**Renovation Process and Phases:**
– Project initiation
– Existing conditions analysis
– Initial design
– Finalizing design
– Construction and demolition
**Reasons for Renovation:**
– Create a new appearance
– Enhance home value
– Increase energy efficiency
– Adapt to personal preferences
– Accommodate changing needs
**Materials and Technology Impact:**
– **Materials:**
– Wood: versatile, sustainable, sequesters carbon
– Impact of Technology:
– Enhances planning
– Visualization tools
– Influences decision-making
– Compliance with local codes
**Challenges and Effects of Renovations:**
– Challenges:
– Part-time activity for builders
– Requires flexibility
– Involves various sub-trades
– Potential for unexpected issues
– Effects:
– Health impacts of sawdust
– Silicosis
– Welding
– Occupational dust exposure
**Sustainability and Economic Aspects:**
– Sustainability:
– Renovations contribute to emissions reduction
– Reuse of buildings decreases emissions
– Designing for durability and reuse promotes renovations
– Economic:
– Renovation creates jobs and increases spending
– Raises property values and generates tax revenue
This article may be unbalanced towards certain viewpoints. (August 2023) |
Renovation (also called remodeling) is the process of improving broken, damaged, or outdated structures. Renovations are typically done on either commercial or residential buildings. Additionally, renovation can refer to making something new, or bringing something back to life and can apply in social contexts. For example, a community can be renovated if it is strengthened and revived. It can also be restoring something to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding). Renovation is very common in some places. For example, there are more than twenty thousand home improvement projects every year in Hong Kong, affecting more than a million residents (population of HK is around 7.5 million in 2023).
