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Climate change, polluted bodies of air, land, and water, these environmental crises are just some of the most complex problems the world is dealing with up to this day. One of the significant contributors to this problem is the construction industry, which accounts for 4% of particulate air pollution, more water pollution occurrences than any other industry, and thousands of noise complaints yearly.

Have you ever heard of the term green technology? With all the environmental issues going on right now, construction industries are taking steps to lessen their impact on the planet by using these so-called green technologies. Please read below and learn more about these technologies and how they help.  

Plants are more and more used in the urban renewal projects because they can make cities more sustainable and also improve health and well-being of citizens. Luckily there are many projects and cities already implementing these type of nature-based solutions.

Two case studies in Spain have been used as Living Labs to demonstrate the results of the BIM4Ren project in real renovation process of residential building pursuing different purposes. All have been energy retrofitted from 2019 to 2022 by the contractor company specialised in renovation and BIM4ren consortium member, Kursaal Group. 

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, single-family homes account for 80% of the nation’s overall housing energy expenditure, with multiuse housing comprising 15% and the remainder coming from mobile homes. Most of the difference is due to heating and cooling costs — it’s far more economical and green in apartment buildings. 

The Rome City Council has announced the establishment of a Laboratory titled “Laboratorio Roma050 – il Futuro della Metropoli Mondo", proposed by the Italian architect Stefano Boeri. The project will involve 12 young architects and urban planners who are going to ecologically transform the capital into a climate neutral city.

The amount of plastic waste has been surging in the last decades. In parallel other issues, such as global warming and inadequate housing are affecting the lives of many people. Othalo has created a new patented technology that mass produces building systems from recycled plastic waste.

The project European Affordable Housing Consortium: Sustainable Housing for Social Impact (SHAPE-EU) has launced 2 tender calls to produce blueprints to guide local partnerships towards planning and implementing lighthouse district projects.

Deloitte is starting a new study on measuring the application of circular approaches in the construction industry ecosystem for the European Commission. As waste generation is predicted to increase by 70% by 2050, this study gives some hopes in dealing with this issue.

Born from a pioneering collaboration between British companies Rebel Energy and UrbanChain, a new peer-to-peer (P2P) energy exchange will soon be implemented in 3,000 households in the UK, They will receive traceable renewable energy from local generators.