The exploitation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for tracking and archiving the properties of structural construction components could be a potentially innovative disruption for the construction sector. This is because RFID can stimulate the reuse of construction components and reduce their wastage, hence addressing sustainability issues in the construction sector. To test the plausibility of that idea, this study explores the potential pre-conditions for RFID to facilitate construction components reuse, and develops a guidance for promoting their redistribution back to the supply chain. It also looks at how integrating RFID with Building Information Modelling (BIM) can possibly be a valuable extension of its capabilities, providing the opportunity for tracked components to be incorporated into new structures in an informed, sound way. A preliminary assessment of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the RFID technology is presented in order to depict its current and future potential in promoting construction components' sustainable lifecycle management, while emphasis has been laid on capturing their technical, environmental, economic and social value. Findings suggest that the collection of the right amount of information at the design-construction-deconstruction-reuse-disposal stage is crucial for RFID to become a successful innovation in the construction sector. Although a number of limitations related to the technical operability and recycling of RFID tags seem to currently hinder its uptake for structural components' lifecycle management, future technological innovations could provide solutions that would enable it to become a mainstream practice. Taken together these proposals advocate that the use of RFID and its integration with BIM can create the right environment for the development of new business models focused on sustainable resource management. These models may then unlock multiple values that are otherwise dissipated in the system. If the rapid technological development of RFID capability can be allied to policy interventions that control and manage its uptake along the supply chain, the sustainable lifecycle management of construction components could be radically enhanced.

利用射频识别（RFID）来跟踪和存档结构建筑部件的性能可能会对建筑行业造成潜在的创新破坏。这是因为RFID可以刺激建筑部件的重复使用并减少其浪费，从而解决了建筑领域的可持续性问题。为了检验该想法的合理性，本研究探讨了RFID促进建筑部件重复使用的潜在前提，并制定了促进其重新分配回供应链的指南。它还探讨了将RFID与建筑信息模型（BIM）集成可能如何对其功能进行有价值的扩展，从而为将跟踪的组件以知情，合理的方式结合到新结构中提供了机会。对RFID技术的优势，劣势，机会和威胁进行了初步评估，以描述其在促进建筑组件的可持续生命周期管理方面的当前和未来潜力，同时重点放在捕获其技术，环境，经济和发展方面。社会价值。研究结果表明，在设计，建造，解构，再利用，处置阶段收集适当数量的信息对于RFID成为建筑行业成功的创新至关重要。尽管目前与RFID标签的技术可操作性和回收相关的许多限制似乎阻碍了RFID标签在结构组件的生命周期管理中的应用，但未来的技术创新可以提供使之成为主流的解决方案。这些建议合起来主张，RFID的使用及其与BIM的集成可以为开发专注于可持续资源管理的新业务模型创造合适的环境。然后，这些模型可以解锁多个值，否则这些值将在系统中消失。如果RFID技术的飞速发展可以与控制和管理其在整个供应链中的使用的政策干预相结合，则可以从根本上增强建筑组件的可持续生命周期管理。