• Alternative consumption: a circular economy beyond the circular business model 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Berker, Thomas (Chapter, 2021)
      Studies for the circular economy have focused consumption from the perspective of acceptance of business models. However, consumers can engage in waste prevention, reuse and reparation in modes of consumption outside ...
    • Ambitions at work: Professional practices and the energy performance of non-residential buildings in Norway 

      Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Verhulst, Elli; Valle Kinloch, Roberto; Junghans, Antje; Berker, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Globally, buildings are considerable energy users. Stricter regulations and instruments such as energy performance standards aim at raising energy performance ambitions and reducing energy use. They rely on the implementation ...
    • A co-creative method for mapping and improving energy use and management in non-residential buildings 

      Verhulst, Elli; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Junghans, Antje; Berker, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The built environment has a significant role to play to support a transition towards sustainability. A critical point is the energy use and management of non-residential buildings, where the operational phase has been ...
    • Contesting Consumerism with a Circular Economy? 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Berker, Thomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The circular economy (CE) concept has recently entered the public discourse. A CE should contest the reproduction of a so-called linear economy. However, it is largely promoted as a normative top-down fix for business ...
    • Emerging circular economies: Discourse coalitions in a Norwegian case 

      Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo; Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward; Berker, Thomas; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The transition to a circular economy (CE) remains an anticipated future with alternative pathways for its fulfillment. Most research on CE is normative about technological approaches and interpretations for production and ...
    • FM perceptions on occupant impact and the shaping of occupant engagement practice 

      Valle Kinloch, Cristian Roberto; Verhulst, Elli; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Junghans, Antje; Berker, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose This paper aims to apply frame analysis to explore the mental models by which building managers interpret the impact of building occupants on energy use and rationalize their approach to occupant engagement. De ...
    • Transformation through the 'Middle' A Study of Circular-Economic Visions and Enactments in Norway 

      Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:36, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      Norsk sammendrag Denne avhandlingen analyserer hvordan konseptet sirkulærøkonomi forstås og forsøk på å implementere det i Norge. Globalt sett er en sirkulærøkonomisk omstilling forankret i et overordnet behov for å ...