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- Dokter, Giliam, 1990, et al.
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Co-creation – a facilitator for circular economy implementation? A case study in the kitchen industry
- 2019
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Ingår i: PLATE Product Lifetimes And The Environment 2019 – Conference Proceedings. - 9783798331259
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Although the concept of Circular Economy (CE) has gained significant attention in business and academia, knowledge and strategies on how to bring circularity into practice still remains limited. Most research efforts are theoretical and focus on waste handling, resource use and environmental impact. Only few studies focus on the practical implementation of CE. There is a lack of research on practical cases, where both the design process and involved stakeholders are considered. This paper reports on a case study carried out in collaboration with a Scandinavian kitchen manufacturer, to increase the understanding on how co-creation strategies can contribute to the implementation of circular economy in the kitchen industry. Based on three workshops followed by five interviews with workshop participants, insights have been gained regarding barriers and opportunities for implementation of circular economy in small manufacturing firms. Results indicate that the co-creation workshops have led to an increased understanding of CE and change of attitude towards CE among the participants.
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- Dokter, Giliam, 1990, et al.
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How circular is current design practice? Investigating perspectives across industrial design and architecture in the transition towards a circular economy
- 2021
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Ingår i: Sustainable Production and Consumption. - : Elsevier BV. - 2352-5509. ; 26, s. 692-708
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The transition to a circular economy (CE) produces a range of new challenges for designers and requires specific knowledge, strategies, and methods. To date, most studies regarding design for a CE have been theoretical and conceptual, hence, limited research has been conducted on the practical implications of designing for a CE. Therefore, the aim of this study is to provide a better understanding of how design practitioners interpret and implement the CE concept in practice. To capture the complexity of real-world cases, semi-structured interviews were carried out with design practitioners (N = 12) within the disciplines of architecture and industrial design who have actively worked with circularity in a design agency setting. The results show that the practitioners have diverse perspectives on designing for a CE, relating to (1) the circular design process, (2) the effects of the CE on design agencies, (3) the changing role of the designer, and (4) the external factors affecting circular design in practice. Some differences were identified between the architects and industrial designers, with the industrial designers more strongly focused on circular business models and the architects on the reuse of materials on a building level. In addition, circular strategies and associated (similar) terminologies were understood and applied in fundamentally different ways. As the CE blurs boundaries of scale and disciplines, there is a need for universal design frameworks and language. The CE concept is expanding the scope of the design process and driving the integration of new knowledge fields and skills in the design process. The successful implementation of the CE in practice is based on extensive collaboration with stakeholders and experts throughout all stages of the design process. Design agencies have addressed the CE by establishing dedicated CE research and design teams, facilitating knowledge exchange, developing their own circular strategies and methods, and striving for long-term client relationships that foster the engagement of designers with the lifecycles of designed artefacts rather than perceiving design projects as temporary endeavors. Ultimately, a holistic and integral approach towards design in a CE is needed to ensure that the underlying CE goals of contributing to sustainable development and establishing a systemic shift are ongoingly considered.
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- Adelfio, Marco, 1980, et al.
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Disentangling the compact city drivers and pressures: Barcelona as a case study
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Ingår i: Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1502-5292 .- 0029-1951. ; 72:5, s. 287-304
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The compact city is globally acknowledged as the most adequate urban model to encourage sustainable urban development. Its validity is often assumed, despite the lack of clarity on what such compactness entails. The knowledge gap is even wider regarding how different drivers and pressures influence the development of more compact cities. Therefore, the authors analyse indirect and underlying processes (drivers) and more direct events, actions, and processes (pressures) affecting compact city development. Since compact city driving forces are extensively influenced by local situations, their research focused on district-level case studies within the compact city of Barcelona Municipality. Mixed methods were used, and the authors used both qualitative and quantitative data. The results revealed that drivers and pressures can both support and counteract compact city qualities and therefore any intervention has to be tailored to local conditions. In particular, the results of the in-depth analysis of local pressures and their progression over time foster an understanding of context-related nuances, thereby shifting attention from taken-for-granted compact city qualities to the driving forces that produce beneficial compactness. The authors conclude that the diversity of drivers and pressures requires the involvement of a multiplicity of stakeholders and actors in urban planning, implementation, and management.
