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'Green procurement' of buildings: a study of Swedish clients' considerations

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The results of a survey show that both public and private building clients in Sweden, to varying extents, include environmental requirements in their procurement documents. The requirements identified have been classified into six categories primarily related to building and demolition waste, building material, contractors' environmental work, ecological aspects, construction work and other. One conclusion is that requirements regarding the separation of waste and a contractor's environmental policy are considered important, since they are stipulated in the majority of projects. Another finding is that requirements related to operation and especially to energy use are not considered sufficiently. Structured interviews were conducted with three of the clients who at that time of the survey had developed the most complete procurement documents with regard to environmental requirements. The aim of the interviews was to investigate how the stipulation of requirements, the evaluation of environmental aspects and the verification of environmental requirements were carried out. The conclusion drawn is that Swedish clients find the stipulation of requirements relatively uncomplicated, but find the evaluation of environmental impact, mainly related to selection of materials, problematic due to inadequate evaluation models.

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  • Eva Sterner, 2002. "'Green procurement' of buildings: a study of Swedish clients' considerations," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 21-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:20:y:2002:i:1:p:21-30
    DOI: 10.1080/01446190110093560
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