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In Germany, as in many developed countries, over 60% of buildings were constructed before 1978, where most are in critical condition, requiring either demolition with plans for redevelopment or renovation and rehabilitation. Given the urgency of climate action and relevant sustainable development goals set by the United Nations, more attention must be shifted toward the various sustainability aspects when deciding on the strategy for renovation or redevelopment of existing buildings. To this end, this study focused on developing a smart decision support framework for aging buildings based on lifecycle sustainability considerations. The framework integrated digital technological advancements, such as building information modeling (BIM), point clouds processing with field information modeling (FIM)®, and structural optimization, together with life-cycle assessment to evaluate and rate the environmental impact of different solutions. Three sustainability aspects, namely, cost, energy consumption, and carbon emissions, were quantitatively evaluated and compared in two scenarios, namely, renovation, and demolition or deconstruction combined with redevelopment. A real building constructed in 1961 was the subject of the experiments to validate the framework. The result outlined the limitations and advantages of each method in terms of economics and environmental impact. It was further observed that optimizing the building design with the goal to reduce embodied energy and carbon in compliance with modern energy standards, was crucial to improve overall energy performance. This work demonstrated that the developed BIM-based framework to assess the environmental impact of rehabilitation work in aging buildings can provide effective ratings to guide decision-making in real-world projects.

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Subject: Engineering - Civil Engineering

1. Introduction

Preservation of the structural integrity of aging and historic buildings is a crucial step towards ensuring their lasting conservation [1]. To this end, temporal destructive and non-destructive testing is performed to predict the material properties of structural components and determine the structural response and consequentially their effective life cycle [2,3]. At the extreme cases, a complete demolition of the structural systems, followed by a preservation of the envelop (and interior architectural components) may be the only possible option. The environmental impact of construction and demolition waste (CDW) is, however, significant. In the European Union, the construction sector produces 839 million tons of waste annually, with 281 million tons of Construction and Demolition waste (CDW), contributing to 33% of the total waste from all sectors [4]. In addition, CDW contributes to 10–30% of all landfilled waste [5]. As a result, in recent years, more attention has been focused on reusing and recycling strategies to manage CDW and reduce machine demolition and landfill. A study conducted by Marzouk and Azab [6] shows that recycling CDW reduces emissions, energy use, and global warming potential (GWP) significantly, while preserving landfill space. In addition, increasing prices and shortage of building materials compel the construction industry to find new, affordable, and sustainable material sources. In this case, the considerable amount of CDW allows them to obtain building materials.

As such, this study aims to evaluate the environmental impact of two different development strategies for existing aging buildings (i.e., older than 60 years), namely, (i) deconstructing or demolishing (both separately) the existing building and erecting a new building with optimized and up-to-date properties; and (ii) renovating the existing building twice during its lifespan. In the former case, the considerable amount of CDW can be repurposed to allow reuse of the existing building materials that still comply with local code standards. In the latter strategy, the building was planned for renovation every thirty years (twice in a 60 year lifespan). The total cost, energy consumption, and carbon emission generated in the considered scenarios were compared to choose the best option for the existing building.

To achieve the goals of this manuscript, the remainder of this section provides an overview of the state-of-the-art for challenges in BIM-based sustainability assessment of existing buildings; and state of design optimization for sustainability.

1.1. Challenges in BIM-based Sustainability Assessment of Existing Buildings

Typical metrics to quantify sustainability aspects, such as embodied energy and carbon, report the cradle-to-gate or cradle-to-grave values in unit weight of material consumed (e.g., the Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE) [7,8]). As such, once the inventory of material consumed in a building is determined (through quantity-surveying), the embodied energy and Carbon of the whole building can be determined. Given that BIM is the process of modeling intelligent graphical and non-graphical data related to building construction projects within a unified model [9,10,11], the quantity of material can be automatically extracted from the BIM. In fact, most BIM software platforms, such as Revit [12], provide this opportunity. For instance, the effectiveness of a BIM-based system for estimating and planning demolition and renovation wastes was evaluated in [13]. The study extracted material and corresponding volume information from the BIM model, which was then used to predict the required dump truck capacities, including number of rounds for off-loading, and total costs for waste disposal.

