Swedish clients’ views on certification of reused building products and reuse actors
Ericsson, Filip LU
(2025)
CISBAT 2025
3140.
- Abstract
- Reusing building products is a feasible strategy for the construction and real estate industry to mitigate its climate impact. Sustainable reuse must be executed with quality assurance and defined responsibilities to encourage clients and avoid suboptimal outcomes. Despite the growing need to quality-assure reused products, there is limited research, particularly from an industry perspective. Previous research highlights that uncertainties about the performance and quality of reused products, insufficient documentation, and difficulties in defining new responsibility frameworks discourage their use. This paper investigates clients’ views on certified reused building products and reuse actors with the aim to provide new knowledge about... (More)
- Reusing building products is a feasible strategy for the construction and real estate industry to mitigate its climate impact. Sustainable reuse must be executed with quality assurance and defined responsibilities to encourage clients and avoid suboptimal outcomes. Despite the growing need to quality-assure reused products, there is limited research, particularly from an industry perspective. Previous research highlights that uncertainties about the performance and quality of reused products, insufficient documentation, and difficulties in defining new responsibility frameworks discourage their use. This paper investigates clients’ views on certified reused building products and reuse actors with the aim to provide new knowledge about certification as a tool for quality-assured reuse. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Swedish clients experienced in reuse, and the data were analysed using thematic content analysis. The findings confirm that quality concerns remain a significant barrier, aligning with previous research, but also reveal strong support for certifying reused products to enhance quality assurance, increase confidence in product performance and facilitate warranties. While there was some interest in certified reuse actors, it was less pronounced. The study concludes that certifications can facilitate reuse adoption by reducing uncertainties, simplifying decision-making, and streamlining procurement, stressing the need for further research on this topic. (Less)
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- Ericsson, Filip
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- 2025
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- Journal of Physics: Conference Series : CISBAT 2025 - CISBAT 2025
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- 3140
- pages
- 7 pages
- publisher
- IOP Publishing
- conference name
- CISBAT 2025
- conference location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- conference dates
- 2025-09-03 - 2025-09-05
- DOI
- 10.1088/1742-6596/3140/16/162001
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- English
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abstract = {{Reusing building products is a feasible strategy for the construction and real estate industry to mitigate its climate impact. Sustainable reuse must be executed with quality assurance and defined responsibilities to encourage clients and avoid suboptimal outcomes. Despite the growing need to quality-assure reused products, there is limited research, particularly from an industry perspective. Previous research highlights that uncertainties about the performance and quality of reused products, insufficient documentation, and difficulties in defining new responsibility frameworks discourage their use. This paper investigates clients’ views on certified reused building products and reuse actors with the aim to provide new knowledge about certification as a tool for quality-assured reuse. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Swedish clients experienced in reuse, and the data were analysed using thematic content analysis. The findings confirm that quality concerns remain a significant barrier, aligning with previous research, but also reveal strong support for certifying reused products to enhance quality assurance, increase confidence in product performance and facilitate warranties. While there was some interest in certified reuse actors, it was less pronounced. The study concludes that certifications can facilitate reuse adoption by reducing uncertainties, simplifying decision-making, and streamlining procurement, stressing the need for further research on this topic.}},
author = {{Ericsson, Filip}},
booktitle = {{Journal of Physics: Conference Series : CISBAT 2025}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{IOP Publishing}},
title = {{Swedish clients’ views on certification of reused building products and reuse actors}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3140/16/162001}},
doi = {{10.1088/1742-6596/3140/16/162001}},
volume = {{3140}},
year = {{2025}},
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