The EPBD recast prioritises increasing building renovation rates, enhancing indoor environmental quality, providing tailored national strategies, implementing targeted financing, and tenant protections while aligning with the European Green Deal's climate objectives.
Architects can learn a great deal from ancient structures to make modern buildings more sustainable: from cooling to ventilation, from green building materials to resilience to natural disasters.
The CEACE method determines ecological, carbon and water footprints, integrating economic, social and waste generation assessments of residential buildings.
The role of construction for a sustainable future emerges at the G7 environment ministers' meeting in head of United Nations Environment Programme speech.
RMIT University engineers, in collaboration with Visy, developed energy-efficient bricks using waste materials like glass and ash, offering improved insulation and potential cost savings while meeting environmental standards.
The Architects’ Council of Europe presented its 2023 Annual Report & 2024 Outlook, emphasising its role in promoting sustainable architecture amidst Europe's urbanisation, climate change, and social shifts.