PreaDeM – Pre-demolition environmental assessment and Decision-Making platform

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Title
PreaDeM – Pre-demolition environmental assessment and Decision-Making platform

CoPED ID
1ca530e5-f1d7-4ef8-9e59-45e4fdcc2a08

Status
Active

Funder

Value
£60,533

Start Date
March 31, 2022

End Date
March 30, 2023

Description

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The project will undertake a feasibility study to determine how to measure the type and amount of materials, products and elements in a building and how they can best be a) reused and b) recycled at the end of their life. Currently this is undertaken through pre-refurbishment and pre-demolition audits but they can be time consuming and are mostly ineffective. By developing an 'automated bill of quantities', better decisions can be made about the future or our buildings. This includes whether buildings should be refurbished or demolished and the impact this will have in terms of the materials arising and their carbon impact balanced with operational energy savings. As part of refurbishment or demolition, it is important that the value in the materials that may arise is retained i.e. they are either reused or recycled at a high value; following the principles of the circular economy. The focus of the project is on social housing since the client (property owner) has an inherent drive to optimise their assets whilst considering the carbon and cost impacts of their operations. There is much attention on the housing stock, in terms of its ability to be upgraded to meet carbon emissions targets and the opportunities this brings for the supply chain and benefits to occupiers. The project will work across two main areas - low carbon refurbishment and optimising value retention at demolition via a simplified approach that will enable development of a platform (PreaDeM) through understanding the user requirements, integration of data and related tools, trialling on housing projects, development of the business model for adoption and a technical specification.

Reusefully Limited LEAD_ORG
Salvo Ltd PARTICIPANT_ORG
Reusefully Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG
Cambridge Sustainable Design PARTICIPANT_ORG
Sustenic Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG

Simon Guy PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Sustainable development
  2. Emissions
  3. Recycling
  4. Projects
  5. Reuse
  6. Optimisation
  7. Climate changes
  8. Construction
  9. Housing stock
  10. Residence
  11. Buildings

Extracted key phrases
  1. Demolition environmental assessment
  2. PreaDeM
  3. Low carbon refurbishment
  4. Demolition audit
  5. Housing project
  6. Pre
  7. Well decision
  8. Carbon impact
  9. Carbon emission target
  10. Platform
  11. Value retention
  12. High value
  13. Cost impact
  14. Social housing
  15. Housing stock

Related Pages

UKRI project entry

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