'Green' strategies and approaches. A contribution from the off-site and upcycling of discarded shipping containers
The Earth is in a vulnerable state that most scholars attribute to a model of infinite growth on a planet with limited resources. Taking into account this critical environmental context, the paper wants to stimulate new practices for the building industry by suggesting a systemic vision that simulta...
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| description | The Earth is in a vulnerable state that most scholars attribute to a model of infinite growth on a planet with limited resources. Taking into account this critical environmental context, the paper wants to stimulate new practices for the building industry by suggesting a systemic vision that simultaneously uses multiple sustainable and circular approaches and allows eliminating scraps and waste, by combining traditional and innovative techniques and technologies. In particular, the article shows the potential of off-site in reducing environmental direct and indirect impacts compared to an equivalent conventional construction and recent research on the upcycling of discarded sea containers: they are used as a good practice to enhance an industrial end-of-life product (therefore considered a waste) by re-inserting it into a ‘circular’ economy with a different use than its original one, through non-destructive recycling and, at the same time, improving its value, quality and performance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d6d861ce2ad44fc78206b795a369e6262025-02-02T14:37:24ZengLetteraVentidue SrlAgathón2464-93092532-683X2021-12-0110online10.19229/2464-9309/1092021'Green' strategies and approaches. A contribution from the off-site and upcycling of discarded shipping containersFrancesca Scalisi0Cesare Sposito1DEMETRA Ce.Ri.Med. (Italy)University of Palermo (Italy)The Earth is in a vulnerable state that most scholars attribute to a model of infinite growth on a planet with limited resources. Taking into account this critical environmental context, the paper wants to stimulate new practices for the building industry by suggesting a systemic vision that simultaneously uses multiple sustainable and circular approaches and allows eliminating scraps and waste, by combining traditional and innovative techniques and technologies. In particular, the article shows the potential of off-site in reducing environmental direct and indirect impacts compared to an equivalent conventional construction and recent research on the upcycling of discarded sea containers: they are used as a good practice to enhance an industrial end-of-life product (therefore considered a waste) by re-inserting it into a ‘circular’ economy with a different use than its original one, through non-destructive recycling and, at the same time, improving its value, quality and performance.https://www.agathon.it/agathon/article/view/269sustainabilitydesign approachesoff-sitereusediscarded sea containers |
| spellingShingle | Francesca Scalisi Cesare Sposito 'Green' strategies and approaches. A contribution from the off-site and upcycling of discarded shipping containers Agathón sustainability design approaches off-site reuse discarded sea containers |
| title | 'Green' strategies and approaches. A contribution from the off-site and upcycling of discarded shipping containers |
| title_full | 'Green' strategies and approaches. A contribution from the off-site and upcycling of discarded shipping containers |
| title_fullStr | 'Green' strategies and approaches. A contribution from the off-site and upcycling of discarded shipping containers |
| title_full_unstemmed | 'Green' strategies and approaches. A contribution from the off-site and upcycling of discarded shipping containers |
| title_short | 'Green' strategies and approaches. A contribution from the off-site and upcycling of discarded shipping containers |
| title_sort | green strategies and approaches a contribution from the off site and upcycling of discarded shipping containers |
| topic | sustainability design approaches off-site reuse discarded sea containers |
| url | https://www.agathon.it/agathon/article/view/269 |
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