However, a BIM model is not always available, especially for historic and aging buildings. The geometry of the visible structural elements of a building can be determined using optical metrology tools, such as laser scanners and cameras. To generate a semantic BIM from the acquired point clouds, the Field Information Modeling (FIM)® framework [14] can be utilized, which has shown effective in automatic semantic BIM generation of oil and gas pipes [15], mechanical residential pipes [16,17], reinforced concrete structures [18], and cultural heritage domes [1]. The BIM model generated using only visual digital information, such as point clouds, will contain information about building construction, boundaries and relationship between elements (e.g., partition walls, beams and building envelopes), and the quantities and types of building materials. This is a precondition for producing a material inventory.

However, in order to create a detailed material inventory for lifecycle analysis, the FIM® framework requires additional information regarding the inherent and hidden material within the visible elements of the building. These include, concrete reinforcement steel, exact concrete composition, types and thickness of insulations, and many more. Some inherent mechanical and material properties can be identified automatically using non-destructive testing methods, such as ultrasonic pulse velocity test [19], concrete tomography [20] and ferro-scanning [21]. Others can be determined through available textual documents, such as building permits and technical specifications, and automatically determined using natural language processing [22,23]. Despite such advancements and developments, many old buildings lack up-to-date and accurate information. As such, in this study an informed assumption about the unknown internal characteristics of the building, such as weight of steel and concrete volume ratio was made (see Table 1; adopted from [24]).

In terms of material classification, two systems were utilized, namely, the directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament, and the ASTM Uniformat II [25]. The former provided relevant information regarding common material types and their characteristics (e.g., hazardous vs. non-hazardous) [24], whereas the latter provided a hierarchical classification of different element groups [26] (recommended in quantity surveying and sustainability evaluation [27]).

Finally, it is worth noting that many factors influence the embodied energy and Carbon depending on the type of analysis (e.g., 50-50 [7,8]), even for the same material type. For example, embodied energy and Carbon of sand imported from abroad greatly differs from that obtained through domestic sources. This study refers to the ICE database [7,8], which adopts the EU-wide standard 15804 EPDs (i.e., Environmental Product Declarations), for embodied energy calculations and the possible effect of idealizations have been disregarded.

1.2. Design Optimization for Sustainability

Generative design (GD) [28,29,30,31] is the process of utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to generate meaningful heuristic results when either traditional methods fail, or a single solution cannot be obtained (e.g., no single solution exists that satisfies all objectives simultaneously). In such cases, many good solutions (in the case of multi-objective optimization, Pareto front) are generated to solve the optimization problem [32,33]. In terms of building design, the integration of visual programming [34], BIM and GD has shown effective, particularly to enhance lifecycle sustainability. Some examples of successful BIM and GD integration with sustainability considerations, include construction feasibility of underground infrastructures [35]; drywall installation planning in prefabricated construction [36]; design of connections to code regulatory standards [37]; cloud-based solution for energy performance simulation, such as daylight analysis [38]; lay-out of steel frame components [39,40]; spatial planning for residential blocks [41]; and topology optimization [42,43].

Despite considerable efforts by the academic community in the area of GD for building and process optimization, a considerable gap between academic research and industry in structural optimization exists. This discrepancy is attributed to the absence of robust intermediary frameworks that effectively integrate with the BIM software. To address this issue, a workflow for automated structural design optimization using architectural designs generate through BIM-based software was proposed [44]. This approach uses a BIM software package, including Revit, the Dynamo plugin [34], and Robot Structural Analysis (RSA), to merge the architectural design and structural design phases. In this study, this framework together with genetic algorithm [45] will be utilized to optimally design new structures.

2. Materials and Methods

The methodology consists of the following steps (summarized in Figure 1):

Point cloud collection: collection of point clouds through Structure-from-Motion (SfM) and Laser Scanner using smartphones from an existing building;
BIM generation: creating BIM model of the point cloud;
Lifecycle assessment: calculate the embodied energy and carbon for the material and construction processes, along with energy demand during operation.
- Optimal redevelopment with demolition or deconstruction:
  - apply loads and boundary conditions to the generated model;
  - find the optimal size, shape and location of main structural components (e.g., column, beam, slabs) through topology optimization procedures;
  - demolish and redevelop environmental impact of the project; and
- Renovation impact assessment;
Decision-support: provide systematic recommendations and strategies for the reduction in the environmental footprint of the project.

