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The 2024-2025 competition has announced its candidates. Coming from 26 different countries, all of them incorporate solutions that, if replicated on a large scale, will help decarbonise the construction sector. Vote for your favourites!

In 2025, environmental challenges in development will focus on sustainability, biodiversity, air quality, water management, and decarbonisation, requiring collaboration and innovative solutions to meet ambitious policies and targets.

DSOs play a crucial role in supporting energy communities by enhancing grid resilience, integrating renewables, and fostering collaboration through smart grid technologies and consumer engagement.

Victoria Taranu, policy officer at BPIE, shares her view on the benefits of co-design, a process which involves key stakeholders such as building occupants and users in the renovation planning.

Flanders is launching a task force to build 450,000 sustainable homes by 2050, ensuring affordability, repurposing buildings, and streamlining regulations.

Amid climate change challenges, ASA promotes sustainable, innovative construction methods and partnerships to enhance infrastructure resilience, support SMEs, and drive regulatory changes for efficient, eco-friendly building practices in South Africa.

Brent Trenga, Director of Sustainability at Kingspan North America, highlights the need for the built environment to reduce its 42% carbon footprint by focusing on low-carbon materials, energy-efficient design, and adopting sustainable practices to achieve decarbonisation goals.

The DigiBUILD project uses artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data services to improve energy efficiency in buildings, reduce emissions, and support the EU's goal of carbon neutrality by 2050.

Building conversations up with... Sophie Dourlens-Quaranta, Managing Partner France at R2M Solution.

Construmat is the International Construction Exhibition of Barcelona, a leading event in the construction sector in Spain and one of the most important in Europe. This year, with the motto 'Materials, Systems and Solutions: Innovation for Sustainable Construction,' the fair positions itself as the ultimate meeting point for the entire value chain; from architects, surveyors, engineers, builders, developers, distributors to all those interested in the construction sector.