The role of community sharing in sustainability transformation: case studies from Norway

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Table 1. Overview of the case studies.

Case topic/number of interviews	Consumption systems	What is shared?	Organized by
Car sharing/21	Work and private transport	Hybrid and electric vehicles	County Council of Buskerud
Sharing in neighborhoods/25	Housing	Tools, trailer, community house, and information	Board of Djupdalen Resident Association
Cabin sharing/20	Recreation	Cabins	Norwegian Trekking Association

Table 2 Summary of results.

	Car sharing	Sharing in neighborhoods	Sharing cabins
System	Transportation	Housing	Recreation
Intervention	Parameter level: enhancing enterprise objectives	Design level: intervention exploring alternative rules of consumption	Design level: intervention exploring alternative rules of recreation
Dynamics	Intervention at a shallow level; the sign of evolvement and interest in Feedback and Design	Limited use of the system in households; mainly used for utility-based needs	Well-established system that has contributed to transformation at the Intent level
Challenges	Hard to move beyond a work context	Triggers change only at shallow levels	Challenged by private consumption models
Conditions for transformation	Strong institution; joint learning	Organizing entity for sharing, face-to-face interactions, trust	Strong and long-lasting institution, face-to-face interactions, trust, shared values between organizer and users