Enhanced Durability and Reduced Maintenance
Choose materials proven to be characterized by one or more of the following:
- Service life - longevity and minimal deterioration.
- Reduced maintenance - require little, if any, finishing, or do not require frequent applications of toxic finishes.
- Recyclability - can be reused or recycled at end of service life
| CalGreen | A5.406 |
| CHPS | |
| GGlobes | |
| SITES | |
| BDCv4 | |
| BDCv4.1 | |
| NDv4 | |
| CommP&D | |
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Proven longevity with minimal deterioration, reduced maintenance, and recyclability at end of service life: concrete masonry, interlocking concrete pavements, permeable interlocking concrete pavements, decorative landscape walls, and Proto-II™ certainly apply to all of the criteria.
Concrete is prized as an extremely durable material, and in the form of concrete masonry units, pavers, and landscape units provides long-lasting structures and pavements requiring little to no maintenance, with less impact than poured concrete
While concrete masonry walls are not "flexible" in the sense of reconfiguring to a new layout, they are one of the most resilient and disaster-resistant structural systems possible. Their performance would be the reason a building could be refitted or repurposed beyond original intent or post-disaster.
ICP and PICP are not only inherently durable, but they can be removed and reinstalled to revised site plans.
Construction Waste Management
