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May
by Jeffrey C Kadlowec, Registered Architect Developed countries around the world are focused on achieving carbon neutrality. The construction industry remains a large consumer of natural resources and producer of carbon emissions leading to environmental degradation. Demolition further increase this impact creating 25% of global waste [Chen 2024]. The traditional linear model of production must be adapted towards a circular economy through restorative and regenerative design processes (see Fig 1). Figure 1. Life cycle of prefabricated modules in a circular economy [Chen 2024] Borrowing from procedures and techniques developed over the past century in the manufacturing industry, modular and prefabricated.
