Noise, dust and strong vibrations: during the dismantling of existing buildings, these are some of the effects which impact the local environment. Since, in the past, no reliable data on the related potential harm was available, this possibility has not been adequately taken into consideration in a major portion of demolition proceedings in Germany.
In order to enhance protection of environment and health, and to improve work safety, during building demolition projects and make a better recycling of demolition debris a reality, the Deutsch-Französische Institut für Umweltforschung, DFIU, of the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, KIT, conducted, with three cooperating partners, a multi-stage research and development project:
following the compilation of literature and manufacturing data on emissions and immissions in connection with demolition work – as well as new on-location measurements – in a databank, a software planning tool was developed which enables the assessment of emissions in building demolition, and thus should make associated planning decisions simpler. An additional tool – the »Immission Assessment System« – can measure noise-, dust- and vibration immissions during the demolition of a building and thus makes a systematic analysis of the demolition process possible.
In order to establish protection from immissions as an integral element in demolition planning, execution and post-processing, the project participants generated action recommendations for building owners, planning engineers, demolition companies and related authorities. The recommendations are to be published on the internet following the project’s completion.
Project operation
Deutsch-Französisches Institut für Umweltforschung (DFIU)
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Hertzstr. 16
76187 Karlsruhe
Telefon: 0721 | 608 444 60
www.dfiu.kit.edu
Cooperation partner
Institut für Technologie und Managment im Baubetrieb (TMB), KIT, Karlsruhe
www.tmb.kit.edu
Fachgruppe Bauliches Recycling, Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus – Senftenberg (BTU)
www.tu-cottbus.de/fakultaet4/de/altlasten/fachgruppen/bauliches-recycling.html
Jean Harzheim GmbH & Co. KG, Köln
www.harzheim.de
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