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DES 31

Design for Disassembly – Themes and Principles

Philip Crowther

The disassembly of buildings to recover materials and components for future reuse is not widely practiced in the modern construction industry. This note covers a range of themes and offers a set of principles, or
guidelines, for design for disassembly that can be applied to a project in order to facilitate and encourage greater rates of reuse and recycling in the future. The note replaces the previous note DES 31 'Design for
Disassembly' by offering more specific guidance on why, when, what and how to design for disassembly. Further to that, it describes a more developed relationship between significant issues surrounding design for disassembly.

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Keywords

design disassembly, recycle, reuse, waste management.