Saving Home Energy: Renovation or Demolition
Whopping 42% of Australian landfill waste is from the building sector. During its life cycle all this building waste had consumed energy and once a building gets demolished all this embodied energy goes waste, as well.
The ‘three Rs’ of waste minimisation — reduce, reuse, recycle — should be applied throughout the design and construction process: reduce (or avoid) demand for materials by renovating […]