Abstract
Around the globe, designers are grappling with long term issues related to the built environment's impacts upon our health, the drain upon non-renewable resources, the effect of global warming, as well as potential end uses and disposal of spent building materials. Roofing systems and materials erquire similar examination. In Canads, these concerns are addressed at the federal, provincial and municipal levels of government. Most designesr recognize the significance of the environmental, but few implement designs that consider reducing material consumption or waste, reusing existing (in-place) materials or recycling those componenets for other sustainable uses. In fact, in order to provide a roof to satisfy typical functional requiremients (impermeability, winde resistance, fire resistance and thermal resistance), designers are often drawn away from options that optimally facilitate reuse, recycling and reduction. A comprehensive view to improving the maintainability, serviceability and the possible disassembly of typical case roofing sytsem configurations is described within this paper. The paper also examines the projected incremental investments and examines the economic consequence associated with implementing the recommended procedures.
Around the globe, designers are grappling with long term issues related to the built environment's impacts upon our health, the drain upon non-renewable resources, the effect of global warming, as well as potential end uses and disposal of spent building materials. Roofing systems and materials erquire similar examination. In Canads, these concerns are addressed at the federal, provincial and municipal levels of government. Most designesr recognize the significance of the environmental, but few implement designs that consider reducing material consumption or waste, reusing existing (in-place) materials or recycling those componenets for other sustainable uses. In fact, in order to provide a roof to satisfy typical functional requiremients (impermeability, winde resistance, fire resistance and thermal resistance), designers are often drawn away from options that optimally facilitate reuse, recycling and reduction. A comprehensive view to improving the maintainability, serviceability and the possible disassembly of typical case roofing sytsem configurations is described within this paper. The paper also examines the projected incremental investments and examines the economic consequence associated with implementing the recommended procedures.
Date
10/2000
10/2000
Author(s)
B Kyle; P Kalinger; C Boyle; V Catalli
B Kyle; P Kalinger; C Boyle; V Catalli
Page(s)
201-222
201-222
Keyword(s)
legal requirements; resource consumption; waste management; sustainable design; economic evaluation
legal requirements; resource consumption; waste management; sustainable design; economic evaluation