The Maintenance Cost Optimization Case Study: Windows of Building 14, Politecnico di Milano

Deskripsi

Reducing energy consumption on the building without compromising building performance technically is easier. Because we can just replace a building component that is not effective and change it (if the building component is broken). And in short term, it’s better, because reducing energy consumption means that impact on the environment will be less (less CO2 and CO production). But impact on long term should be considered because recycling the building component is quite a complex process also, from transporting the building component, separating the material, melting it, recasting it, etc. until it became raw material again and ready to be used. Even more, if the material used cannot be recycled and takes huge energy to be destroyed. So, maintaining building performance is important so that it can be performed well as it supposed to be.