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Material recovery certification for construction workers

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dc.contributor.authorMayer, Matan
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dc.date.accessioned2025-04-01T13:28:36Z
dc.date.available2025-04-01T13:28:36Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-07
dc.description.abstractLow and zero-carbon building certification programmes typically focus on emissions caused by building operation and/or material extraction and manufacturing activities. However, ‘end-of-life’ issues involving the reuse, remanufacture or recycling potential of embodied energy-intensive components are often overlooked. As a result, training and certification in this field tends to be diagnostic and observational rather than proactive and anticipatory. To ensure that vocational workers have appropriate capabilities to recycle or reuse building components fully, a training and certification programme is necessary that focuses on end-of-life material recovery potential. A framework is presented for recovery of building products and the certification system for workers. The system rates recovery potential at both the material and assembly levels through a series of evaluation criteria. This assessment is translated into a product labelling scheme as well as a training and certification programme for vocation workers involved in the production, supply and installation chains of recovery-oriented products.
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dc.identifier.citationMayer, M. (2020). Material recovery certification for construction workers. Buildings & Cities, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.58.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5334/bc.58
dc.identifier.issn2632-6655
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3686
dc.issue.number1
dc.journal.titleBuildings and Cities
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.final564
dc.page.initial550
dc.page.total15
dc.publisherUbiquity press
dc.relation.departmentArchitecture & Design
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE School of Architecture & Desing
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed
dc.subject.keywordBuildings
dc.subject.keywordCertification
dc.subject.keywordCircular economy
dc.subject.keywordEmbodied emissions
dc.subject.keywordEnd of life
dc.subject.keywordMaterial recovery
dc.subject.keywordVocational education and training
dc.titleMaterial recovery certification for construction workers
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