Extending the handprint approach for the assessment of circular solutions to study the potential positive climate impacts of workplace-as-a-service system
Circular economy is identified as a fundamental socio-technological systemic solution to solve the over-arching sustainability challenges resulting from human action, which entails an urgent need to implement circular economy solutions. To identify sustainable solution alternatives, a deeper underst...
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| author | Mikko Ropo Kaisa Grönman Laura Lakanen Katri Behm Risto Soukka |
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| description | Circular economy is identified as a fundamental socio-technological systemic solution to solve the over-arching sustainability challenges resulting from human action, which entails an urgent need to implement circular economy solutions. To identify sustainable solution alternatives, a deeper understanding of impacts on the environmental sustainability of systems is needed. The goal of this study is to extend and apply the handprint approach to the assessment of potential positive environmental impacts of circular solutions. The extended handprint framework is tested in a case study to find out the potential positive climate impacts of a workplace-as-a-service system, which utilises several circularity strategies to lower the climate impact of office spaces in a system of several customers. In the simulated case study for three different customers, the workplace-as-a-service solution was found to decrease the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of the studied system by 50% compared to a baseline of a business-as-usual office space during a time-period of 30 years. The handprint approach was found to be applicable to the assessment of positive environmental impacts in the studied case, while being compatible with existing methods and standards. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f9d24a54bcea40e790fb5435bcce95d02025-02-06T05:12:55ZengElsevierCleaner Engineering and Technology2666-79082025-02-0124100897Extending the handprint approach for the assessment of circular solutions to study the potential positive climate impacts of workplace-as-a-service systemMikko Ropo0Kaisa Grönman1Laura Lakanen2Katri Behm3Risto Soukka4LUT University, Yliopistonkatu 34, 53850, Lappeenranta, Finland; Corresponding author.LUT University, Yliopistonkatu 34, 53850, Lappeenranta, FinlandLUT University, Yliopistonkatu 34, 53850, Lappeenranta, FinlandVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, FinlandLUT University, Yliopistonkatu 34, 53850, Lappeenranta, FinlandCircular economy is identified as a fundamental socio-technological systemic solution to solve the over-arching sustainability challenges resulting from human action, which entails an urgent need to implement circular economy solutions. To identify sustainable solution alternatives, a deeper understanding of impacts on the environmental sustainability of systems is needed. The goal of this study is to extend and apply the handprint approach to the assessment of potential positive environmental impacts of circular solutions. The extended handprint framework is tested in a case study to find out the potential positive climate impacts of a workplace-as-a-service system, which utilises several circularity strategies to lower the climate impact of office spaces in a system of several customers. In the simulated case study for three different customers, the workplace-as-a-service solution was found to decrease the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of the studied system by 50% compared to a baseline of a business-as-usual office space during a time-period of 30 years. The handprint approach was found to be applicable to the assessment of positive environmental impacts in the studied case, while being compatible with existing methods and standards.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666790825000205HandprintPositive environmental impactscircular economyMethodological frameworkProduct-as-service |
| spellingShingle | Mikko Ropo Kaisa Grönman Laura Lakanen Katri Behm Risto Soukka Extending the handprint approach for the assessment of circular solutions to study the potential positive climate impacts of workplace-as-a-service system Cleaner Engineering and Technology Handprint Positive environmental impacts circular economy Methodological framework Product-as-service |
| title | Extending the handprint approach for the assessment of circular solutions to study the potential positive climate impacts of workplace-as-a-service system |
| title_full | Extending the handprint approach for the assessment of circular solutions to study the potential positive climate impacts of workplace-as-a-service system |
| title_fullStr | Extending the handprint approach for the assessment of circular solutions to study the potential positive climate impacts of workplace-as-a-service system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extending the handprint approach for the assessment of circular solutions to study the potential positive climate impacts of workplace-as-a-service system |
| title_short | Extending the handprint approach for the assessment of circular solutions to study the potential positive climate impacts of workplace-as-a-service system |
| title_sort | extending the handprint approach for the assessment of circular solutions to study the potential positive climate impacts of workplace as a service system |
| topic | Handprint Positive environmental impacts circular economy Methodological framework Product-as-service |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666790825000205 |
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