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Setting up a Building Components Exchange in Basel

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Description

The building components exchange in Basel is the first one in Switzerland and offers a unique service by registering and passing on second-hand components from building sites. It works to avoid the waste disposal of usable objects and to facilitate the building and renovating of houses for a reasonable price. All components are in good condition and sometimes even historic.

Goal / Mission

The program aims to both reduce waste disposal of usable building materials and create long-term jobs by dismantling, transporting, cleaning, presenting and selling the components.

Results / Accomplishments

After just the first year the project identified the large potential of reusable components. About one third of all items in the "virtual warehouse" were placed by the service. By the activities of the building components market, another 20 to 25 per cent of the components could be sold after dismantling, transport, cleaning, presentation and selling.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
The European Academy of the Urban Environment
Primary Contact
Urs Bolliger
Verein BauteilNETZ Schweiz
Postfach 4018
5001 Aarau
Switzerland
0041/62/834 5070
Topics
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Organization(s)
The European Academy of the Urban Environment
Date of publication
3/10/1998
Date of implementation
2/1/1995
Geographic Type
Urban
Location
Switzerland

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  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.