How to Write a Building Disassembly Plan (2024)

• Developed by: Built (Australia)
• Description: "Built has proudly partnered with Coreo (leading circular economy strategic advisors) to release our ‘How to write a Building Disassembly Plan’ guide, along with useful templates below that can be used on DfD projects – providing practical guidance for creating a more sustainable, resource-efficient future for our built environment."
  • See link below for "How to write a Building Disassembly Plan", "Disassembly Plan questionnaire", and "Disassembly Plan template"
• Links: https://www.built.com.au/news/how-to-write-a-building-disassembly-plan/

Buildings That Last: Design for Adaptability, Deconstruction and Reuse (2020)

• Developed by: The American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• Description: "This practice guide looks at strategies for designing for adaptability, deconstruction, and reuse and covers:
  • the environmental, health, and economic benefits and more of using these design strategies
  • pitfalls to watch out for and how to handle them
  • case studies that demonstrate how flexible design can be beautiful design"
• Link: https://content.aia.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/ADR-Guide-final_0.pdf

EPA Fact Sheets on Designing for the Disassembly and Deconstruction of Buildings 

• Developed by: US EPA
• Description: "EPA initiated a series of innovative pilot projects to test ideas and strategies for improved environmental and public health results. This series of fact sheets highlights the innovative approaches, results, and environmental and economic benefits from pilot projects that may be replicated across various sectors, industries, communities and regions."
• Link: https://www.epa.gov/smm/fact-sheets-designing-disassembly-and-deconstruction-buildings

Lifecycle Building Challenge - Key Challenge Guides (2009)

• Description: Navigate to the "Key Challenge Guides" section of the link below for the following DfD guidelines. The link below also lists numerous research publications on the topic of DfD. 
  • US EPA Lifecycle Construction Resource Guide
  • US EPA Design for Deconstruction: The Chartwell School Caser Study
  •  City of Seattle, King County, WA, and Resources, Inc. Design for Disassembly in the Built Environment: A Guide to Closed Loop in Design and Building
  • US EPA Design for Disassembly in the Built Environment: An Atlanta Home Case Study
• Link: https://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/resources.php

Buildings as Material Banks

• Description: "In the Project BAMB – Buildings As Material Banks 15 partners from 7 European countries were working together with one mission – enabling a systemic shift in the building sector by creating circular solutions."
• Link: https://www.bamb2020.eu/