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02/04/2025
U... for Urban Mining [Rerun]
Recovering materials from building demolition. Faced with ever scarcer natural resources and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the construction industry is turning to “urban mining” – the recovery of construction materials from demolished buildings. However, what may sound like a virtuous circle is beset with obstacles.
Decarbonization
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4 min
02/04/2025
Building lighter, an approach that has become indispensable
Unlike traditional construction, which relies on heavy materials such as concrete or brick, light construction favors lighter load-bearing ...
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8 min
05/02/2025
Scope 3: How to reduce indirect CO2 emissions
In addition to CO2 emissions from a company’s own business activities, traditionally classed in Scopes 1 and 2, other emissions fall into ...
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6 min
08/01/2025
Insulation, an essential asset for a more sustainable industry
Industrial insulation, i.e. the insulation of technical and mechanical plants and structures, generally concerns complex facilities ...
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Decarbonization
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Building lighter, an approach that has become indispensable
Unlike traditional construction, which relies on heavy materials such as concrete or brick, light ...
4 min
Analysis
Integrated solutions to combine performance and sustainability
The equation for players in the building sector involves four variables that now need to be ...
5 min
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Scope 3: How to reduce indirect CO2 emissions
In addition to CO2 emissions from a company’s own business activities, traditionally classed in ...
8 min
Spotlight
Insulation, an essential asset for a more sustainable industry
Industrial insulation, i.e. the insulation of technical and mechanical plants and structures, ...
6 min
Circularity
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3 min
25/09/2024
Sustainable building sites, 11 best practices
Integrating sustainability into a building project is no easy matter! From project analysis to choosing the suppliers, from the buildings’ ...
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Inspiration
11 min
10/06/2024
Reversible and modular constructions: are they models of circularity?
In Europe, the regulatory environment, combined with the accelerating impacts of global warming, is encouraging an increasing number of ...
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5 min
14/02/2024
Circularity: Is Soil the New Construction Goldmine?
Can subsoil, a construction derivative largely discarded as waste, become a valuable resource for new buildings?
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Circularity
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The building of the future will be a materials bank, designed so that everything is ready to be reused
Thomas Rau is an architect renowned for his broad contribution to the development of sustainable ...
6 min
Spotlight
Sustainable building sites, 11 best practices
Integrating sustainability into a building project is no easy matter! From project analysis to ...
3 min
Inspiration
Reversible and modular constructions: are they models of circularity?
In Europe, the regulatory environment, combined with the accelerating impacts of global warming, is ...
11 min
Spotlight
Circularity: Is Soil the New Construction Goldmine?
Can subsoil, a construction derivative largely discarded as waste, become a valuable resource for ...
5 min
Interviews
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21 min
24/03/2025
Energy Challenge: Experts' Visions
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Renovation
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5 min
13/02/2025
“The European Union already has a leadership role in sustainable construction“
To empower the evolving sustainable construction sector, it will first be necessary to inform all actors in the value chain of the ...
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4 min
16/01/2025
“Rapid transition in the space of a few decades is possible.”
The Building Renovation Unit in Copenhagen (Denmark) supports renovation of the city’s existing building stock. At the head of this unit, ...
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5 min
17/10/2024
“The construction sector has an essential role to play in integrating renewable energies.”
Hannah Audino leads the Energy Transition Commission’s work on building decarbonization and low-carbon finance. Prior to this, she was an ...
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Renovation
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“Change will require a systemic approach to modify policies and markets in a synchronized way.”
David Glew and his team in the UK conduct research projects on building performance assessment at ...
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“The European Union already has a leadership role in sustainable construction“
To empower the evolving sustainable construction sector, it will first be necessary to inform all ...
5 min
Viewpoint
“Rapid transition in the space of a few decades is possible.”
The Building Renovation Unit in Copenhagen (Denmark) supports renovation of the city’s existing ...
4 min
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“The construction sector has an essential role to play in integrating renewable energies.”
Hannah Audino leads the Energy Transition Commission’s work on building decarbonization and ...
