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Buildings 🏬 account for more than 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions when all emissions generated by their construction and use are considered.     This makes them a key part of the solution when it comes to fighting climate change.   Experts meeting ahead of the #JuneClimateMeetings in Bonn highlighted technical solutions, which include:   ✅ Replacing carbon-intensive building materials such as cement or steel with natural material such as hemp and wood. ✅ Using infrastructure such as green walls, green roofs, rain gardens, trees or green spaces to improve air quality and avoid urban heat islands. ✅ Designing new buildings in a way that individual components can be easily removed and reused.   In addition, collaboration between national governments, regional and local authorities is crucial to strengthening climate action related to the buildings sector.   Learn more about the solutions explored in the third dialogue under the Mitigation Work Programme: https://bit.ly/3VutTLW

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 The IPCC suggests that climate mitigation in buildings can be achieved at every stage of their life cycle, and sufficiency measures can limit energy and material demand. The European Green Deal aims to decarbonize buildings and construction, with the Commission proposing policy initiatives like the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and Construction Products Regulation. District-level action can tackle challenges and opportunities in a climate-neutral future. Date: 6 December, 2023 Organiser: European Union https://lnkd.in/eWjDg-sv #shareyourgreendesign #events #sustainability #decarbonisation #enviroment #constructionindustry #sustainableevents

Ministerial Declaration de Chaillot. On 7 and 8 March 2024, the French government and UNEP organised the first Buildings and Climate Global Forum dedicated to the decarbonisation and climate resilience of buildings. The ministerial declaration aims to create momentum for buildings decarbonisation and climate resilience by reinforcing international collaboration and making calls for commitments, both from governments and state and non-state actors in the building and construction sectors. Commitment to (policies en measures):  6.1. Implementing long-term regulatory roadmaps and frameworks, mandatory building and energy codes for all buildings, or supporting the adoption of these at the subnational level; requiring integrated comprehensive design; 6.2. Implementing an appropriate financial framework, including financial and fiscal incentives and regulatory tools such as taxonomies, to dramatically increase affordable near zero emission and climate resilient buildings and to phase out the financing of emissive and non-resilient ones; 6.3. Advancing and promoting the adoption of standards, labels and certifications in the buildings and construction sector or supporting the adoption of these at the subnational level; 6.4. Leading by example through ambitious procurement policies with particular attention to public building procurements;  6.5. Promoting the production, development and use of low-carbon and sustainably sourced construction material at affordable costs; 6.6. Promoting collaborative value chains, as well as research and development for innovative, sustainable, affordable, cost-effective and healthy solutions, particularly for conventional and hard-toabate industries, enhancing local sourcing of traditional appropriate low-tech solutions; 6.7. Enhancing skill capacity and capacity building at all levels, notably by strengthening local knowhow and ensuring working conditions are protected and enhanced by mitigation and adaptation strategies; 6.8. Developing multi-level governance, multi-stakeholder coordination, and a participative approach to ensure appropriate implementation, coordination and compliance; 6.9. Developing tools and regulatory frameworks to collect and share best practices and the geographical, energy and environmental data necessary for effective decision-making; 6.10. Sharing best practices to enhance awareness and advocate for sustainable choices. 

Strategic efforts including Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) implementation in the built environment will play a vital role in the measurement of environmental impacts from buildings. Outputs will guide countries, corporations, and businesses implement data driven decisions that reduce their overall carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions.

With the ongoing Construction Products Regulation review, there is obviously a lot of talk concerning our product harmonised standards. So you might have missed this recent European Commission, Directorate-General for Climate Action, publication on on policies and standards, including Eurocodes, on adapting buildings to climate change. This technical guidance paper is described as a source of practical advice for professionals. It is broken down into four chapters 1) overview of existing EU-level policies and standards 2) structural design standards relating to climate resilience 3) overview of climate vulnerability and risk assessment 4) rating resilience of buildings https://lnkd.in/etKspwXh #climateresilience #construction #engineering #buildings EU Environment and Climate

The gold standard of national #decarbonisation roadmaps - great to see this wide industry support for it. Create clear targets, a plan of action across industry, and industry will step up. Now we have the #EPBD - we must align national trajectories in Europe with 1.5 degrees. Carbon limits on new build are fairly meaningless if hopelessly misaligned with the science. Ensuring we understand the social impacts of this deep transition - to understand and mitigate any negative impacts is key. Even more so is climate communities reaching out to social impact networks to ask how they can serve them - to find the win wins for inclusion and the vulnerable communities the climate movement is managing to serve the least. #NatureNext…

In the near future, you’ll likely be required to know, and reduce, the climate impacts of products and materials used in your projects. Especially since embodied carbon limits (https://lnkd.in/gv8zYA9W) are also catching on in building codes (https://lnkd.in/gNXFnS3R) . This is where life-cycle assessment (LCA) and its various obscure acronyms (VOA) come in. As these LCA VOAs begin to infiltrate your inbox, you better learn your ABCs PDQ! That’s why Elizabeth Waters has put together this explainer (https://lnkd.in/gPPxKeUD). It’s a concise, one-stop resource for understanding: - Why LCA is increasingly urgent and relevant - What it measures—not just embodied carbon, btw - How product LCAs get turned in environment product declarations - LCA uncertainties and limitations - How software tools deal with those - Aalllll the acronyms #code #materials #IRA #embodiedcarbon #sustainability #carbon #lifecycleassessment #waste #socialequity #equity #climatenews #environmentaljournalism #climate #LCA

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 At the first edition of the Buildings and Climate Global Forum, hosted by France and UNEP in Paris, the 'Declaration de Chaillot' was launched: a foundational document that aims to create momentum for buildings #decarbonisation and climate #resilience by reinforcing international collaboration. The declaration, now endorsed by 70 countries, represents a call to action for all stakeholders to implement roadmaps, regulatory frameworks and financial incentives. Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC) also launched the latest Global Status for Buildings and Construction, which reviews the status of policies, finance, technologies and solutions to monitor whether the sector is aligned with the Paris Agreement Goals. ❗ Spoiler: the sector is currently not on track, being one of the largest GHG emitters and consumer of raw materials. In light of a projected increase in global demand, especially in regions with major housing and infrastructure needs, international collaboration and multi-stakeholder action are urgently required to transform the sector. 👉 Declaration de Chaillot: https://lnkd.in/e6bRB92n 👉 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: https://lnkd.in/edxUZWRg

Here is great summary on the types of carbon in the built environment from our friend and customer BuildingGreen, Inc. All building product decisions effect embodied carbon, some influence ALL types of carbon (like laptops and HVAC since they draw power which can drive carbon emissions, depending on the grid) Many procurement officers and construction project teams don't yet realize the immense power that they hold to change the system, just by asking for sustainability in the right language. #votewithyourwallet