New handbooks published by GtoG project

“Best practices in the deconstruction of gypsum-based systems” and “Best practices in audit prior to the deconstruction of buildings”, are the titles of the handbooks published by GtoG project.

These handbooks are the outcome of the finalization of the action B1, the first implementation action of the project, and they summarize the actions and results of the deconstruction projects implemented in Belgium, France, Germany and the UK.

In these countries, the partners have selected different buildings to be deconstructed, implemented audits to identify materials and wastes to be removed, created a catalogue with photos of the materials built 20-30 years ago and examined in details gypsum-based systems deconstruction techniques.

The handbooks collate and describe in detail the results from these pilot projects and also propose an assessment of the deconstruction versus demolition costs, as the global cost of the two options is a decisive parameter for choosing one of them.

These documents aim at becoming standard guidelines that will lead the European demolition companies to operate in an eco-efficient way and therefore help Member States to achieve the goals of the Waste Framework Directive (WFD).

Links

• GtoG’s  website
• GtoG page on EDA’s website

Files

• Handbook “Best practices in the deconstruction of gypsum-based systems”
• Handbook “Best practices in audit prior to the deconstruction of buildings”