This survey aims to assess the current level of awareness and implementation of circularity practices in the building sector across three EU member states (Sweden, Denmark and Germany). Your insight and response to the following questionnaire will help us identify barriers, opportunities, and key areas of improvement to promote circularity in the building sector.

Your personal insights, as a professional within your regional building sector, are valuable and the personal opinions expressed here will contribute to an important research conducted by the 'FutureBalticBauhaus' consortium (:https://holbaek.dk/nyheder-og-presse/nyheder/2024/jun/eu-millioner-gaar-til-genbrugsprojekt). 

For, the results to be representative of the current market situation in these three EU member states, we need to reach out to as many construction industry-related stakeholders as possible by this survey. Your responses will remain anonymous and adhere to the Privacy Act when reporting results. You are also free to select if there are any question you want to skip.

Please complete this anonymous web-based survey which will take a maximum of 10 minutes.

Thank you for your participation!

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about this survey, please contact us.

If you would like to take the survey in other languages, e.g., Danish; please select the respective language in the top right corner before starting the survey.

Projekt coordinator: Linnaeus University, Sweden

Details of the person to contact:

Name: Katarina Rupar-Gadd,

Email: katarina.rupar-gadd@lnu.se

Project coordinator: Nordvestsjællands Erhvervs- og Gymnasieuddannelser (NEG)

Name: John Hvass

E-mail: jhva@neg.dk

Projektkoordinator: Holbæk Kommune

Navn: Steen Schønemann  

e-mail: stesc@holb.dk

1.
Which country do you belong to?
2.
Which municipality do you work in?
3.

Type of organization

Select all that apply

4.
How many employees do you have in your organization?
5.
In your opinion, your level of awareness of circularity for the building sector in general is 
 1 (Very Low)2345 (Very High)
6.

What is your knowledge of recycling in the construction industry?

Select all that apply
7.
In your opinion, what is the general level of awareness about the construction sector's recycling of materials among the following actors in your region?
 1 (Not at all)2345 (Very much)Do not know
Architect/Designer

Builders Auditors/Engineers

Leaders/Managers (e.g., team leaders, CEOs)
Researchers
Onsite workers
Project Managers
Policymakers
Environmental/Sustainability Coordinators (Lifecycle Assessments)
Transportation/Logistic Officers
8.
To what extent do you work with recycling in your company?
 1 (Not at all)2345 (Very high)Do not know
9.

To what extent is your organization directly or indirectly engaged in the following sustainability areas for the construction industry?

 1 (Very low)2345 (Very high)Do not know
Design for disassembly
Energy efficiency    
Reduce, reuse, and recycle of material
Use of renewable materials (e.g., timber)
Waste management (e.g., logistics, storing, marketplaces)
Lifecycle perspective in decision making
Providing tools and services (eg, certifications, training, policymaking, auditing, impact assessment)
Others
10.
How do you assess the general level of barriers to recycling in your company, specifically for the construction industry?
 1 (No barriers at all)2345 (Very high barriers)
11.
How do you rate the following factors as barriers to building related circular practices  in your organization ?
 1 (Not at all)2345 (Very high)Not relevantDo not know
Lack of adequate support from the management
Lack of financial resources
Lack of skills and competence
Lack of set goals and roadmaps
Lack of time
Perceived risks and a sense of insecurity
Lack of perceived economic benefits
Lack of regulatory requirements
Lack of market demand
Others
12.
How do you assess the construction sector's readiness to embrace recycling?
 1 (Not ready at all)2345 (Fully ready)Do not know
13.
How do you rate the general level of barriers to circularity in your region/area for the building sector?
 1 (No bariers at all)2345 (Very high barriers)
14.
To what extent are the following factors barriers to circularity in the building sector in your region/area ?
 1 (Not at all)2345 (Very high)Do not know
Difficulty of the sector to adapt to evolving National/European policies and regulations
Lack of willingness of stakeholders to adopt circular practices
A general sense of insecurity or uncertainty in adopting circular products and practices with consequential outcomes
Lack of skills and competence to implement circular practices
Lack of adequate storage facility for circular materials
Lack of incentives (eg, subsidies, tax breaks)
Lack of adequate innovations in products and practices (e.g., using technology to upcycle/downcycle used materials and business models to support it)
Immature or fragmented supply chain for circular products
Circular products are more expensive to procure  than new products
Circular products are more expensive to maintain than new products
Others
Lack of adequate time to plan and implement circular practices
Lack of availability of circular products
Difficulty integrating with existing technologies, products, and practices (ie, lack of compatibility)
Lack of market demand for circular products 
Lack of adequate collaboration between stakeholders
Existing business models do not support circularity
Existing government policies and regulations are not supportive
Lack of adequate financial resources
15.
How do you rate the level of opportunities for circularity in the building sector?
 1 (Very low)2345 (Very high)Do not know
In your organization
In your region/area
16.
In your opinion, what percentage of material generated from construction, demolition, and renovation of buildings can be reused and recycled by 2030 in your region/area ?
 1-10%11-20%21-30%31-40%41-50%51-60%61-70%71-80%81-90%91-100%Do not know
Reuse
Recycle
17.
How familiar is your organization with different circularity assessment methods? (e.g. life cycle assessment, circularity indicator, materials footprint)
 1 (Not familiar at all)2345 (Very familiar)Do not know
18.

How would you rate the pace of technology adoption (including digital) for circularity in the building sector in your region?

 1 (Very slow)2345 (Very fast)
19.
How do you rate the need for education for circularity in the building sector?
 1 (Very low)2345 (Very high)Do not know
In your organisation
In your region/area
20.
What is your highest level of education?
21.
What role do you have within your organization?
22.
Year of work experience in the building sector.
23.
Gender