2.1. Point Cloud Collection

The process of generating a complete point cloud model for a building involved three steps:

SfM façade monitoring: create a point cloud of the facades using smartphone videos and the Structure-from-Motion process (SfM) [16] with COLMAP [46,47]. Due to the requirement for convergence imagery [48] and high network overlap [16], prior to data collection a path was designed using Google Maps. iPhone 13 mini was used for video recording, which can acquire 4k video recording at 30 and 60 frames-per-second (fps). To maintain high image overlap and quality, the iVS3D method was utilized to sample and pre-process videos to increase 3D reconstruction speed and quality by eliminating images with low content [49]. Summary of the SfM is shown in Figure 2.
LiDAR interior scanning: scan of the interior of the building with the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) scanning smartphone app, SiteScape. The LiDAR data was collected using the iPad Pro. Point density and point sizes in the app were set to medium with slow movement during scanning (i.e., left-to-right rotations of more than around 15° were avoided). To ensure consistent data quality, all data was collected while maintaining at least 50% of battery and cooled down to room temperature before starting the next scanning.
Registration: registration of the collected point clouds in the opensource point cloud processing software, CloudCompare [50]. After scaling of the SfM point cloud, both were taken to CloudCompare where floor detection using the method of [51] was used to orient both point clouds such that the z-axis was parallel to the plane normal. A translation is used to level the two planes of the floors. Using this, the problem of 3D registration was reduced to 2D alignment of the exterior and interior walls in the x-y plane.
Scan vs. BIM: alignment and point cloud object detection using the scan vs. BIM framework [14,52]. Using the blueprints, a BIM model was generates (manually), and aligned to the registered point cloud. Iterative closest point (ICP) registration between the point cloud and model was performed to determine compliance with the generated model and to correct the model if required.

2.2. BIM from Point Cloud

The point cloud must be converted into Recap (.rcp) file in Recap Pro and imported into Revit. To this end, a workflow was organized (shown in Figure 3a) as follows: (i) set a new origin for the point cloud; (ii) set the scan location for the ceiling; (iii) set the scan location for the floor; and (iv) create a view state for the floor plan. The marked floor and ceiling panels were used in Revit to define levels. Finally, a view state of the floor plan is created using a bounding box with highlighting edges.

Next, a new metric architectural project with defined units was created in Revit. The levels were defined using the point cloud floors, and the main grids were drawn (centre-on-centre) according to the positions of the columns and walls. In level 1, the view range is defined to provide a clear floor plan. Exterior and interior walls are drawn based on this floor plan, slab, and foundations, followed by drawing windows, doors, and curtain walls. All objects are then selected and copied to levels 2 and 3. Stairs and railings are added. Finally, the functions of all rooms are defined, and their areas were calculated. The BIM model consists of 3D parametric objects, allowing for the modification of the dimensions and positions of these objects.

The CADMapper website was then utilized to generate a 3D site plan in Revit for the generate building. This map enabled the generation of realistic scenarios for the calculation of embodied energy and Carbon within the case studies (Figure 3b).

2.3. Embodied Energy and Carbon Calculation

The object-oriented building information was classified into four hierarchical levels: (i) the top level representing the entire building; (ii) the second level comprising of groups of structural and non-structural components; (iii) the third level denoting individual building elements, such as walls and floors; (iv) and the lowest level encompassing materials and products. The quantity of materials, such as densities, volume, length, and weight, were extracted from the BIM model, and subsequently listed in the material inventory.

The embodied energy and carbon of the study building were calculated based on this inventory through the following idealizations:

The primary building components, excluding finishing materials, furniture, and services (e.g., steel, timber, concrete, and glass) were extracted.
The materials' type, volume information, density, and quantity were extracted.
The ICE database [7,8] was then adopted to calculate embodied energy and carbon.
The embodied energy and carbon are calculated by multiplying material weight with ICE coefficients

2.4. Design Optimization Framework

Structural optimization was performed to evaluate the true benefits of a new design with similar properties as the existing building (e.g., floor plan area, and number of rooms). Here, the decision variables were the location, and number of columns, and beams, along with the thickness of the slab. The structural loadings were prepared based on the relevant DIN standard and the finite element analysis was carried out using RSA, structural analysis integration with Dynamo visual programming. The Dynamo script was generated and integrated with RSA using the genetic algorithm framework presented in [53]. The general steps of the newly generated Dynamo script is shown in Figure 4. The combination receiving the least weight, while satisfying code specific standards on slenderness, displacement, and stress was considered as the optimal structure.

