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The overall goal of sustainable development is to meet our needs today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.  The implementation of the sustainable development concept is our greatest challenge.  This special issue invites researchers to the scientific debate on its challenges and oppor ...

Successful sustainable development of projects largely depends on the level of clients’ commitment to sustainable construction practices.  This survey found that the most influential factors were client knowledge and awareness; cost implication and mechanism of financial involvement; economic value and return on invest ...

The proposed revision of the EPBD is part of the 2021 EU Commission Work Programme “Fit for 55” package.  It is key legislation to deliver on the 2030 and 2050 decarbonization objectives and adopt the Renovation Wave Strategy with concrete regulatory, financing and enabling measures.  The revision introduces minimum en ...

Sustainability is becoming an integral part of the suitability test of investments.  With the EU Action Plan on Financing Sustainable Growth, the EU has created binding rules for financial advisors.  It also underlines its ambitions in the fight against climate change and sets a clear signal for the reallocation of cap ...

There are several sustainable – "green" – building certifications schemes and great variation in how they are structured, evaluated, and weight social, environmental and economic dimensions.  For the definition of "sustainable building certification", this paper from 2019 gives the three dimensions equal weight.  Activ ...