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- Adelfio, Marco, 1980, et al.
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GISualization: visualized integration of multiple types of data for knowledge co-production
- 2019
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Ingår i: Geografisk Tidsskrift. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0016-7223. ; 119:2, s. 163-184
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Urban planning deals with multiple layers of information stemming from concurrent activities and stakeholders intervening in urban development. For a better management of complexity more comprehensiveness and data integration are needed. This study develops an adaptive and iterative mixed-method approach for knowledge production in urban transformation processes. Specific research questions relate to data integration from different sources and facilitation of co-production of knowledge beyond triangulation. A new multi-layer framework, GISualization, has been developed in the context of a research project exploring compact city qualities. The framework is structured through five data layers, representing different methods for data collection and different grades of complexity, richness and interpretation: basic statistics; advanced statistics; exogenous quali-quantitative descriptions; exogenous qualitative descriptions; and endogenous qualitative descriptions. Thus, data stem from both quantitative and qualitative sources. Our study has proven that GISualization is a methodological framework that enables analysis and visualization of complex data in a rich format. The approach is closely related to analytical eclecticism and abductivity. It embodies a collaborative communication platform that provides a language to navigate between heterogeneous data, information and methods. The GISualization framework opens up for broader stakeholder involvement and community participation extending research into the domain of transdisciplinary knowledge production.
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- Danielsson, Annika, 1988, et al.
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Case Torpa - en arbetsrapport inom forskningsprojektet ReBo
- 2014
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Rapporten är en del av forskningsprojektet “ReBo - strategier för integrerad hållbar renoveringav bostadsbestånd från folkhemsperioden”. Projektets mål är att ta fram integrerade beslutsverktygsom sammanväger kulturhistoriska, arkitektoniska och sociala värden med miljö-,tekniska och ekonomiska aspekter för att uppnå hållbar renovering. Arbetet har genomförtsi en transdisciplinär samverkansarena som förenar aktörer från industrin, akademin ochsamhället. För att få en konkret utgångspunkt i arbetet har vi studerat tre olika fall, eller Case,av bostadsområden som står inför förändring. Denna rapport dokumenterar ett av fallen, CaseTorpa. Torpa är klassat som kulturhistoriskt riksintressant. Fasaderna i gult tegel och ljus putsär enhetligt utformade och visar en stor omsorg om detaljerna. Området är uppskattat menfasaderna har fuktskador som behöver åtgärdas och byggnaderna har hög energiförbrukning.Syftet med Case Torpa var att ta fram en metod för att kunna prioritera och samordnaolika renoveringsåtgärder men också att dokumentera och testa en konceptuell modell,kallad ReBo-modellen, för att beskriva bostadsområdets olika värden inför en renovering.Metodutvecklingen genomfördes i en arbetsgrupp som representerade samverkanarenasalla kompetenser. Processen varade i strax över ett år och har innehållit fem Casemöten,flera arenaworkshops med alla partners inom ReBo-projektet, mindre möten mellan olikaaktörer samt eget arbete utfört av olika aktörer mellan Casemötena. Dokumentation avmetodutvecklingsprocessen är baserad på minnesanteckningar och ljudinspelningar frånCase möten och material som har tagits fram av projektpartners. För att testa ReBo-modellenhar data och information inhämtats från företag, litteraturstudier, internetsökningar, arkiv,kartor, statistik, driftdata, platsstudier, tekniska inventeringar, samtal och e-mail kontakter.Resultatet av metodutvecklingen är en Strategimatris som innehåller byggnadstekniska åtgärdspaketpå en axel och faktorer som påverkar vid renovering på den andra. Matrisen fungerarsom ett sätt att få överblick över vad som behöver åtgärdas och tas hänsyn till vid renovering.Som komplement utvecklades också en mall för fördjupning av åtgärdspaket som mer i detaljbeskriver hur olika aspekter såsom bevarande, miljö och hälsa påverkar och påverkas vidrenovering av ett specifikt paket av byggnadskomponenter. Resultatet av arbetet med ReBomodellenär en detaljerad nulägesbeskrivning av Torpa utifrån ett antal valda paramentrarinom områdena allmän beskrivning, teknisk beskrivning, miljöprestanda, arkitektoniskakvaliteter, sociala kvaliteter, kulturhistoriska kvaliteter, och ekonomisk prestanda. Testet visaratt och hur modellen kan tillämpas på ett bostadsområde. Rapporten avslutas med reflektionerkring Case Torpa där möjliga sätt att vidareutveckla processerna kring beslutsfattande vidrenovering och fortsatt utveckling av ReBo-modellen diskuteras.
