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SIRen: An Applied Framework for a Sustainable Renovation Process

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  • Petter Wallentén

    (Department of Building Physics, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • Kristina Mjörnell

    (Department of Building Physics, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
    Sustainable Cities and Communities, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, 412 58 Göteborg, Sweden)

Abstract

The renovation of buildings involves multidisciplinary issues and multistakeholder involvement, which makes the process complex to manage. The purpose of this paper is to present a transparent, openly accessible, adaptable framework to ensure a sustainable renovation process, covering the technical, environmental, economic, social, and cultural historical aspects to be considered by the various actors during the renovation process. A framework with an associated process was drawn up, focusing on practical usefulness together with the fundamental idea that sustainability cannot be a sub requirement but must be the overall requirement present in all stages of the process. The framework contains an overview, description of activities, links to external tools and documents, and finally a checklist to be completed after each stage. Depending on which stakeholder uses the framework, there are different examples and suggestions for activities and tools. Contrary to many other assessment schemes, the SIRen process focuses on the renovation process itself, and the self-evaluation gives a numerical value that represents to what extent the actors have considered and implemented different aspects of sustainability in the stages of the renovation process. The SIRen process was partially implemented in four renovation projects during the iterative development of the SIRen framework.

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  • Petter Wallentén & Kristina Mjörnell, 2021. "SIRen: An Applied Framework for a Sustainable Renovation Process," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-23, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:10:p:5412-:d:553128
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