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Sustainable Building and Construction within the European Union

Sustainable Building and Construction within the European Union. Drivers for SBC within EU. Integration of social and environmental protection into EU policies is mandatory Effects on employment Europe’s largest employer Multiplier effect One job  2 jobs in economy as a whole. Process.

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Sustainable Building and Construction within the European Union

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  1. Sustainable Building and Construction within the European Union

  2. Drivers for SBC within EU • Integration of social and environmental protection into EU policies is mandatory • Effects on employment • Europe’s largest employer • Multiplier effect • One job  2 jobs in economy as a whole

  3. Process • Development of Action Plan • Tripartite • EC, Member States, Construction industry • Focus • priority actions for improving competitiveness of the construction industry • Agreed to May 1999

  4. Structure • Goal: • create an “Agenda for Sustainable Construction in Europe” • promote European agenda • minimize disparate, un-coordinated development plans • Objective: • develop a strategy for the use and promotion of: • environmentally friendly construction materials • energy efficiency in buildings • construction and demolition waste management

  5. Strategy • Implementing two-pronged approach to ensure: • highly competitive construction industry • environmentally focused strategies for sector • Understanding complex relationship between: • construction activities • built environment • sustainable development • Ensuring multi-stakeholder involvement • Acknowledging importance of social aspects

  6. Key Directives promoting SBC • Energy Performance of Buildings • Drivers: • Meet EU obligation under Kyoto Protocol • Improve long-term energy supply security • Applicable to new and existing buildings • Requirements: • development of building energy performance methodology • application of minimal energy performance requirements • implementation of certification and inspections

  7. Key Directives promoting SBC • Construction Products • Driver: • Need to harmonize standards at EU level for construction products • Applicable to over 300 products from not less than 45 families of products • Requirements: • Products and result of application of products are assessed according to: • building safety, health, durability, energy economy, protection of environment, economic considerations

  8. Key Directives promoting SBC • EC Landfill • Drivers: • Reduction of available and appropriate land • Increased cost of disposal • Outlines operational and technical requirements on waste and landfill

  9. Other EU Initiatives • Expert Group of the Urban Environment • Working Groups: • sustainable construction methods and techniques • sustainable urban transport • urban management and sustainable construction • Development of agenda for sustainable construction

  10. Other EU Initiatives • E-CORE: European Construction Research Network: • "umbrella network" to specifically address environmental and sustainability issues • Examples of established networks: • ETN Recy.net - The use of recycled materials as aggregates in the construction industry • PRESCO - practical recommendations for sustainable construction

  11. E-CORE contd. • DURANET - supports the development and application of performance based durability design and assessment of concrete structures • TENSINET - upgrading the built environment in Europe through tensile structures • ENERBUILD - energy in the built environment. • CRISP - construction and city related sustainability indicators

  12. E-CORE contd. • Proposed networks: • PeBBu: performance based building • LIFETIME: lifetime engineering of buildings and civil infrastructures

  13. Other European Initiatives • “Rethinking Construction” • UK government initiative composed of industry, government, clients • Focus - improving UK construction performance • Showcases innovations in products and performance • Highlights best practices

  14. Other European Initiatives • “Environmental Technology in Construction” • Finnish government initiative composed of Finnish enterprises, institutions, and research institutes • Focus - ecologically sustainable construction via development of construction methods and techniques, products and services • Key area: environmental assessment to verify sustainability • Next step: construction and facility management sector to jointly defined environmental goals and indicators

  15. Other European Initiatives • EU “Environmental Technology Action Plan” • The stimulation of and development of new technologies for the building and construction sectors is a priority area. • EU Sixth Framework and Asia Pro Eco Programmes • Sustainable Building and Construction is an area for receipt funding and prioritization

  16. Thank you for your attention!Website: www.uneptie.fr

  17. Thank you for your attention!IETC Website: www.unep.or.jp

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