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Glass Palace

The second construction project, the former data center of the City of Vienna, at Rathausstrasse 1, was completed for BUWOG in August 2017. In 3,450 operational hours, almost 74,000 kg of materials were dismantled and recycled. A turnover of 50,000 euros was generated.

Completion of dismantling

2017

Building owner

BUWOG GmbH

Specialist planning

BauKarussell e. Gen.

Project participants

Demontage- und Recycling-Zentrum (DRZ)

research plan build Romm ZT

pulswerk GmbH

Effect achieved

3400 hours of employment / 10 people employed
0.3 tons for re-use
171 tons disposed of
73.9 tons recycled

Romm

Dismantlability

Re-Use

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