15 October 2026
The opportunities to retain and reuse existing interiors are often determined long before a project begins selecting products. At ShiftSweden’s Community of Learning, Sascha Firle will explain how the tenant’s needs, requirements and mandate can lay the foundation for a circular office development. When an organisation moves or adapts its premises, the process often begins with the question: What should the new office look like?
Hållbar Interiör, HI, starts with two different questions: What does the organisation need, and what can already be used? The difference may appear small, but it affects the decisions that follow. If the new design is defined before existing resources have been assessed, functional interior elements and furnishings risk being removed too early. By analysing the organisation’s needs and existing resources first, retention and reuse can become starting points for the project.
Sascha Firle to Speak at ShiftSweden’s Community of Learning
Sascha Firle, CEO of Hint Sustainability AB, the organisation responsible for Hållbar Interiör, will participate in:
Community of Learning – Scaling Reuse: Building Markets, Logistics and Circular Flows
The event brings together Swedish and international practitioners to discuss how reuse can be scaled through stronger markets, logistics, digital infrastructure and cross-sector collaboration.
In the session Circular Office Development: Practical Lessons from Reuse in Real Environments, Sascha will explain how HI can be used to create a clear structure for circular office adaptations.
A Structure for Decision-Making Throughout the Project
Hållbar Interiör, HI, is a Swedish certification scheme for sustainable interiors and office adaptations. It covers both the organisation’s working methods and the physical environment, from fixed interior elements and technical systems to furniture and other furnishings.
HI provides a structure for:
- setting objectives and defining the level of ambition at an early stage
- analysing the organisation’s actual needs
- assessing existing resources
- prioritising retention and reuse
- documenting decisions and climate impact
- following up and independently verifying the results
This means that reuse is not treated as a separate consideration at the end of the project. Retention and reuse are assessed before decisions are made to alter the premises or purchase new products.
From Individual Projects to Repeatable Working Methods
Scaling reuse is not only about completing more individual projects. It is also about establishing working methods that can be used again by more organisations and in more office adaptations.
Shared criteria and comparable data make it possible to follow up results and transfer experience between projects. Quality assurance can also build trust among tenants, property owners and other stakeholders.
“For reuse to move from the exception to standard practice, access to reused products is not enough. We also need early requirements, clear mandates and working methods that can be followed up and repeated.”
HI can provide part of this structure. At the same time, markets, logistics, incentives and regulations need to develop in parallel to create broader and more consistent demand for circular solutions.
About the Event
Community of Learning – Scaling Reuse: Building Markets, Logistics and Circular Flows
The session will focus on how reuse can be scaled in the built environment by strengthening markets, logistics, digital infrastructure and cross-sector collaboration.
Sascha Firle’s session:
Circular Office Development: Practical Lessons from Reuse in Real Environments
Time: 09:30–09:45
Format: Online
Organiser: ShiftSweden
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