GlobalABC Roadmap for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero-Emission, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector
Decarbonizing buildings across their entire life cycle calls for the transformation of the buildings and construction sector. The transformation requires greater collaboration among policymakers at all jurisdictional levels as well as with urban planners, architects, developers, investors, construction companies, and ...
Posted on 29/04/22
EU Green Deal Product Regulations – What It Means for Design and Construction
The Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI) is a regulatory framework comprising a set of legislative files that aims to boost the circularity of the EU’s single market. The European Commission (EC) proposed the regulation on March 30 2022 intending to make sustainable products the norm in the EU, facilitate circular bu ...
Posted on 27/04/22
City Policy Framework for Dramatically Reducing Embodied Carbon
This is a framework for cities and other government bodies to develop a strategy, action plan, and policies in response to the climate emergency. It is a manual and blueprint to dramatically reduce embodied carbon from the manufacture, transport, use, and life-cycle end of construction material. It helps cities in re ...
Posted on 25/04/22
Towards Embodied Carbon Benchmarks for Buildings in Europe – Summary Report
Developers, investors and policymakers must respond with urgency to the threatening climate and ecosystem crisis and set targets aligning with the 2015 Paris Agreement. All participants in the new-build and building renovation value chain must cooperate to establish a standard performance system based on sustainable a ...
Posted on 21/04/22
Barriers to Achieving Sustainable Construction Project Procurement in the Private Sector
Sustainable procurement management (SPM) as an approach to integrating sustainability into construction projects that takes into account the social, ecological, and economic consequences of procurement decisions. This study recognizes several challenges that obstruct the effective interaction between stakeholders in a ...
Posted on 14/04/22
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