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The EU plans to regulate the renovation of already existing, poorly insulated or ventilated buildings to become carbon neutral by 2050.  The "nearly net-zero" energy efficiency standards for new builds are set to be strengthened.  For the initiative, the Commission will make up to €150bn in regional development, cohesi ...

The majority of hotel carbon emissions result from operational energy consumption.  With 80% of hotels in 2050 already in existence, this white paper sets out a high-level framework and prioritizes interventions throughout the remaining life cycle of the existing building stock.  The paper addresses the net-zero carbon ...

Sustainable Interior Architecture and Design (SIAD) impacts energy conservation as well as occupants’ satisfaction, comfort, and physical and psychological wellbeing.  Although its adoption is necessary for achieving the sustainable development and operation of the built environment as well as the relevant sustainable ...

Stewardship is the use of influence by institutional investors to maximize long-term value, including the value of common social, environmental and economic assets on which returns and stakeholder interests depend.  Stewardship and ESG incorporation calls for the inclusion of ESG factors in investment and capital alloc ...

Published in 2013, the report contributed to the development of a post-2015 agenda and the Paris Agreement adopted in 2015 by the United Nations.  It set out a universal agenda to eradicate extreme poverty globally by 2030 and deliver on the promise of sustainable development.  The report addressed issues that are crit ...