Planet Earth is imbalanced due to human comsumption, growth in population and exponential reaction chains in Nature. New theories of sustainable development are challenging status quo. Examples of these theories are 1) Circular Economy, 2) Absolute Sustainability and 3) Doughnut Economy. These models for sustainable development challenge the built environment in Denmark where governance currently focuses on realising relative reductions in impact. Where each building permit is given based on compliance with a theoretical energy frame which defines the maximum annual permitted energy consumption per m². There is however no limit to the number of m² built each year. This essentially means that more and more m² are built each year and the building industry is nowhere near realising the necessary reductions in environmental impact. Furthermore, the energy frame is a theoretical framework that neglects to consider human behaviour and comfort of building users. If compliance with the Paris agreement is to be within reach there is thus an urgent need to redesign governance of the built environment. This paper presents a short review of the theories behind Circular Economy, Absolute Sustainability and Doughnut Economy, as well as, a review of how building permits are currently given in Denmark. Based on these reviews an idea for how to redesign public governance of the built environment is presented. The idea focuses on the practicalities of 1) how to move from relative to absolute metrics and 2) how to redesign the way the building permits are given. The paper concludes with a discussion of how this affects processes and stakeholders involved in the built environment and conditions that ensure practical implementation of the idea.

由于人类的消费，人口的增长和自然界中的指数反应链，地球是不平衡的。可持续发展的新理论正在挑战现状。这些理论的例子有：1）循环经济； 2）绝对可持续性； 3）甜甜圈经济。这些可持续发展的模式对丹麦的建筑环境提出了挑战，丹麦目前的治理重点是实现影响的相对减少。在每个建筑许可的基础上，都要遵守理论能耗框架，该框架定义了每m ²的最大年度许可能耗。但是，每年建造的m ²数量没有限制。这本质上意味着越来越多的m ²每年都要建造，而建筑业离实现对环境影响的必要减少还差得远。此外，能源框架是一个理论框架，忽略了人类行为和建筑物使用者的舒适度。如果要尽快达成《巴黎协定》，则迫切需要重新设计建筑环境的治理。本文简要介绍了循环经济，绝对可持续性和甜甜圈经济背后的理论，并回顾了丹麦目前如何颁发建筑许可证。基于这些评论，提出了有关如何重新设计建筑环境的公共治理的想法。这个想法侧重于以下方面的实用性：1）如何从相对指标转变为绝对指标，以及2）如何重新设计授予建筑许可的方式。