Social Proofing of Circular Solutions Workshop
Workshop overview
The third and last workshop of the Social Experiment on Circular Economy in Construction and Buildings, entitled Social Proofing of Circular Solutions was successfully hosted on the 1st of March 2024.
During the workshop our partners and stakeholders had the opportunity through an interactive process to discuss in detail, assess from many different angles and provide feedback for the 3 value propositions (Public digital registry for construction and demolition waste, Outsourced Market Surveillance and Compliance Assessment Process on Circular Projects, Digital Circular construction tool kit for the design of circular construction projects), drafted during the 2nd workshop.
The 3 suggested solutions were drafted to support overcoming constraints and barriers, as well as incentivizing or facilitating the aspects of collaboration, legislation/policy, and market.
Workshop elements and structure
The 3rd workshop began with an overview of the 1st and 2nd workshop, to align all participants, regardless if they took part or not in the previous sessions, and connect the outcomes of the previous workshops to the 3rd workshop.
The 3 value propositions were presented to a wide audience of Circular Economy and Sustainability experts as well as all stakeholders who took part in the drafting process during the previous workshops.
In particular, the 3 value propositions which have been proposed were:
- Public digital registry for construction and demolition waste
- Outsourced Market Surveillance and Compliance Assessment Process on Circular Projects
- Digital Circular construction tool kit for the design of circular construction projects
To extract feedback from different perspectives, Bono’s hats method was used. Through open discussions and brainstorming both the positives as well as the negatives of each solution were addressed. Furthermore, the participants were asked to think beyond the proposed solutions and generate creative ideas, for possible alternatives and additions that could improve the solutions.
Following the Bono’s hats process, a digital survey was conducted for each solution, whereas attendees were asked to assess the solutions against 5 criteria: Innovation, Circularity/ Sustainability, Feasibility, Inclusiveness and Collaboration.
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