Print Email Facebook Twitter What's Next? A study to the relationship between the technical aspects and reuse potential of reused building products Title What's Next? A study to the relationship between the technical aspects and reuse potential of reused building products Author Brandt Wassink, Astrid (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment) Contributor Wamelink, J.W.F. (mentor) Van den Berghe, K.B.J. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Management in the Built Environment Date 2023-06-26 Abstract The climate crisis and resource scarcity have compelled industries to adopt new environmental and circular standards. The Netherlands has set a goal of achieving a fully circular economy by 2050, with a 50% reduction in the use of primary raw materials by 2030. In the circular built environment, circularity strategies like reuse are being implemented to reduce waste and carbon emissions. However, only about 1% of the building products that can be reused in The Netherlands are currently being reused for another lifecycle. This thesis aims to investigate the relationship between the technical aspects of reused building products and their reuse potential, which has received limited research attention thus far. To address this gap, a theoretical framework for assessing reuse potential is built through a literature review. A sampling study of over 30 building products is then conducted to evaluate their adaptability potential and disassembly level, generating a systematic overview of the technical aspects that influence reuse potential. The results demonstrate that refitability, adaptability, scalability and disassembly level are the most important aspects in determining the reuse potential for posterior lifecycles. By providing a deeper understanding of the technical aspects influencing the reuse potential of building products, this thesis aims to contribute to the development of circularity strategies in the built environment. Subject circularitycircularity strategyone-on-one reusecircular economyreusereuse potentialcircular built environmentadaptability potentialdisassembly To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f8928133-317c-471c-a500-996fa4a49701 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2023 Astrid Brandt Wassink Files PDF AstridBrandtWassink_P5_Pr ... tation.pdf 10.7 MB PDF AstridBrandtWassink_P5.pdf 23.55 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f8928133-317c-471c-a500-996fa4a49701/datastream/OBJ1/view