2.5. Deconstruction vs, Demolition

The energy consumption for the deconstruction and demolition are calculated using the following formula:

P = \{\begin{matrix} P_{D c} + P_{T r} + P_{R c} + P_{R e}, & D e c o n s t r u c t i o n \\ P_{D m} + P_{T r} & D e m o l i t i o n \end{matrix},

(1)

where

P_{D c}

P_{T r}

P_{R c}

P_{R e}

P_{D m}

are the energy consumption in the deconstruction, transportation, recycling, recovered energy during recycling, and demolition processes, respectively. The workflow for deconstruction and demolition can be summarized as follows:

Plan deconstruction/demolition work:
- Define deconstruction groups.
- Plan the sequence of deconstruction work.
- Calculate the duration for each deconstruction task.
- Analyze each deconstruction work: choosing the proper tools and machines for each group.
Plan recycling workflow and transportation:
- Quantify the deconstructed building material.
- Reuse building materials.
- Recycle building materials.
- Dispose of non-recyclable materials.
Conduct quantitative evaluation:
- Estimate duration and cost for deconstruction and demolition.
- Calculate energy costs and carbon emissions caused during demolition or deconstruction work.
- Calculate energy cost and carbon emission in transportation.
- Calculate recovered energy and saved carbon emissions from recycled and 311 reused building materials and products.

2.5.1. Recycling Workflow

An advanced recycling workflow for concrete rubble was adopted here. The workflow can be divided into two stages (i.e., dry-process and wet-process). In the dry process, the concrete rubble is crushed in a jaw crusher, sorted, and screened in a dry process. The crushed materials are sieved through a 22 mm sieve to obtain a fraction of 0/22 in size. The fractions of > 22 mm are collected and placed in the jaw crusher again. Meanwhile, the metal rubble is separated in this process. Afterward, the fraction of 0/22 will be transported to the next stage - the wet process. In this stage, further sorting and screening processes occur, and the aggregates are divided into fractions of 0/2 mm, 0/1 mm, 2/8 mm, and 8/16 mm [54]. The process is summarized in Figure 5a.

Figure 5b shows the mass balance of recycled materials adopted from [54]. Their study extracted the concrete rubble from a reinforced concrete assembly construction. After removing harmful materials and impurities, 83% of demolition waste is concrete rubble, 9% is mortar, and the rest is impurity (i.e., plastics, glass, wood). The production efficiency from this study is adopted in the analysis of the deconstruction scenario (Figure 5a). Other than proportions of materials, the energy cost of recycling [54], shown in Table 2 is utilized.

Finally, using the proposed recycling process, a material and energy flow diagram was generated. Figure 6 shows the material and energy flow diagram for the case study used in this manuscript. The input included 408 tons of concrete rubble, 48.4 tons of mixed broken bricks and tiles, and 10.6 tons of steel in concrete.

2.5.2. Criteria for Evaluation

Finally, a set of relevant criteria is devised to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing demolition vs. deconstruction. Table 3 shows the criteria and the corresponding points associated with each factor. These factors include economics (e.g., cost), environmental (e.g., embodied Carbon), and social (e.g., noise and disruption to the neighbors).

2.6. Renovation

The computation of embodied energy and Carbon for renovation is similar to that presented in section 2.3. Here, it is important to describe the process in which the cost of renovation was calculated. The present value of future renovation was determined using the construction price escalation index, along with the cost of restoration, obtained from the official German statistics office [55].

The final energy consumption is calculated by incorporating the ratio of usable area with the electricity price, which employs an electricity price of 0.38 €/kWh for 2022. Additionally, several assumptions were made to approximate the operation cost, energy consumption, and carbon emissions, outlined as follows:

energy consumption amounted to 88 kWhm−2 year−1 (the model also accommodated for improved energy efficiency of around 25% after each renovation to account for required energy consumption reduction in the EU [56]);
a new building energy consumption is set to 62 kWhm−2 year−1;
electricity price escalation was assumed at 0.38%;
electricity was the only form of energy utilized, with 1 MJ of energy from electricity resulting in 177 g of CO2e emissions according to [7,8]; and
the renovation period was considered every 30 years;

3. Results and Discussions

3.1. Case Study

A 3-story residential building was selected as the subject of this investigation. The original plans and other documents related to the renovation conducted in 2011, along with the site plan and floor plans were available and utilized for this study. The main features of the study building are presented in Table 4.

