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Factsheets and Case Studies
Factsheets
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C&D Waste Reduction and Recycling series factsheets developed by EPA Region 9 (serving Arizona, California, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands):- What's in
a Building? Composition Analysis of C&D Debris (PDF) (2 pp, 188K)
- Onsite Source
Reduction: Cutting the Scrap (PDF) (2 pp, 208K)
- Setting
up a Jobsite Recycling Program (PDF) (2 pp, 210K)
- Deconstruction:
New Opportunities for Salvage (PDF) (2 pp, 213K)
- Calculating
Effectiveness: The Waste Management Plan (PDF) (2 pp, 228K)
- Reducing
Waste for Building Owners (PDF) (2 pp, 129K)
- Source Reduction
in Residential Remodeling: The Las Alturas Adobe (PDF) (2 pp, 86K)
- Waste Recycling
Through Commingled Recovery: The Summerfield Heights Residential Development (PDF) (2 pp, 84K)
- Deconstruction on Commercial Renovation Projects: The Victoria Street Presbyterian Sanctuary (PDF) (2 pp, 56K)
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Construction and Demolition Materials at Land Revitalization Projects (PDF) (8 pp, 1.7MB) Publication Number: EPA-560-F-08-242 (April 2008)
The American Forest and Paper Association (AFPA) offers Wood
Recovery FAQ's 
which includes informative "Quick Facts" about used and scrap
wood.
From Roofs to Roads...Recycling Asphalt Roofing Shingles into Paving Materials (PDF) (2 pp, 433K)
Case Studies
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) produced two reports which include several deconstruction project profiles
and case studies:
- A
Guide to Deconstruction provides an overview of deconstruction with a focus on community development
opportunities. The guide describes project profiles and case studies
that show the components of deconstruction and its benefits and present
ways to make it part of a community revitalization strategy.
- A
Report on the Feasibility of Deconstruction provides a brief analysis of the feasibility of deconstruction. This
report is based on a study of four urban communities and lessons from
other local deconstruction initiatives.
Deconstruction
- Building Disassembly and Material Salvage: The Riverdale Case Study (PDF) (61 pp, 285K)
Prepared by the National Association of Home Builder's (NAHB) Research
Center, this 1997 document presents the key results from a case study
of a 2,000 square foot, 4-unit, residential building in an urban area
in Baltimore County, Maryland. The study address some of the issues involved
in a comparison between deconstruction and straight demolition and proposes
some recommendations for the deconstruction industry.
The Building
Deconstruction Consortium (BDC) offers two informative case studies:
- Reuse
and Recycling of Building Materials (PDF) (25 pp, 121K)
This case highlights six houses that were deconstructed by the Center for Construction and Environment, University of Florida during 1999 through 2000. The goal of this project was to examine the cost-effectiveness of deconstruction and salvage when compared to traditional demolition. This research was funded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Innovative Recycling Projects grant program through Alachua County, Florida. The one and two-story houses represented typical Southeastern US wood-framed residential construction from 1900 to 1950. - Cost
Analysis for Building Removal at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas (PDF) (124 pp, 818K)
This study was conducted for the Headquarters Department of the Army. It summarizes a cost analysis of various scenarios for removing approximately 600 WWII-era temporary wood frame buildings from the grounds of Fort Chaffee.
Design
for Disassembly in the Built Environment (PDF) (2 pp, 74K)
Summarizes a collaborative effort between EPA Region 4 and the Community
Housing Resource Center to reduce waste generated from residential building
design and demolition.
EPA's GreenScapes Web site provides a case study on the Aspen Skiing Company in Aspen, Colorado that has decided to reuse building materials and create compost out of the remaining materials instead of throwing them away. The company kept 84 percent of the old buildings out of the local landfill and allowed the materials to have a second life in new buildings and compost, which makes a perfect success story.
The California Integrated Waste Management Board provides a detailed
analysis of the deconstruction of a WWII-era warehouse building at The Presidio of San Francisco, CA, 1996.
Deconstruction of WWII-era
buildings at Fort Ord, CA
The Institute for Local Self Reliance describes a deconstruction
pilot project at the Stowe Village apartment units in Hartford, CT.
