Europe’s buildings are responsible for a significant part of its greenhouse gas emissions. If the vast majority of these emissions are produced during the materials extraction and production and use phases of buildings, the emissions generated during the building phase are also part of the whole-lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of buildings, estimated at 5-12% of total national greenhouse emissions by the European Commission.
EBC monitors the development of tools to address whole-lifecycle emissions of buildings to facilitate the uptake and use by construction SMEs and craft trades. These include voluntary tools such as Level(s), a voluntary sustainability reporting framework, or relevant European Standards and provisions in EU legislation, all aiming to curb the overall emissions of Europe’s building stock.
Digitalisation & Innovation
In a context where digital and remote exchanges are becoming increasingly important, the European BIM4Ren project has launched its series of webinars on the issue of BIM in energy renovation...
Energy & Environment
EBC, FIEC and UIPI published a joint statement today, expressing their support for the green “Superbonus” – a 110% tax discount for energy and anti-seismic renovations - recently proposed by...
Digitalisation & Innovation
On 23 April, EBC Secretary General Eugenio Quintieri participated with other built environment stakeholders in a video conference call with EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson to exchange on how the...
Energy & Environment
On 20 February, the European Commission organised the conference “Reflect, Debate, Advice – Get Level(s) right” in Brussels in order to present and discuss the analysis and findings from approxi...
Energy & Environment
In the framework of the monthly Construction lunches initiated by Construction Products Europe in 2019, EBC organised the first edition in 2020 and invited high-level construction actors from the Euro...
Economy