3.2. Point Cloud Collection and Processing

The walking path shown in Figure 7a was planned for data collection using the iPhone 13 with 4K video resolution at 60fps. Using the iVS3D [49] framework, 248 images were generated and selected for SfM using COLMAP (Figure 7b). Finally, the iPad Pro together with the SiteScape app were utilized for data collection of the interior of the building (Figure 7c; each floor was scanned separately). The final point cloud of the registered interior and exterior using CloudCompare is shown in Figure 7d.

3.3. BIM-based Bill of Quantities and Sustainability Evaluation

Based on the generated BIM model from the point cloud, the bill of quantities were determined and utilized to determine the environmental impact of the project material, which will then be used to determine the environmental impact in case of demolition and deconstruction. The results of the BIM-based analysis is provided in Table 5. It was observed that bricks and concrete as main construction materials contributed to around 46% embodied energy and over 60% of Carbon emission. Furthermore, 8.5 tons of plastic contributed to 18% embodied energy and 8% of Carbon emissions. It can be inferred that reducing weight of main structural materials (e.g., concrete and brick) by design (e.g., through effective optimization strategies) together with utilization of sustainable circular materials to replace plastic waste were crucial for decreasing embodied energy and carbon in buildings, particularly when demolished.

3.3. Deconstruction vs. Demolition

A logistical assumption regarding the distance between the old building, new building development, landfill, recycling plant, storage and sand supply was made (Figure 8). As shown, the distance between the old and new buildings was assumed to be 2 km. It was assumed that 85% of bricks were preserved and reused, and the rest were mixed with concrete rubble. The reusable bricks were transported to the storage facility with the transport distance 10 km. Concrete, bitumen, and insulation were delivered to the recycling plant, which was considered 15 km from the deconstruction site. Carpet and frames were disposed of in a landfill place. The distance to the landfill was assumed to be 35 km. In the demolition scenario, after removing bitumen, insulation, carpet, windows, and doors, the whole building was demolished, and all construction wastes were disposed of.

Based on the provided assumptions and with due consideration of equation (1), the results of the choice between deconstruction and demolition (as proposed in section 2.5.2), are presented in Table 6. It was observed that the deconstruction, due to possible repurposing of more material achieved a better overall score of 85 compared to the score of 43 received using demolition. The deconstruction together with optimized structural design for new building will be adopted for comparison with the renovation.

3.3. Comparison of Results with Renovation

The selected strategy of deconstruction together with optimized design of new building was compared to the renovation of the existing facility. In the case of the present study, cost, total energy consumption and Carbon footprint are used for comparison. The results are shown in Table 7. It was observed that the deconstruction and new development exceeded the cost and embodied energy consumption for two renovations by around 10.5%, and 7.8%, while improving embodied Carbon by roughly 9.6%. At this stage, the project team must decide on the relative importance between different criteria to make a final decision. For instance, if cost and embodied energy are deemed more important by the project team, renovation will be considered the better solution. The results of this case study reveal the need for such lifecycle analysis in decisions pertaining to deep renovations or deconstruction.

5. Conclusions

This study investigated the environmental impact of two distinct scenarios in building rehabilitation work, namely, renovation of an existing building; and deconstruction or demolition, followed by construction of a newly optimized building. The analysis is conducted through developing a digital model of the existing building and converting it to a semantic BIM, which can then be utilized as a valuable tool to assess the environmental aspects of a building. Although BIM offers significant advantages in data management and visualization, it is important to note that substantial manual efforts remain necessary for accurate calculations and the overall assessment process.

