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Material Salvage

Material Salvage is the systematic recovery and preservation of physical building components from existing structures during adaptive reuse processes for subsequent repurposing or recycling, distinguished from general demolition debris management by its focus on retaining material value and historical integrity.

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229

Authors

102

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2017–2026

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Publications

87

Salvaging building materials in a circular economy: A BIM-based whole-life performance estimator

Lukman Akanbi, Lukumon O. Oyedele, Olúgbénga O. Akinadé et al. · Resources Conservation and Recycling · 2017 · 437 citations · Full text

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Concepts for Reusing Composite Materials from Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades in Affordable Housing

Lawrence C. Bank, F. Arias, Ardavan Yazdanbakhsh et al. · Recycling · 2018 · 129 citations · Full text

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Inextinguishable Fibres: Demolition and the Vital Materialisms of Asbestos

Nicky Gregson, Helen Watkins, Melania Calestani · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · 2010 · 112 citations · Full text

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Estimation of construction and demolition waste using waste generation rates in Chennai, India

VG Ram, Satyanarayana N. Kalidindi · Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy · 2017 · 108 citations

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Estimates of Lost Material Stock of Buildings and Roads Due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Hiroki Tanikawa, Shunsuke Managi, Cherry Myo Lwin · Journal of Industrial Ecology · 2014 · 101 citations

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Authors

229

  1. BB
    Bjørn Berge

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  2. SR
    Shahin Rahimifard

    Loughborough University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 121 citations

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  3. AS
    Anne Sigrid Nordby

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    2 publications · 69 citations

    2

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  4. SS
    Sarah Spafford-Ricci

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  5. BC
    Brandon Clifford

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    1 publications · 20 citations

    2

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Institutions

102

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    36 citations

  2. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    91 citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    100 citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  5. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    122 citations

  6. City College of New York

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    587 citations

  7. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    342 citations

  8. Rockefeller University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. Resources Conservation and Recycling

    4 publications · 625 citations

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  2. Journal of Green Building

    3 publications · 63 citations

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  3. Procedia CIRP

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  4. Forest Products Journal

    FPJ · 2 publications · 39 citations

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  5. Studies in Conservation

    2 publications · 28 citations

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