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Water is pivotal for human life. The sustainable development of goods and facilities should account for its preservation in terms of both quantity and quality. In this paper, a brief case study on the water consumption and management of construction sites was presented. By means of a methodology developed by the authors, the process, product, and service water exploited in building processes have been analyzed. The results show that the water-loss is spread in the different phases of the processes involving machinery, materials, work organization, and environment. The tool, coupled with a check-list approach, is available for designers and managers in order to lead a new awareness on the issue and improve the sustainability of construction sites.
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Fornasari, F., Bo, M., Formisano, F., Pognant, F., Clerico, M. (2021). Application of Risk Analysis to Improve Environmental Sustainability of Water in Construction Sites. In: Ksibi, M., et al. Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition). EMCEI 2019. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_77
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