Superuse and upcycling through design: approaches and tools
In Italy, first EU Country to have made GPP one hundred per cent mandatory, the recovery of C&D waste, the use of recycled materials and Design for Disassembly have been mandatory in public building projects since 2015. Nevertheless, in Italy, the renovation and substitution of existing buildings, not conceived to be easily deconstructed, generates 53 million tons/year of C&D waste (80% mixed inert waste) while the recovery rate is limited. Since 2012, the research team has been engaged on the increase of resource productivity in the building sector with two focuses.