consumption of materials, land and energy.

Reusable Cities. A Circular Design Approach to Urban Regeneration through Materials Reuse / Baiani, Serena; Altamura, Paola. - (2022), pp. 1-22. [10.5772/intechopen.105219].

Reusable Cities. A Circular Design Approach to Urban Regeneration through Materials Reuse

Serena Baiani
;
Paola Altamura
2022

Abstract

The ‘circular city’ reduces its environmental impacts from many points of view: from construction-related CO2 emissions to energy production. The key areas for the implementation of an 'urban policy for transition' are mainly oriented towards the reuse and recycling of materials from the building processes and urban value chains (urban mining), also through reuse practices of the existing building stock. The results of the research activities, reported in the present contribution, demonstrate the possibility of integrating studies on the environmental benefits of recycling in the building sector, with investigations on the potential of reuse to increase the overall eco-effectiveness of building interventions, interpreting the urban built environment in the perspective of a ‘reusable city’. The hypothesis for a real reduction of raw material consumption in the construction sector is to combine the use of secondary materials with the reuse of building components, resulting from partial or total deconstruction, and of materials from other waste streams, not belonging to the construction sector. Therefore, the research sought to understand to what extent the reuse of architectural components and waste materials from other industries can contribute to increasing resource efficiency at the local scale, reducing the consumption of materials, land and energy.
2022
Sustainable Development Dimensions and Urban Agglomeration
9781839695612
circular cities; urban mining; reuse; building materials; Harvest Map
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Reusable Cities. A Circular Design Approach to Urban Regeneration through Materials Reuse / Baiani, Serena; Altamura, Paola. - (2022), pp. 1-22. [10.5772/intechopen.105219].
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