Mobilizing the Courage to Implement Sustainable Design Solutions: Danish Experiences

Within the built environment, stakeholders tend to implement well-known design solutions, even though sustainable alternatives exist. The key question posed in this paper is: what characterizes successful processes of implementing sustainable design solutions? In an attempt to answer the question, t...

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Main Authors:	Nielsen, Susanne Balslev, Hoffmann, Birgitte, Quitzau, Maj-Britt, Elle, Morten
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Published:	Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo 2009
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spelling	oai:revistas.usp.br:article-509642020-07-05T18:36:08Z Mobilizing the Courage to Implement Sustainable Design Solutions: Danish Experiences Nielsen, Susanne Balslev Hoffmann, Birgitte Quitzau, Maj-Britt Elle, Morten Within the built environment, stakeholders tend to implement well-known design solutions, even though sustainable alternatives exist. The key question posed in this paper is: what characterizes successful processes of implementing sustainable design solutions? In an attempt to answer the question, the work focuses on examples of successful implementation in an attempt to understand the competences required. Danish frontrunner projects are described and analysed: one case concerns the implementation of lowenergy houses and another describes innovative planning processes in the water sector in order to ensure consideration of sustainable design criteria in the early phases of building projects. In the first case, the public authority succeeds in supporting design managers and other stakeholders to implement sustainable design solutions; in the second case, establishment of new multidisciplinary networks and creative work forms constitutes the outset for change. The work is inspired by the actor-network theory, emphasizing the momentum of prevailing practices, and the need to (re)develop networks to support implementation of sustainable design solutions. Conclusions point to the importance of design managers and others to develop socio-technical networks and storylines to integrate sustainability in the design and building processes. Implementation of sustainable design solutions takes more than courage; it requires key competences in catalysing network changes DOI: 10.3763/aedm.2009.0906 Published in the Journal AEDM - Volume 5, Number 1, 2009 , pp. 53-61(9) Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo 2009-12-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Resumo solicitado https://www.revistas.usp.br/gestaodeprojetos/article/view/50964 10.4237/gtp.v4i2.135 Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos; v. 4 n. 2 (2009): Tecnologia da Informação e o projeto do edifício e da cidade; p.141-141 Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos (Design Management and Technology); Vol. 4 No. 2 (2009): Information Technology and design of the building and city; p.141-141 Gestão & Tecnologia de Projetos (Gestión y tecnología de proyectos); Vol. 4 Núm. 2 (2009): Tecnología de la Información y el diseño del edificio y la ciudad; p.141-141 1981-1543 Copyright (c) 2015 Susanne Balslev Nielsen, Birgitte Hoffmann, Maj-Britt Quitzau, Morten Elle
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title	Mobilizing the Courage to Implement Sustainable Design Solutions: Danish Experiences
title_short	Mobilizing the Courage to Implement Sustainable Design Solutions: Danish Experiences
title_full	Mobilizing the Courage to Implement Sustainable Design Solutions: Danish Experiences
title_fullStr	Mobilizing the Courage to Implement Sustainable Design Solutions: Danish Experiences
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description	Within the built environment, stakeholders tend to implement well-known design solutions, even though sustainable alternatives exist. The key question posed in this paper is: what characterizes successful processes of implementing sustainable design solutions? In an attempt to answer the question, the work focuses on examples of successful implementation in an attempt to understand the competences required. Danish frontrunner projects are described and analysed: one case concerns the implementation of lowenergy houses and another describes innovative planning processes in the water sector in order to ensure consideration of sustainable design criteria in the early phases of building projects. In the first case, the public authority succeeds in supporting design managers and other stakeholders to implement sustainable design solutions; in the second case, establishment of new multidisciplinary networks and creative work forms constitutes the outset for change. The work is inspired by the actor-network theory, emphasizing the momentum of prevailing practices, and the need to (re)develop networks to support implementation of sustainable design solutions. Conclusions point to the importance of design managers and others to develop socio-technical networks and storylines to integrate sustainability in the design and building processes. Implementation of sustainable design solutions takes more than courage; it requires key competences in catalysing network changes DOI: 10.3763/aedm.2009.0906 Published in the Journal AEDM - Volume 5, Number 1, 2009 , pp. 53-61(9)
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