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Selman, A D and Gade, A N (2020) Barriers of Incorporating Circular Economy in Building Design in a Danish Context. In: Scott, L and Neilson, C J (Eds.), Proceedings 36th Annual ARCOM Conference, 7-8 September 2020, UK, Association of Researchers in Construction Management, 665-674.
- Type: Conference Proceedings
- Keywords: Circular Economy, Design, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals
- ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9955463-3-2
- URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/47850678a74e1e8a7cbc75c4f4b33ee9.pdf
- Abstract:
The building sector has the responsibility to influence on recognizing the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By considering SDG goal 12 for responsible consumption and production, buildings in Denmark account for 35% of the total waste and 40% of the energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Circular Economy (CE) is one of the crucial concepts to reduce environmental impacts, including climate problems by reducing waste and resources. This can be achieved through the choice of alternative materials or solutions, by promoting the life cycle and circular mindset. Previous research has shown that circular design principles are not applied broadly, thus, the study aims to investigate the potential of using CE in building design to provide designers, consultants, and contractors, an insight into the various challenges, when adopting circular strategies to reduce the waste of resources and environmental impact. A qualitative method has been used in the form of literature review to provide a theoretical foundation for the empirical study, in addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted with six respondents involved in building design, from architectural, consulting and contracting companies with different levels of experiences in sustainable buildings, specifically in using circular concepts. The interviews were analyzed to investigate how CE is incorporated into building design, highlighting its benefits, unfolding barriers and pointing out some key factors to promote CE principles, e.g. working cultures, communication, knowledge and design strategies. The results indicate the complexity of the CE transition, as numerous aspects need to be considered. It also reveals how actors can improve their interdisciplinary interactions to use circular principles, raising their awareness as true intermediaries in progressing wider sustainability goals. Other barriers are related to a lack of circular materials passports.