 Potentials for cascading of recovered wood from building deconstruction—A case study for south-east GermanyKarin Höglmeier, Gabriele Weber-Blaschke and Klaus Richter Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2017, vol. 117, issue PB, 304-314 Abstract: Increasing scarceness of primary raw materials leads to a heightened focus on secondary resources. Deposits from urban infrastructure, mainly the building stock, are a potential major source of secondary resources. However, reliable information concerning available volumes and qualities is lacking. We analyzed incorporated amounts of wood in the building stock of south-east Germany, and calculated resulting streams of recovered wood in order to quantify potentially available volumes for an environmentally beneficial cascading utilization of these secondary resources. By applying a new method using data from sample buildings in regard to the quantity and quality of incorporated wood and statistical data concerning the building stock, the stock of wood based materials in buildings and the recovered wood resulting from demolishing for the year 2011 were calculated. Keywords: Building stock; Cascading; Demolition waste; Secondary resources; Urban deposit; Waste wood (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:recore:v:117:y:2017:i:pb:p:304-314 DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.10.030 Access Statistics for this article Resources, Conservation & Recycling is currently edited by Ming Xu More articles in Resources, Conservation & Recycling from Elsevier |
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