This research investigates various aspects of the building development process, including integrating BIM with reliable databases for material quantity-takeoff, applying generative design techniques, incorporating parametric design methodologies, and assessing the long-term energy performance of buildings. These components are crucial for a comprehensive understanding of the environmental impact of aging buildings in need of rehabilitation. To this end, the study proposed a formal framework to assess the environmental impact of the two possible separate scenarios of renovation and deconstruction/demolition. The framework encompasses several stages, including FIM® inspired digital documentation, BIM model recreation, deconstruction and demolition planning, material recycling, building material weight optimization, cost estimation, and energy performance analysis. A real-world case study was used to evaluate the framework's effectiveness and applicability.

In the present study, it was observed that deconstruction was more environmentally friendly and economical than demolition. However, despite generative design optimization efforts to minimize weight of a new building, the cost and embodied energy was found to be 10.5% and 7.8% worse than renovation, respectively. The deconstruction with new development, on the other hand, gained 9.6% in embodied Carbon compared to renovation. Considering all three criteria with equal weight, the renovation scenario was found more favorable, as it offered a more cost-effective solution with a lower embodied energy. These results suggest that a formal lifecycle analysis that incorporates all aspects of sustainability, digitization, optimization and rehabilitation can provide valuable decision-support information.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, R.M.; methodology, R.M. and B.W.; software, B.W.; validation, B.W.; formal analysis, B.W.; investigation, B.W. and R.M.; resources, R.M.; data curation, B.W.; writing—original draft preparation, B.W.; writing—review and editing, R.M.; visualization, B.W.; supervision, R.M.; project administration, R.M.; funding acquisition, R.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

The study was funded through the personal research fund of Jun.-Prof. Dr. Reza Maalek, at the Department of Digital Engineering and Construction, partially endowed by GOLDBECK GmbH. The authors wish to acknowledge the support provided by the KIT Publication Fund of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in supplying the APC.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Schematic representation of the framework to compare renovation (scenario A) and demolition with redevelopment (scenario B) for aging building.

Figure 2. Process of Structure-from-Motion with iV3D and COLMAP

Figure 3. Pre-processing: (a) point cloud in Recap Pro before importing to Revit; (b) 3D site plan model

Figure 4. Developed Dynamo script and workflow adopted from [53]

Figure 5. (a) Process of producing recycling materials from concrete rubble; (b) mass proportions productivity (input vs. output) of the recycling process.

Figure 6. Material and energy flow of the proposed recycling process.

Figure 7. Collected point clouds: (a) planned walking path for video recording; (b) dense 3D reconstruction using COLMAP; (c) LiDAR point cloud generated using SiteScape; and (d) final registered point cloud.

Figure 8. Logistical planning for the existing building, new development, landfill and the recycling facilities.

Table 1. Rate of assumed steel reinforcement based on standard structural components [24].

Structure Component	Rate of Steel Reinforcement [kg/m³]
Foundation	30 - 60
Walls	20 - 60
Slabs	50 - 80
Beams	80 - 100
Columns	100 - 130

Table 2. Energy consumption in dry and wet recycling processes.

Dry process	Energy	Wet process	Energy
	MJ/t		MJ/t
Crushing	6.1	Screening	2.4
Screening	1.8	Separation	8.7
Separation	0.5	Transportation (conveyor belt):	9.2
Transportation (conveyor belt)	10.9

Table 3. Evaluation criteria for demolition vs. deconstruction

Factors		Points	Deconstruction	Demolition
Factors		Points	Quantity Score	Quantity Score
Economy	Cost	20
Economy	Time	20
Environment	Energy consumption	20
Environment	Carbon Emission	20
Society	Operation time of machines	10

Table 4. Characteristics of the case study

Type	Dormitory dwelling
Year of construction	1961
Number of floors	3
Number of rooms	45
Elevation per floor	2.38 m
Structure	Masonry walls, reinforced slabs
Net heated volume	1825 m³
Gross room volume	2612 m³
Usable floor area	859.94 m² External walls
Basic walls	brick 365
Slab	Reinforced concrete
Windows	Double glassing, wood frame
Roof	Flat insulated

Table 5. BIM-based environmental impact assessment of case study

Table 6. Criteria for evaluating deconstruction and demolition.

Table 7. Results of the final evaluation between the options to renovate or deconstruct with new development.

Criteria for Evaluation	Renovation	Deconstruction with Optimized Building
Cost (€)	4,686,856	5,177,096
Energy consumption (MJ)	17,515,957	16,152,000
Carbon emission (Kg CO₂)	2,584,546	2,859,000

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