INNOVATION IN SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION: ECO-CITIES AND SOCIAL HOUSING IN FRANCE AND DENMARK

Archive ouverte

Boxenbaum, Eva | Georg, Susse | Garza de Linde, Gabriela | Reijonen, Satu | Aggeri, Franck | Acquier, Aurélien | Pinheiro-Croisel, Rebecca | Béjean, Mathias

Edité par CCSD -

International audience. The construction sector is often characterized as a reactive sector, as lagging behind other sectors of the economy, notably industry, when it comes to innovation; as mechanically responding to external (client) needs and implementing innovations that originate elsewhere (Winch 1998, Harty 2008). The sector is often presented as un-dynamic and un-innovative and as precluding novel design practices and tools, an orientation that seems to flow from its rigid routines, professional boundaries, division of labor, national legislation, established performance measures, and fixed ideas about best practices. Accordingly, building projects in the construction sector tend to reflect objectives and institutionalized practices other than those related to innovation and sustainability.

Suggestions

Du même auteur

ECO-DISTRICTS AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES - INSTITUTIONALIZATION THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION

Archive ouverte | Georg, Susse | CCSD

International audience. Judging from the number of communities and cities striving or claiming to be sustainable and how often eco-development is invoked as the means for urban regeneration, it appears that sustaina...

PROCESSES OF INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATION: REFERENCE TOOLS FOR ECO-CITIES IN FRANCE AND DENMARK

Archive ouverte | Boxenbaum, Eva | CCSD

National audience. How does innovation come about in a highly institutionalized field like the construction sector? The construction sector is characterized by relatively rigid routines, strong professional boundari...

Standards and innovation in emerging fields: Pushing breakthrough innovation or enrolling actors? An analysis of eco-district standards in France and Denmark

Archive ouverte | Acquier, Aurélien | CCSD

International audience. Standards and norms are central objects for institutional studies. However, their role in innovation and the creation of novelty remain unclear, in particular in new / emerging fields. Accord...

Chargement des enrichissements...