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On the Italian Adriatic coast in the province of Rimini, more than 350 hotels are up for sale.  According to estimates, €320 million would be enough to buy a good third of them.  In Rimini alone, 159 buildings are now on the market, several of them with four and five stars.  It is not only the Corona pandemic that has ...

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 ...

Tasked with the overall management of a building’s development phases, the project manager is becoming increasingly crucial for achieving project sustainability goals.  This survey reveals that project managers were well aware of sustainability issues and their role in bringing a sustainability agenda into construction ...

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 ...