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1001 a Francart, Nicolas,d 1993-u KTH,Hållbarhet, utvärdering och styrning4 aut0 (Swepub:kth)u1msirw5
2451 0a How artefacts mediate sustainability in public housing projects
338 a print2 rdacarrier
500 a QC 20211116
520 a The concept of “sustainable building”, in its various interpretations, is becoming increasingly important for policymakers, planners and building sector practitioners. The ways actors work with building sustainability are influenced by requirements, guidelines, criteria for green procurement and certification, assessment tools, internal documents of their company, etc. The present study investigates how such artefacts mediate building design, focusing on how they support or define aspirations towards environmental sustainability. This investigation is based on case studies of public housing projects in Sweden and Cyprus. First of all, the cases indicate that artefacts set boundaries to the range of available sustainable design options. On one hand, regulations, certification systems and directives internal or external to the housing company codify and enforce minimum demands regarding sustainability. Several actors mentioned that a major driver of their work with sustainable design was the need to fulfil requirements set in regulations, plans, directives or procurement documents. On the other hand, cost calculations, procurement laws and requirements in development plans also restrict the range of possible design options. Artefacts also streamline and simplify the design process. The use of predefined or default options, checklists, standardised technical specifications and databases implies that some key design choices are not made within the project itself, but outside of it, when these guidelines and standards are developed. However, these various requirements, constraints and standardised options are often bent and adapted on a case-by-case basis, showing a complex and interdependent relationship between artefacts and actors’ agency. Significant differences were apparent between the Swedish and Cypriot cases. In the Swedish cases, the ways actors understand and operationalise the concept of “sustainable building” is strongly reified, codified and enforced through various interconnected artefacts. The widespread Miljöbyggnad certification is often a de facto definition of sustainability and a reference for actors to set practical sustainability criteria. Third party environmental databases for construction products also create black boxes where environmental performance criteria are unchallenged and not immediately visible to the user. This reification was less noticeable in the Cypriot cases. Cypriot designers’ work with sustainability seemed to depend to a larger extent on their motivation, experience, knowledge, skills and ability to convince their peers. The paper ends with a discussion of implications for the implementation of environmental performance criteria and decision support tools such as life cycle assessment (LCA).
650 7a TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIERx Samhällsbyggnadsteknikx Byggprocess och förvaltning0 (SwePub)201022 hsv//swe
650 7a ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYx Civil Engineeringx Construction Management0 (SwePub)201022 hsv//eng
650 7a TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIERx Naturresursteknikx Miljöteknik och miljöledning0 (SwePub)207072 hsv//swe
650 7a ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYx Environmental Engineeringx Environmental Management0 (SwePub)207072 hsv//eng
650 7a SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAPx Annan samhällsvetenskapx Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap0 (SwePub)509992 hsv//swe
650 7a SOCIAL SCIENCESx Other Social Sciencesx Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified0 (SwePub)509992 hsv//eng
650 7a SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAPx Annan samhällsvetenskapx Arbetslivsstudier0 (SwePub)509032 hsv//swe
650 7a SOCIAL SCIENCESx Other Social Sciencesx Work Sciences0 (SwePub)509032 hsv//eng
653 a building
653 a sustainability
653 a environmental performance assessment
653 a artefact
653 a decision making
653 a mediator
653 a actor-network theory
653 a Strategier för hållbar utveckling
653 a Strategies for sustainable development
7001 a Polycarpou, Kyriacosu School of Engineering and Innovation, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom4 aut
7001 a Malmqvist, Tove,d 1969-u KTH,Hållbarhet, utvärdering och styrning4 aut0 (Swepub:kth)u18h1n9h
7001 a Moncaster, Aliceu School of Engineering and Innovation, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom4 aut
7102 a KTHb Hållbarhet, utvärdering och styrning4 org
8564 8u https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-304328

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