Get Sust! Issue 44

Design out waste and save costs

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has introduced a new guide to help design teams reduce the amount of construction waste sent to landfill in the UK. It is the first comprehensive guide of its kind for architects and designers.

Part of a wider suite of tools and resources for design teams, Designing Out Waste will help you to identify and implement the most suitable opportunities to use resources efficiently and reduce waste at the earliest stages of a construction project. The guide has been approved by RIBA as CPD Assessed Material and been placed in the Core Curriculum under sustainable architecture and architectural design.

WRAP is also working with Atkins to produce a series of data sheets of construction design details which can provide better materials resource efficiency compared to standard design details. The data sheets will be available in summer 2009.

 

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Designing out waste is available at www.wrap.org.uk/construction/tools_and_guidance