Re-Use
Using an existing asset, component, material, information resource or other item again, with or without limited adaptation.
- Construction Waste Management
A Model Use representing how 3D models are used for the purposes of (i) identifying potential construction waste, and (ii) avoiding/reducing the use of materials and methods that contribute to construction waste. By generating or utilising BIModels, it is possible to (iii) quantify the waste that may be generated, (iv) simulate the onsite storage and offsite transport of waste, and (v) identify the materials and components that can be reused
- Demolition Planning
A Model Use where 3D models are used to plan or monitor demolition activities of existing structures (or parts of existing structures)
- Information Loop
The path that Information travels along due to an iteration. In the LITE framework, there are three potential Information Loops: [a] Short Information Loop indicating a Design Iteration (a partial or complete re-design of an asset, or a variation in a Digital Asset's Levels of X); [b] Long Information Loop indicating a re-construction, re-manufacturing, customisation, and/or a correction of a design, construction, fabrication, or installation error; and [c] Full Information Loop spanning the whole Information Lifecycle and indicating a partial or full reuse of an Existing Asset
- Life Cycle Assessment
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a Model Use representing how multiple methods are applied to BIModels to identify and assess the environmental impacts (e.g. waste) of building products and materials over their whole life
- Lifecycle Connector
The Information Route section that connects one Information Cycle to a subsequent one (links Information Milestones [8] and [1]). In the LITE Framework, this is achieved by accounting for all Information Actions covering the reuse of Information pertaining to an Existing Asset in a New Asset
- Renewal or retirement
The lifecycle period in which an asset, system or service is renewed for continued use or withdrawn from service.
- Reversible Building
A type of building that is designed with the intent of either later disassembling it - and reusing its parts - or transforming it into a different type of building. A Reversible Building design is intended to reduce waste and enable the effective re-use of building products, components and materials