Ecological Aspects of Building Maintenance - Methods and Criteria for Evaluation / Oekologische Aspekte der Bauinstandhaltung: Bewertungskriterien und -methoden

Construction affects our environment to a significant extent and therefore, there is an increasing request for building materials and products in both new and old constructions to be evaluated with regard to their sustainability. This concerns both maintenance and restoration measures in an increasing way. These measures are necessary to keep our built environment in a reasonable state and to enable us to use them in the future. This also includes the extension of the life time of buildings. In this contribution most promising methods and criteria to evaluate the sustainability of maintenance or restoration processes and products are summarized and explained using two practical examples of building life cycles