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ETAIL
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NSTITUTIONAL
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ATERIALS
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SPECTS
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MA 5 D
ESIGNED FOR
D
ISASSEMBLY
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MA 5 D
ESIGNED FOR
D
ISASSEMBLY
E
XCLUSION
None.
O
BJECTIVE
Encourage forward looking planning, design, and installation to permit
easy dismantling, separation and collection of the construction
elements
C
REDIT ATTAINABLE
1
C
REDIT REQUIREMENT
1 credit for installed construction elements and fixings that are easy to
dismantle, and disassemble at the end of serviceable life, and
contributed at least 50% by area of the newly installed elements.
A
SSESSMENT
Criteria
The Applicant shall quantify each element based on total surface area
of only newly installed elements for compliance.
Each item in the checklist below, including all supports and fixings,
shall be easily dismantled, disassembled and removed from the
premises without any specialist tools for future reuse, recycling or
reprocessing.
Documentation
Credit shall be achieved when the Applicant provides the
documentation stated below, to demonstrate compliance:
i.
summary table, with each type, manufacturer, material,
dimensions, fixings, quantities, percentage of disassembly
design, reference sources;
ii.
drawings, with layouts, sections, elevations, detail sheets
including fixings;
iii.
product catalogues, technical data sheets;
iv.
record photographs;
C
HECK
-L
IST AND
E
QUATION
The following items shall be included for assessment:
a.) Walls;
b.) Ceilings;
c.) Doors;
d.) Raised floor;
e.) Supports and fixings;
Structural elements, building envelope fenestration, furniture,
partitions, mechanical and electrical installations and any other
elements not listed above shall be excluded from assessment.
The percentage of area for each item as shown above can be
determined by below equation (1).
Disassemble
Design
(%)
=
∑ Disassembly Designed Elements (m
2
)
x 100%
∑ Newly Installed Items* (m
2
)
* Only single side area shall be counted.
B
ACKGROUND
There is a great potential to lower project costs and significantly
reduce the total environmental impacts by re-using the ceiling,
partitions, walls, doors and/or raised flooring systems. By doing so,
the environmental impacts associated with the extraction, processing
and transportation of virgin material is reduced. Furthermore, planning
and designing for disassembly in the future can also minimise the
noise and vibration during future renovation projects.