
About:
GBE Patterns: Bigger Picture
- Resource Efficiency
- Resource Efficient Design
- Waste Hierarchy
GBE Jargon Buster
- DfD Design for Deconstruction
- Design for Better Assembly
GBE Patterns: Design for Deconstruction
Pending………….
GBE Patterns: Detail
- Fixings & Fasteners
GBE Checklist:
GBE Rules of Thumb
GBE Library Information
Books:
- Cradle to Cradle C2C
- Bill Addis book
- Elma Durmisevic
- Transformable Building Structures: Design for disassembly as a way to introduce sustainable engineering to building design & construction
- ISBN: 90-9020341-9
Books online:
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SEDA Scottish Ecological Design Association Guide:
Elma Durmisevic
- Transformable Building Structures: Design for disassembly as a way to introduce sustainable engineering to building design & construction
GBE Links: Websites
Sophie Chisholm ex student of Paola Sassi contacted BrianSpecMan during her thesis and met at BEST exhibition to discuss thesis, BrianSpecMan encouraged Sophie to place the theseis on a website when complete.
GBE Links: Online pages
WRAP Waste & Resources Action Programme
GreenSpecDESIGN:
- Design for dismantling & re-use
- Designing for dismantling & re-use
- Recycling v durability
- Assessing materials for recycling
- Design to reduce waste
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5th January 2013 – 30th June 2026
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5th January 2013 – 29th June 2026
See Also:
GBE Events:
- DeconExpo USA
GBE CPD:
- Design for Deconstruction
- Z20 Fastenings
- Design to Reduce Waste
TGR BiteSized CPD: Events
GBS Green Building Specification:
GBE Projects:
- Bill Addis Book G#545
© GBE GBC GRC GIC GGC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan ******
5th January 2013 – 30th June 2026
