The Nordic Circularity Accelerator (NCA) project is a part of the Nordic Networks for Circular Construction (NNCC) project, funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The NNCC project aims to increase cohesion and cooperation relating to circularity in the Nordic construction sectors. The NCA project sets its eyes on life beyond the NNCC’s scope to produce recommendations for further pursuing the project targets. This report concludes the work carried out by the Green Building Council Finland and Green Building Council Iceland within the NCA project. The Finnish Ministry of Environment has supervised the project and ensured compatibility with the overall NNCC project’s scope. Finally, invaluable feedback on the report was received from the NNCC Steering group and organizers of the workshops.
The report describes the steps to produce the final recommendations on enhancing circularity in construction at national, Nordic, and European levels. The research was structured to build upon already existing knowledge and dig deeper into identified specifics. After formulating the specific research questions and identifying knowledge gaps (further described in
Chapter 2), the latter were put up for discussion at a series of workshops with almost 150 market representatives from five Nordic countries. In Denmark, the workshop was organized by the Danish Technological Institute, in Finland by Green Building Council Finland, in Iceland by Green Building Council Iceland, in Norway by the Norwegian Green Building Council and Sirkulær Ressurssentral, and in Sweden by CCBuild and IVL Sustainable Building AB.
At the workshops, the discussions revealed a substantial amount of information specific to each Nordic country. These findings were described separately for each Nordic country in
Chapter 3. The same chapter synthesises all the data gathered at all workshops. Eventually, in
Chapter 4, all research questions are considered jointly, and the final recommendations are presented.