%0 Conference Paper %1 Hauke.2011 %A Hauke, Petra %A Werner, Klaus Ulrich %D 2011 %K greenbib %T The second hand library building: Sustainable thinking through recycling old buildings into new libraries: Paper presented at IFLA WLIC 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico %U https://www.ifla.org/past-wlic/2011/196-hauke-en.pdf %X Old buildings are being recycled into libraries all over the world. Many buildings were given a new purpose, such as an old grain silo, a post office, barracks, a brewery, a factory, a railway station, and a horse stable, to name but a few that were transformed into a library. The process of rededication of a building with a former different usage into a library means per se a special aspect of sustainability -- it is quite obviously a matter of recycling. The transformation of an existing building with a prior non-library function into a library brings the challenge and the opportunity for sustainable thinking in library planning. As nonrenewable resources are decreasing, reusing and recycling are going to become increasingly necessary in the future. The recycling of old buildings means reducing the ecological footprint of library buildings in a cost-effective and efficient way. Beside ``green'' aspects like water conservation, energy conservation, recycled or sustainable building materials, indoor air quality, and solar power from photo-voltaic panels, the planning of an adaptive reuse is a very different task than the planning of a library in a totally new building. Some best practice case studies from libraries, not only in Germany, but other countries in Europe will be presented as well.

@inproceedings{Hauke.2011, abstract = {Old buildings are being recycled into libraries all over the world. Many buildings were given a new purpose, such as an old grain silo, a post office, barracks, a brewery, a factory, a railway station, and a horse stable, to name but a few that were transformed into a library. The process of rededication of a building with a former different usage into a library means per se a special aspect of sustainability -- it is quite obviously a matter of recycling. The transformation of an existing building with a prior non-library function into a library brings the challenge and the opportunity for sustainable thinking in library planning. As nonrenewable resources are decreasing, reusing and recycling are going to become increasingly necessary in the future. The recycling of old buildings means reducing the ecological footprint of library buildings in a cost-effective and efficient way. Beside ``green'' aspects like water conservation, energy conservation, recycled or sustainable building materials, indoor air quality, and solar power from photo-voltaic panels, the planning of an adaptive reuse is a very different task than the planning of a library in a totally new building. Some best practice case studies from libraries, not only in Germany, but other countries in Europe will be presented as well.}, added-at = {2020-01-04T18:42:31.000+0100}, author = {Hauke, Petra and Werner, Klaus Ulrich}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2834cec24c98bdaf548dd001f204c4729/bibgreen}, interhash = {9886877118329ce84a30ce2f238c72d4}, intrahash = {834cec24c98bdaf548dd001f204c4729}, keywords = {greenbib}, language = {en}, note = { Sustainable libraries; Library buildings; Recycling}, timestamp = {2020-03-04T09:03:06.000+0100}, title = {The second hand library building: Sustainable thinking through recycling old buildings into new libraries: Paper presented at IFLA WLIC 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico}, url = {https://www.ifla.org/past-wlic/2011/196-hauke-en.pdf}, year = 2011 }