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Seven Policy Moves to Scale Circular Technical Building Solutions in the Nordics

The eight pilots conducted in the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program (NCPP), covering HVAC, elevators, access systems, sanitary equipment and electrical systems, prove that circularity is technically feasible and financially viable: the products work, the demand exists, and the climate case is clear. But procurement rules, building codes, price signals, regulatory frameworks, and the infrastructure for take-back and quality assurance is still largely optimised for a linear economy. These are barriers that cannot be fully resolved by the industry itself, policy action is needed to achieve the necessary system change.

Seven Policy Moves to Scale Circular Technical Building Solutions

Three Flow Types for Circular Technical Installations

When we set out to design the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program (NCPP), we knew that circularity in technical installations would mean different things to different actors. Eight pilots later, covering HVAC, elevators, access systems, sanitary equipment and electrical systems across Finland, Sweden, and Norway, we have seen circularity emerging in three distinct, new flow types. T

Three Flow Types for Circular Technical Installations: Lessons from the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program

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Combient Pure and the core partners of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program have today released the program’s final results report, underlining that circular technical building solutions are no longer a future vision, but a real business opportunity in building projects across the Nordics. The report, From Words to Action: Nordic Circularity Piloting Program for Technical Building Solutions, summarizes 18 months of work between 21 piloting companies and the wider Nordic building sector.

Final report published: Circularity in technical building solutions is moving from words to action

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The final event of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program for technical building solutions marked a clear shift: from asking if circularity is possible, to discussing how it will actually scale in the market. Over 18 months, 21 companies ran eight pilots across five technical product categories in Finland, Sweden and Norway. 

The Future of Technical Building Solutions

Recap of the Final Event: The Future of Circularity in Technical Building Solutions

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Over the past year, the Program has brought together property owners, manufacturers, construction companies, consultants and other circularity-enabling actors in eight real-world pilots across Finland, Norway and Sweden. The results show that retaining and refurbishing technical installations, the "hidden" layers of our buildings, can deliver substantial carbon and resource savings without compromising on performance or safety.

Nordic Circularity Pilot Program Concludes: Technical Building Systems Are Ready for Reuse

The Future of Circularity in Technical Building Solutions


Join us for the Final Event of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program for Technical Building Solutions, organised at Nordbygg fair Stockholm on April 22. 

Event invitation: The Future of Circularity in Technical Building Solutions

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In March 2026, the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program for Technical Building Solutions gathered its community for two online review sessions to look back on the eight circular pilots carried out in real building projects across Norway, Sweden and Finland. Across the two sessions, representatives from the eight pilots shared piloting results, key insights, and what it really takes to make circularity work in technical building equipment – and where the biggest barriers still lie.

Recap of the two Review Sessions: Key insights and learnings from the eight pilots

Oslo site visit

In early February, we visited CapMan Real Estate’s large-scale renovation project at Sørkedalsveien 6 in Oslo, as part of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program. The site serves as a ground for two exciting circular pilots under the program: 1) KONE and CapMan are modernizing five elevators by retaining and upgrading existing equipment instead of replacing everything. 2) CapMan and Staaltro are testing the reuse of cable trays, exploring what it takes to turn this seemingly simple component into a circular product at scale. 


Site visit to Oslo: Modernizing Elevators and Reusing Cable Trays

Welcome to the closing events of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program for Technical Building Solutions! As the program approaches its conclusion, we are opening up the results and learnings from the eight pilots to a wider audience through two Review Sessions in March and a Final Event in April.

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Event invitation: Review Sessions & Final Event, March 19th & 26th and April 22nd, 2026

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In November we visited Skanska’s development project in Stockholm as part of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program. The site, a former hospital now being transformed into new housing and offices, is being used as a circular testbed for reusing technical installations.

Site visit to Stockholm - Turning a former hospital into a circular testbed for HVAC

Oslo site visit 

In November we visited one of the eight pilots in the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program: Enhancing Circular Economy of HVAC Systems, a project that focuses on the circular use of HVAC equipment, demonstrating in practice the feasibility and benefits of reusing HVAC systems.

Site Visit to Kotka Concert Hall - Circular HVAC in Practice

21 actors trial circular solutions in building projects across 7 Nordic cities.

Eight pilots selected for the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program

Press Release: 21 actors trial circular solutions in building projects across 7 Nordic cities

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On May 15, 2025, 70 attendees from across the Nordics came together to hear from case studies exploring circularity in technical building equipment, and what these case studies can tell us about the key enablers of piloting circular business models.

The final session of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program focused on learnings for planning and preparing for piloting of circular solutions. 

Recap of the fourth value chain session: Small but rapid tests can kickstart circularity

The Combient Pure-led Nordic Circularity Piloting Program is now seeking applications for pilots in real buildings testing circularity in technical building equipment. The Nordic Circularity Piloting Program is designed to fast-track the development and implementation of circular solutions in the Nordic building sector.

Applications open for pilots on circularity in technical building equipment!

Do you want to pioneer in promoting circular solutions in technical building equipment? We invite companies across the Nordic region to join the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program for Technical Building Solutions!

Planning and Preparing for Circular Pilots

Event invitation: Planning and Preparing for Circular Pilots, May 15th, 2025 

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The third value chain session of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program gathered on April 10, 2025, this time with a focus on the collaboration and partnerships needed to enable circularity. Over 70 attendees joined for another energizing look at the relationships already taking action on circularity, and to discuss the concrete tools required to make these collaborations a success.

Recap of the third value chain session of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program

Recap of the third value chain session: Don’t try to go it alone

Collaboration and Partnerships for Circularity

Event invitation: Collaboration and Partnerships for Circularity, April 10th, 2025

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The Nordic Circularity Piloting Program continued on March 6, 2025 with the second value chain session focused on designing circular solutions across the value chain for technical building equipment. With over 100 attendees joining in-person or online, the session was an inspiring snapshot into the ways of working and solutions already advancing circularity across the building value chain.

Open dialogue and advance planning needed to enable circularity - lessons from the second Nordic Circularity Piloting Program value chain session

Recap of the second value chain session: Open dialogue and advance planning enable circularity

Designing Circular Solutions Across the Value Chain, March 6th, 2025

Event invitation: Designing Circular Solutions Across the Value Chain, March 6th, 2025

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Over 40 enthusiastic Nordic building value chain companies came together for the kick-off session of the Nordic Circularity Piloting Program on February 13, 2025 to discuss the current state and future of circularity in technical building equipment. The session highlighted both the dire need for circular, low carbon solutions, and the great opportunities for future innovation and collaboration in the field.

Latest insights and learnings from the program