Challenges for implementing reuse in the construction sector
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Program
Industrial ecology (MPTSE), MSc
Publicerad
2021
Författare
Frändberg, Fanny
Nyqvist, Evelina
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Sammanfattning
Reuse in the Swedish building sector is becoming more common and have a high potential
of decreasing waste and CO2 emissions from the sector. However, it requires
a new way of working in order to be implemented on a big scale. In this study,
barriers for implementing reuse and their causes and effects have been evaluated.
The aim of the project was to find barriers for reuse, and their causes and effects. A
literature study was done in order to obtain understanding of different barriers and
was used as a base for the interviews. The interviews consisted of 20 experts from
different parts of the building sector value chain, and barriers were identified from
these interviews and grouped into categories and sub-categories. The categories are:
Technology, Market, Infrastructure, Laws and regulations, Knowledge and Culture
and norms. The analysis was done by connecting barriers to each other by the help
of a visual tool. The strongest connections could be identified, as well as the barriers
that are causing and caused by other barriers.
The results show that many barriers are highly interconnected and are strengthening
each other or other barriers. Some sub-groups of Culture and Norms and
Laws and Regulations were not caused by any other identified barrier, and some
were not affecting any other identified barrier. The barriers most strengthened by
several connections were identified to be between barriers within Knowledge, within
Market and also between Knowledge and Culture and norms. The combined result
leads to the conclusion that the sector is experiencing lock-in, which is caused by
competition and lack of information and knowledge.
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Ämne/nyckelord
reuse, construction, building, barriers, challenges