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- Femenias, Paula, 1966, et al.
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Energirenovering av flerfamiljshus uppförda före 1945: De boendes perspektiv
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Ingår i: Bygg och teknik. - 0281-658X. ; 2018:5, s. 10-15
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Under 1970-talet täcktes originalfasaderna på många äldre flerfamiljshusav material som krävde mindre underhåll såsom plåt och skivmaterial i samband med tilläggsisolering. Idag står dessa byggnader inför nya renoveringar med högre krav på energiprestanda. Denna studie berör två bostadsområden där man planerar eller nyligen har genomfört en omrenovering. Med omrenovering menar vi en större renovering för energieffektivisering och där möjligheten finns för återskapande av värden som gått förlorade i tidigare renoveringar. Enkäter och intervjuer med boende genomfördes för att svara på frågorna: Hur ser de boende på renoveringarna? Vilken betydelse har byggnadernas historia och kulturhistoriska värden för dem? Vilken betalningsvilja finns för energibesparing, inomhuskomfort och kulturvärden?
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- Femenias, Paula, 1966, et al.
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Improving the market up-take of energy producing solar shading: A communication model to discuss preferences for architectural integration across different professions
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Ingår i: Proceedings of th9th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organization, 13-14 June, 2017 at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, SWEDEN. ; , s. 140-151
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Electricity producing solar shading provides possibilities for a combined solution for solar shading andbuilding integrated locally produced energy from renewable sources. The multi-functionality of theseproducts calls for collaboration between a range of actors from manufacturers, clients, architects,engineers, and contractors. Two major challenges for the increased up-take of the technology has beenidentified and is dealt with in a transdisciplinary research project, called ELSA, involving industry andacademic institutions. First, the successful architectural integration of solar shading in terms of form,size, colour, detailing etc. in relation to the overall building design will be decisive in order to persuadearchitects. Second, the development of these multi-functional products to reach functional, technical,economic and aesthetical qualities is dependent upon communication between different professions.As a means to initiate a dialogue between the different professional groups taking part in the ELSAproject, a model, the AIQ-model (Architectural Integration Qualities), to assess preferences forarchitectural integration of energy producing solar shading was developed and tested in a workshop.The results indicate a large consensus across different professional groups when assessing successfularchitectural integrations. Consequently, discrepancies in aesthetic appraisal of energy producing solarshading should not be the main hindrance for a broader implementation of such solutions. The challengerather lies in that architectural integration qualities will concur with other important aspects of themulti-functional solution, and not all professional groups will put architectural integration qualitiesabove other functions. The workshop shows that the AIQ model serves its function to initiate and tofocus discussions. The value of group discussions to reach consensus was also observed. The AIQmodel provide definitions to clarify the judgment base behind aesthetic assessments that wasappreciated but all groups but most easily applied by the architects. The model should be furtherdeveloped to include also other aspects than aesthetics.
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