Circular Economy in the Nordic Real Estate and Construction Industry: A Policy Review
(2023) 11th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organisation (CREON) In Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics- Abstract
- Circular economy (CE) has gained attention in the real estate and construction policy, practice, and research in the past few years. This study explores how two neighboring Nordic countries and EU member states, Sweden and Finland, are transitioning toward circularity in the real estate and construction industry context. The aim is reached through a review of CE policies on the national and industrial level, as well as a practice review on the city level. Common features for both countries include the promotion of circular business models, with digitalization seen as an enabler for circular economy. This indicates that the policies from both countries have moved beyond the so-called long loops and recycling focus. Still, much more focus... (More)
- Circular economy (CE) has gained attention in the real estate and construction policy, practice, and research in the past few years. This study explores how two neighboring Nordic countries and EU member states, Sweden and Finland, are transitioning toward circularity in the real estate and construction industry context. The aim is reached through a review of CE policies on the national and industrial level, as well as a practice review on the city level. Common features for both countries include the promotion of circular business models, with digitalization seen as an enabler for circular economy. This indicates that the policies from both countries have moved beyond the so-called long loops and recycling focus. Still, much more focus should be placed on the short loops, such as sharing and access-based models, which are more efficient in reaching sustainable consumption targets. (Less)
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- author
- Lundgren, Rebecka LU ; Kyrö, Riikka LU and Olander, Stefan LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-07-20
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- SDGs in Construction Economics and Organization : Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organization CREON 2022 - Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organization CREON 2022
- series title
- Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
- editor
- Lindahl, Göran and Gottlieb, Stefan Christoffer
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- 11th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organisation (CREON)
- conference location
- Copenhagen and Malmö
- conference dates
- 2022-05-18 - 2022-05-20
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85172234952
- ISSN
- 2198-7246
- 2198-7254
- ISBN
- 978-3-031-25498-7
- 978-3-031-25497-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-031-25498-7_21
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 09ac902e-790e-4e34-bc44-8044a8f0a134
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