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	Within the scope of sustainable design Paola Sassi has been investigating the concept of designing buildings in a way that they become resources of building materials for future use rather than destined to become waste. Resulting from her investigations are the following papers dealing with assessment of building methods and approaches to design.

	Sassi P, Study of current building methods and products that enable dismantling and their classification according to their ability to be reused, recycled or downcycled.International Conference for Sustainable Building 2002, Oslo Sep 2002 (Allso published in Sustainable Building: Independent Journal on Building and the Environment, Issue 04, 2002)

	Sassi P, Summary of study on the suitability for designing for recycling and designing for durability, International Conference Sustainable Building 2000, Maastricht, Oct 2000 (ISBN 90-75365-36-5)

	Sassi P, Thompson M, Indexing system for suitability and benefits of recycling building elements, 5th European Conference on Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning, Bonn, May 1998 (ISBN 3-933745-03-9)