This survey aims to assess the current level of awareness and implementation of circularity practices in the building sector across six EU member states. 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 'Circular Trust Building' consortium.

For, the results to be representative of the current market situation in these six 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 which question you answer or want to skip.

Please complete this anonymous web-based survey which will take a maximum of 15-20 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., English; please select the respective language in the top right corner before starting the survey.

Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden

Details of the person to contact:

Project coordinator: Linnaeus University

Name: Roma Almeida

E-mail address: roma.almeida@lnu.se

Project coordinator: France (CD2E)

Name: Sabine Guina

E-mail: s.guina@cd2e.com

Phone: 00 33 (0)7 57 44 08 64

1.
Which country do you belong to?
2.
Which region and 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.

In your opinion, what are the key aspects of circularity of the building sector in your region/area?

Select all that apply
7.
To what extent are you collaborating with the following actors about circularity for the building sector in your region/area?
 1 (Not at all)2345 (Very much)Do not know
Architect/Designers

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.
In your opinion, to what extent building related circularity practices are implemented in your organization
 1 (Not at all)2345 (Very high) Do not know
9.

To what extent does your organization directly or indirectly engage in the following circular practices for the building sector in your region/area?

 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 (e.g., certifications, training, policymaking, auditing, impact assessment) 
Others
10.
How do you rate the general level of barriers to circularity in your organization, specific to the building sector? 
 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 would you rate the overall readiness of the building sector in your region to embrace circularity? 
 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
Existing government policies and regulations are not supportive
Lack of incentives (e.g., subsidies, tax breaks)
Circular products are more expensive to procure than new products
Circular products are more expensive to maintain than new products
Existing business models do not support circularity
Lack of availability of circular products
Lack of market demand for circular products 
Lack of adequate financial resources
Lack of skills and competence to implement circular practices
Lack of willingness of stakeholders to adopt circular practices
Lack of adequate collaboration between stakeholders
Difficulty integrating with existing technologies, products, and practices (i.e., lack of compatibility)
Difficulty of the sector to adapt to evolving National/European policies and regulations
Immature or fragmented supply chain for circular products
Lack of adequate innovations in products and practices (e.g., using technology to upcycle/downcycle used materials and business models to support it)
Lack of adequate storage facility for circular materials
Lack of adequate time to plan and implement circular practices
A general sense of insecurity or uncertainty in adopting circular products and practices with consequential outcomes
Others
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.
What is your highest level of education?
20.
What role do you have within your organization?
21.
Year of work experience in the building sector.
22.
Gender