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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 28-623
Full Name: Eleftherios Iakovou
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: P.O. Box 461 Thessaloniki
Country: GREECE
Tel: 2310-995970
Tel prefix: +30
Fax: +30-2310-996018
E-mail address: eiakovou@auth.gr
Other E-mails: daidonis@auth.gr, vlachos1@auth.gr, axanthop@auth.gr
Title of the Paper: An analytical methodological framework for managing reverse supply chains in the construction industry
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Dimitrios Aidonis, Anastasios Xanthopoulos, Dimitrios Vlachos, Eleftherios Iakovou
Email addresses of all the authors: daidonis@auth.gr, vlachos1@auth.gr, axanthop@auth.gr, eiakovou@auth.gr,
Number of paper pages: 11
Abstract: As the growing amount of waste created by the construction industry poses severe environmental challenges, environmentally conscious construction processes have emerged as an issue of increasing importance for both the industry and society at large. The proper management of the construction and demolition waste, which constitutes the major solid waste stream in the European Union (apart from mining and farm waste) appears to be of great merit. Reverse logistics and waste management offer the appropriate contextual framework within which the problem can be tackled comprehensively. Towards this effect, a conceptual framework is presented on the current status and legislation in the field of construction and demolition waste management, as well as on the optimal deconstruction and demolition practices of the end-of-life buildings with the goals of materials' recycling and waste minimization. In addition, a novel integrated decision-making model for the entire construc!
tion and demolition supply chain is proposed starting from the deconstruction and demolition decisions till the transportation of the collected materials to potential recyclers/customers and waste disposal sites. Finally, we conclude with a demonstration of the application of the developed model is via a specific case study, and by discussing few interesting managerial insights.
Keywords: Construction industry; Deconstruction; Recycling; Decision-making; Optimization; Reverse logistics; Waste management
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Special (Invited) Session: On the optimal deconstruction and recovery processes of end-of-life buildings
Organizer of the Session: 593-620
How Did you learn about congress: Agis Papadopoulos Associate Professor agis@eng.auth.gr, Christos Tarantilis Associate Professor tarantil@aueb.gr, Avraam Karagiannidis Assistant Professor akarag@auth.gr
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