The construction sector's significant environmental impact is being mitigated through sustainable practices, renewable materials, and green technologies, despite ongoing challenges like financial constraints and regulatory support.
Building better homes is a mission that involves everyone, from individuals to governments, from builders to architects.
Circular economy principles are slowly emerging in Albania's construction sector amidst challenges related to stakeholder cooperation and economic influences.
The UK and Saudi Arabia face significant construction waste challenges, and a new AI-based system aims to enhance waste tracking and recycling, supporting sustainable construction goals.
Buildings must be renovated at a faster rate using cost-effective methods showcased by Horizon programme projects to meet the European Green Deal’s emission reduction goals.
Transform-ER, a consortium funded by Innovate UK's Net Zero Heat programme, aims to retrofit one million homes annually by 2030 by developing and deploying scalable retrofit solutions to overcome market barriers.
The SemanticLCA project outlines in this article how various technologies, such as BIM models or DT systems, can feed into the Level(s) framework LCA and what ontologies are available to establish a common vocabulary for data consolidation.
EASI ZERo proposes a global system to cut the environmental impact by rising the thermal performance of buildings’ envelope by 20% with bio-sourced and recycled materials. This include grown mycelium, wood fibres, low carbon foam, recycled raw material for spayed renders, multifunctional building bricks, and healthy finishes.
This year, BUILD UP had the privilege of engaging in conversations with numerous experts in energy efficiency in buildings, who generously shared their knowledge with our community.
The LIFE Clean Energy Transition 2024 call for proposals is open with deadline of 19 September 2024. It supports key areas for the decarbonisation of the building stock.