ABSTRACT

Sweden has recently adopted new legislation on mandatory climate declarations of buildings. This occurred before the EU policy requests. The implementation of climate calculations and the visibility of the results of these calculations in a declaration is intended to increase building developers’ knowledge of the climate impact from construction and improves the opportunities for the developer to make conscious choices that reduce their climate impact. Using the Multiple Stream Framework as a theoretical lens, we analyse by qualitative and quantitative text analysis, the formulation and decision-making on the new law. A majority of stakeholders approved the proposal for the new law, but it was not undisputed. Some stakeholders advocated a voluntary scheme instead of a mandatory scheme. Some key stakeholders advocated a focus on life cycle emissions rather than embedded construction emissions only. The final line of conflict was that the climate declarations are not linked to the most important phase for reducing the climate impact of buildings, which is planning and design, rather than construction. We show how frame disconnection and frame polarization was used by the Government Offices of Sweden and the Swedish government to downplay critique from key stakeholders.

摘要

瑞典最近通过了关于建筑物强制气候声明的新立法。这发生在欧盟政策要求之前。气候计​​算的实施以及这些计算结果在声明中的可见性旨在增加建筑开发商对建筑对气候影响的了解，并增加开发商有意识地做出减少气候影响的选择的机会。我们以多流框架为理论镜头，通过定性和定量的文本分析，对新法律的制定和决策进行分析。大多数利益相关者批准了新法律的提案，但并非没有争议。一些利益相关者主张采用自愿计划而不是强制性计划。一些主要利益相关者主张关注生命周期排放，而不仅仅是嵌入式建筑排放。最后的冲突是，气候宣言与减少建筑物对气候影响的最重要阶段没有联系，即规划和设计，而不是施工。我们展示了瑞典政府办公室和瑞典政府如何利用框架断开和框架极化来淡化主要利益相关者的批评。