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Exploring low-carbon procurement for public construction as a tool for decarbonizing heavy industries: An analysis of current practices in the Netherlands, Sweden and Taiwan

Lin, Yijiun LU (2022) In IIIEE Master Thesis IMEM01 20221
The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Abstract
With the calls raised in “buy clean” within green public procurement (GPP) for construction, recently, low-carbon procurement (LCP), the subset GPP is getting more and more attention. However, not many academic publications explore LCP for public buildings or infrastructure projects. Moreover, it appears that little research further investigates its influence on the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors even though their products (steel, cement and concrete) contribute considerable GHG emissions for construction. Therefore, the author looked into current GPP/LCP for public construction in the Netherlands, Sweden and Taiwan to explore approaches, supporting tools and their success factors, and then further discussed their effect on the... (More)
With the calls raised in “buy clean” within green public procurement (GPP) for construction, recently, low-carbon procurement (LCP), the subset GPP is getting more and more attention. However, not many academic publications explore LCP for public buildings or infrastructure projects. Moreover, it appears that little research further investigates its influence on the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors even though their products (steel, cement and concrete) contribute considerable GHG emissions for construction. Therefore, the author looked into current GPP/LCP for public construction in the Netherlands, Sweden and Taiwan to explore approaches, supporting tools and their success factors, and then further discussed their effect on the low-carbon transition of heavy industries. The thesis is explorative research used multiple case study approach and interview-based qualitative method to address research questions. In the end, the research found various LCP approaches and tools for public construction in selected countries due to their differences in the climate targets, policy contexts, and market status. In spite of that, their enabling factors have similarities to some extent. Besides, it seems that these LCP practices in the three countries have not influenced heavy industries to deeply decarbonize because of many reasons. In conclusion, GPP/LCP for construction needs close collaboration between the governments, construction firms and material suppliers as early as possible. In addition, relevant technological tools and complementary policies should be adopted as well, without this help, it is not possible to make heavy industries to deeply decarbonize. (Less)
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author
Lin, Yijiun LU
supervisor
organization
course
IMEM01 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
low-carbon procurement, green public procurement, public construction, heavy industries, embodied carbon, carbon reduction
publication/series
IIIEE Master Thesis
report number
2022:29
ISSN
1401-9191
language
English
id
9097190
date added to LUP
2022-08-15 12:10:28
date last changed
2022-08-15 12:10:28
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  abstract     = {{With the calls raised in “buy clean” within green public procurement (GPP) for construction, recently, low-carbon procurement (LCP), the subset GPP is getting more and more attention. However, not many academic publications explore LCP for public buildings or infrastructure projects. Moreover, it appears that little research further investigates its influence on the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors even though their products (steel, cement and concrete) contribute considerable GHG emissions for construction. Therefore, the author looked into current GPP/LCP for public construction in the Netherlands, Sweden and Taiwan to explore approaches, supporting tools and their success factors, and then further discussed their effect on the low-carbon transition of heavy industries. The thesis is explorative research used multiple case study approach and interview-based qualitative method to address research questions. In the end, the research found various LCP approaches and tools for public construction in selected countries due to their differences in the climate targets, policy contexts, and market status. In spite of that, their enabling factors have similarities to some extent. Besides, it seems that these LCP practices in the three countries have not influenced heavy industries to deeply decarbonize because of many reasons. In conclusion, GPP/LCP for construction needs close collaboration between the governments, construction firms and material suppliers as early as possible. In addition, relevant technological tools and complementary policies should be adopted as well, without this help, it is not possible to make heavy industries to deeply decarbonize.}},
  author       = {{Lin, Yijiun}},
  issn         = {{1401-9191}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{IIIEE Master Thesis}},
  title        = {{Exploring low-carbon procurement for public construction as a tool for decarbonizing heavy industries: An analysis of current practices in the Netherlands, Sweden and Taiwan}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}