Build Reuse - General
Root
- About the Build Reuse Wiki
- Brief History of the Build Reuse Wiki
- Why Deconstruct and Reuse
- Envisioning a Circular Building Sector
- Circular Design Tools
- Case Studies
- Guides
- Reuse Store and Material Recovery Maps and Databases
- Deconstruction and Reuse Networks
- Deconstruction and Reuse News Outlets
- Conference and Webinar Materials
- RFIs / Opportunities to Give Feedback
- Funding Opportunities
Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) - Encouraging and Mandating Building Deconstruction
- Description: Value proposition, potential city roles, challenges and potential solutions, evaluation/effectiveness, further resources.
- Link: https://sustainableconsumption.usdn.org/initiatives-list/encouraging-and-mandating-building-deconstruction
US EPA - Large-Scale Residential Demolition - Reuse and Recycling Opportunities and Demolition
- Description: Deconstruction and reuse, recycling, markets, greening vacant lots
- Link: https://www.epa.gov/large-scale-residential-demolition/reuse-and-recycling-opportunities-and-demolition#deconstruction
Colorado Construction, Demolition & Deconstruction Policy Toolkit (2023)
- Description: "The toolkit can assist local government staff and policymakers in developing diversion programs for the built environment which significantly contributes to climate and zero waste planning efforts. The toolkit provides a step-by-step process to develop policies to manage C&D materials - from research through policy development, program implementation and ongoing management."
- Link (scroll to "C&D Policy Toolkit"): https://www.recyclecolorado.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98:c-d-council&catid=20:site-content&Itemid=202#CDInfo
Which Buildings are “Worth” Disassembling? An Analysis of American Deconstruction Ordinances (Wyeth Augustine-Marceil, 2023)
- Description: "Through interviews with local representatives, analysis of ordinance language, and review of city progress reports, this research explores the origins of the ordinances, the thinking that shaped them, and their eventual outcomes. This work provides a survey of American ordinances, challenges prevailing assumptions, and provides recommendations for other municipalities considering deconstruction."
- Link: https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/113151
Ithaca CR0WD Deconstruction Local Policy Guide (2023)
- Description: Recommendations to support deconstruction; best practices in salvage, reuse, and deconstruction; draft sustainable deconstruction resolution; model deconstruction, salvage, and reuse ordinance.
- Link: https://labs.aap.cornell.edu/just-places-lab/publications
Ithaca CR0WD Deconstruction Local Policy Guide (2022)
- Description: A guide for local government. Evaluating demolition versus deconstruction practices; policy lessons from municipalities around the US; first steps for your community.
- Link: https://www.cr0wd.org/_files/ugd/52fa8e_aa6c6c9e141d4f79ad5b7fc9e46a0c62.pdf
Guidebook for U.S. Municipalities to create and Implement Deconstruction and Building Material Reuse Infrastructure (2022)
- Description: "Guidebook for small and medium sized municipalities in the U.S. to use to help create and implement their own deconstruction and building materials reuse infrastructure" based on a literature review, three conferences and nineteen interviews of industry professionals.
- Links:
C40 Knowledge Implementation Guides - How to start deconstructing and stop demolishing your city’s buildings (2021)
- Description: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group / C40 Knowledge Hub's article on how cities can support deconstruction and building material reuse.
- Link: https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/How-to-start-deconstructing-and-stop-demolishing-your-citys-buildings?language=en_US
US Green Building Council City Salvage and Reuse Policy Brief (2019)
- Description: Environmental, economic, social benefits of deconstruction; important considerations in developing deconstruction plans at a city level; case study of Portland
- Link: https://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/Deconstruction-Brief_Final.pdf
Deconstruction and Building Material Reuse: A Tool for Local Governments & Economic Development Practitioners (2018)
- Description: Resource by the Delta Institute. Includes: Deconstruction 101, glossary of deconstruction terms, how to conduct a deconstruction assessment, how to design a pilot project, etc. all the way to how to create deconstruction policy support.
- Link: https://delta-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Deconstruction-Go-Guide-6-13-18-.pdf
How to Develop Deconstruction Policies
Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) - Encouraging and Mandating Building Deconstruction
- Description: Value proposition, potential city roles, challenges and potential solutions, evaluation/effectiveness, further resources.
- Link: https://sustainableconsumption.usdn.org/initiatives-list/encouraging-and-mandating-building-deconstruction
US EPA - Large-Scale Residential Demolition - Reuse and Recycling Opportunities and Demolition
- Description: Deconstruction and reuse, recycling, markets, greening vacant lots
- Link: https://www.epa.gov/large-scale-residential-demolition/reuse-and-recycling-opportunities-and-demolition#deconstruction
Colorado Construction, Demolition & Deconstruction Policy Toolkit (2023)
- Description: "The toolkit can assist local government staff and policymakers in developing diversion programs for the built environment which significantly contributes to climate and zero waste planning efforts. The toolkit provides a step-by-step process to develop policies to manage C&D materials - from research through policy development, program implementation and ongoing management."
- Link (scroll to "C&D Policy Toolkit"): https://www.recyclecolorado.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=98:c-d-council&catid=20:site-content&Itemid=202#CDInfo
Which Buildings are “Worth” Disassembling? An Analysis of American Deconstruction Ordinances (Wyeth Augustine-Marceil, 2023)
- Description: "Through interviews with local representatives, analysis of ordinance language, and review of city progress reports, this research explores the origins of the ordinances, the thinking that shaped them, and their eventual outcomes. This work provides a survey of American ordinances, challenges prevailing assumptions, and provides recommendations for other municipalities considering deconstruction."
- Link: https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/113151
Ithaca CR0WD Deconstruction Local Policy Guide (2023)
- Description: Recommendations to support deconstruction; best practices in salvage, reuse, and deconstruction; draft sustainable deconstruction resolution; model deconstruction, salvage, and reuse ordinance.
- Link: https://labs.aap.cornell.edu/just-places-lab/publications
Ithaca CR0WD Deconstruction Local Policy Guide (2022)
- Description: A guide for local government. Evaluating demolition versus deconstruction practices; policy lessons from municipalities around the US; first steps for your community.
- Link: https://www.cr0wd.org/_files/ugd/52fa8e_aa6c6c9e141d4f79ad5b7fc9e46a0c62.pdf
Guidebook for U.S. Municipalities to create and Implement Deconstruction and Building Material Reuse Infrastructure (2022)
- Description: "Guidebook for small and medium sized municipalities in the U.S. to use to help create and implement their own deconstruction and building materials reuse infrastructure" based on a literature review, three conferences and nineteen interviews of industry professionals.
- Links:
C40 Knowledge Implementation Guides - How to start deconstructing and stop demolishing your city’s buildings (2021)
- Description: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group / C40 Knowledge Hub's article on how cities can support deconstruction and building material reuse.
- Link: https://www.c40knowledgehub.org/s/article/How-to-start-deconstructing-and-stop-demolishing-your-citys-buildings?language=en_US
US Green Building Council City Salvage and Reuse Policy Brief (2019)
- Description: Environmental, economic, social benefits of deconstruction; important considerations in developing deconstruction plans at a city level; case study of Portland
- Link: https://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/Deconstruction-Brief_Final.pdf
Deconstruction and Building Material Reuse: A Tool for Local Governments & Economic Development Practitioners (2018)
- Description: Resource by the Delta Institute. Includes: Deconstruction 101, glossary of deconstruction terms, how to conduct a deconstruction assessment, how to design a pilot project, etc. all the way to how to create deconstruction policy support.
- Link: https://delta-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Deconstruction-Go-Guide-6-13-18-.pdf