Adaptive reuse and building services : Stakeholder perspectives on obstacles and pathways
Iarkov, Ilia LU
; Sjöholm, Madeline Jo
and Rabie, Sepideh
(2025)
CISBAT 2025
In Journal of Physics: Conference Series
3140.
- Abstract
- The reuse of building services, particularly HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) components, remains underexplored in adaptive reuse practices despite their substantial environmental impact and material intensity. This study investigates the feasibility of HVAC component reuse through a mixed-methods approach, combining a structured questionnaire with semi-structured interviews involving professionals from HVAC manufacturing, design, and regulatory sectors. Based on prior literature and stakeholder insights, the research identifies four main barriers: governance, environmental, technical, and economic. Due to their modularity and passive design, air ducts, diffusers and air handling units (AHUs) were most frequently... (More)
- The reuse of building services, particularly HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) components, remains underexplored in adaptive reuse practices despite their substantial environmental impact and material intensity. This study investigates the feasibility of HVAC component reuse through a mixed-methods approach, combining a structured questionnaire with semi-structured interviews involving professionals from HVAC manufacturing, design, and regulatory sectors. Based on prior literature and stakeholder insights, the research identifies four main barriers: governance, environmental, technical, and economic. Due to their modularity and passive design, air ducts, diffusers and air handling units (AHUs) were most frequently considered suitable for reuse. However, concerns about corrosion, outdated standards, and lack of warranties limit the broader application of reuse. Stakeholders emphasised the need for regulatory support, standardised verification tools, and new business models to make reuse economically viable. The study concludes that HVAC reuse must be integrated into a broader adaptive reuse framework and highlights the need for further research on building typologies, performance, lifecycle protocols, and implementation strategies. (Less)
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- author
- Iarkov, Ilia
LU
; Sjöholm, Madeline Jo
and Rabie, Sepideh
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025-11-27
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Adaptive Reuse, Building Services, HVAC, Perspectives, Ventilation
- host publication
- Journal of Physics: Conference Series : CISBAT 2025 - CISBAT 2025
- series title
- Journal of Physics: Conference Series
- editor
- Waibel, Christoph ; Chinazzo, Giorgia ; Hartmeyer, Steffen ; Schwartz, Yair ; Vulic, Natasa and Smith, Barbara
- volume
- 3140
- article number
- 132018
- pages
- 7 pages
- publisher
- IOP Publishing
- conference name
- CISBAT 2025
- conference location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- conference dates
- 2025-09-03 - 2025-09-05
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
- DOI
- 10.1088/1742-6596/3140/13/132018
- project
- ASSURE - Adaptation of urban Space through SUstainable REgeneration
- language
- English
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- yes
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- bbec997e-fbe4-40fa-88d8-3eaa5933aed9
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