Energy & Environment
To highlight the strategic importance of the construction sector, the recently initiated Belgian Presidency of the European Council decided to organize its "Renovation Week" at the start of its term....
Energy & Environment
On January 11 and 12, EBC met the partners of the project BIO4EEB - BIO insulation materials for Enhancing the Energy performance of Buildings, co-financed by the Horizon Europe programme...
Digitalisation & Innovation
In view of the European elections, last 13 December, the Construction 2050 Alliance released its Call and commitment for the new European Union political term, reminding how fundamental the constructi...
The European Builders Confederation (EBC) is the association standing for the crafts, micro companies, and SMEs in the construction sector vis-à-vis the European Institutions. EBC is actively support...
During the last EBC Board of Directors on December 19, it was announced that constructionromande will take over the mandate of the Geneva Federation of Building and trade FMB (Fédération...
Energy & Environment
On November 22, the CondoReno project reached a significant milestone with the convening of its first Flemish National Advisory Board (NAB). Hosted by the Technical University of Delft, the meet...
Social Affairs
Following the interinstitutional agreement reached by European co-legislators at the end of June on the revision of the Asbestos at Word Directive 2009/148/EC, an almost unanimous approval vote by the...
Energy & Environment
On 7 December, during the last trilogue negotiation of the year, the EU co-legislators reached a long-awaited agreement on the recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), under...
Standardisation
On 13 December, trilogue negotiations marked the concluding session of the year for the revision of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR), culminating in a provisional political agreement between...
Standardisation
In the context of its annual conference “Putting Science Into Standards”, the European Committee for Standardisation CEN and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre JRC invited EBC to in...
At the occasion of the last SMEunited General Assembly, on 1 December, EBC President Philip van Nieuwenhuizen, as the candidate of the Dutch SME organization MKB-Nederland, was officially elected as...
Social Affairs
A coalition of consumer groups, fire safety experts, and industry leaders has launched a campaign calling for an EU-wide Fire Safety Strategy, in the context of the 2024 European elections...