Lecture series /opening:
Vision 2030
19:00 h
19 October 2026
Jan Boström, Head of Sustainability Development at SundaHus i Linköping AB
Jan has spent 24 years developing SundaHus Material Data, a system for tracking and automatically assessing construction products. He was originally the sole developer, but later the company’s CTO and now Head of Sustainability Development. Starting out with a slightly nerdy fascination for structured and organized data, he now focuses on how data can, not only measure, but enable sustainability within the construction sector. He was deeply involved in the Horizon 2020 project Buildings as Material Banks, and is an active member of Sweden Green Building Council’s operational council for the MB green building certification.
How Circular is EU’s Digital Product Passport?
Different forms of “passports” is a recurring topic when circular construction is discussed, and two years ago EU introduced its own Digital Product Passport (DPP) through the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. It is intended for several different product groups; the first one out is batteries, but others will follow, including construction products.
We know that DPPs will become mandatory for most construction products within EU, but will it solve the challenges that all the other variants of material/product/building passports have been trying to address? The DPP has been described as one of the key initiatives supporting Europe’s transition to a circular economy, so how does it deliver on that ambition? What information would make it easier and safer to reuse construction products today, as well as in 50 years? And will that information be available in the DPP? In this lecture we aim to find the answers to these questions.