Earlier this year, the Research Area Material Flow Management published two new articles in the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling as well as in the Journal of Cleaner Production.
Within the publication Potentials for wood cascading: A model for the prediction of the recovery of timber in Germany, the authors developed the model PrecTimber to predict future recovered timber quantities in order to analyze wood cascading potentials. According to the results, the amount of recovered timber will increase by ca. 2.9 MT over the next 30 years.
In the case study Development of a life cycle inventory database and life cycle impact assessment of the building demolition stage, five building demolition processes were observed to implement inventory data for the representation of the building demolition in life cycle assessment (LCA). Based on a hotspot analysis of the case study LCA, 91-95% of the kg CO2 eq. emissions can be attributed to the demolition excavator.
Publications:
- Szichta, P., Risse, M., Weber-Blaschke, G., Richter, K. 2022. Potentials for wood cascading: A model for the prediction of the recovery of timber in Germany. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 178 (9), 106101. 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106101.
Here you can find the article: doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.106101
- Ivanica, R., Risse, M., Weber-Blaschke, G., Richter, K. 2022. Development of a life cycle inventory database and life cycle impact assessment of the building demolition stage: A case study in Germany. J. Clean. Prod. 338 (4), 130631. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130631.
Here you can find the article: doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130631
In case of interest, please contact Pia Szichta (szichta@hfm.tum.de) and Raphaela Ivanica (ivanica@hfm.tum.de).