Demolition : Mix/Inert waste category

Dear LCA users, I am currently trying out the demolition A5 scenarios. I am unable to locate the Inert waste or mixed waste option. IS there a different way to add this in? Or OCL does not take inert or Mix waste into account?

Would like some tips on this and also would love to know how everyone else is adding their mix waste category.

Many thanks :slight_smile:

Hi Gauri,

The availability of scenarios depend on the chosen calculation tool, however the fact is that not many scenarios exist as of today. You can attribute material wastage with the % on the building materials input page:

If we don’t have such info available, we could use the scenarios. In the UK generally the used scenario is taken from RICS, in Finland we have some scenarios based on building types and we have developed our own proprietary scenarios as well, based on the frame type of a building.

When you are looking to calculate A5 scenarios for waste, do you mean pre-construction demolition? If I can understand your request a bit better, we may be able to model a proprietary dataset which suits your purpose.