5 min
Quality of living
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4 min
19/02/2025
Sustainable innovation in Milan: 3 flagship projects
Focus on Milan, a dense metropolis confronted, like many others, with problems such as heat islands, scarce and expensive land, air ...
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5 min
22/01/2025
5 Ways to Immediately Increase Cities’ Resilience Capacity
Why is resilience a vital issue for cities? Resilience is the ability of cities to survive, adapt and thrive in the face of shocks and ...
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9 min
02/01/2025
India: the challenges of an environmental AND social transition
A leading figure in sustainable construction, Mili Majumdar is an architect and civil engineer and a graduate of Jadavpur University in ...
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Quality of living
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“Sustainability and social responsibility must go hand in hand.”
Can the construction sector combine sustainability with social responsibility? The answer is not ...
9 min
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Sustainable innovation in Milan: 3 flagship projects
Focus on Milan, a dense metropolis confronted, like many others, with problems such as heat ...
4 min
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5 Ways to Immediately Increase Cities’ Resilience Capacity
Why is resilience a vital issue for cities? Resilience is the ability of cities to survive, adapt ...
5 min
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India: the challenges of an environmental AND social transition
A leading figure in sustainable construction, Mili Majumdar is an architect and civil engineer and ...
9 min
Videos
The key challenges and opportunities for sustainable resource use
The key challenges and opportunities for sustainable resource use
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The role of sustainable construction in improving energy efficiency
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The impact of sustainable construction on equity and inclusion
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The key challenges around the health and wellbeing agenda in the built environment
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“The one thing that will salvage architecture is the reconnection with people”
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“We can provide our customers with sustainable, low-cost solutions”
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“Without a healthy planet, there can be no healthy economy”
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“Sustainable construction can certainly contribute to industrialization and growth in Africa”.
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« Even the definition of green buildings is different from country to country. »
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« Someone needs to drive demand for resilient housing. »
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“If we want to succeed, we need to have a very cooperative vision”
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“The challenge: massifying energy renovation”
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“There is an investment demand of around €270 billion per year”
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The impact of embodied carbon across a building’s lifecycle
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Urbanization
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8 min
02/10/2024
Is the architectural profession facing a revolution in its practices? The views of three experts.
For the 2024 edition of the Architecture Student Contest, an international jury was responsible for selecting the winners from over a ...
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6 min
18/09/2024
Architects’ perspectives: “It is crucial to educate professionals and students about the challenges of sustainable construction.”
Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Tongji University (China), Prof. Feng Deng specializes in green, passive energy ...
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7 min
04/09/2024
“AI can be an incredibly powerful tool.”
Ann Thompson is Executive Vice President of Architecture and Design at Related Midwest, the largest privately held real estate company in ...
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Urbanization
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“One of the biggest challenges is aligning short-term financial incentives with long-term resilience goals.”
Lauren Sorkin is an expert in sustainability and urban resilience. As the Co-founder and Executive ...
7 min
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Is the architectural profession facing a revolution in its practices? The views of three experts.
For the 2024 edition of the Architecture Student Contest, an international jury was responsible for ...
8 min
Viewpoint
Architects’ perspectives: “It is crucial to educate professionals and students about the challenges of sustainable construction.”
Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Tongji University (China), Prof. Feng Deng ...
6 min
Viewpoint
“AI can be an incredibly powerful tool.”
Ann Thompson is Executive Vice President of Architecture and Design at Related Midwest, the largest ...
7 min
Politics and economics
Inspiration
7 min
24/02/2025
World Economic Forum in Davos: the impact of construction choices analyzed by four experts
1 Tolullah Oni, epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, Founder & CEO of ...
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7 min
29/01/2025
“Collaboration is essential, and it does not require policies. It is simply a question of self-organization“
We have seen in the past year the recent emergence of initiatives such as the Buildings Breakthrough and Chaillot Declaration. What do ...
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6 min
27/11/2024
Financing climate action: all told…
The numbers aren’t adding up… Only US$ 89.6 billion was collected in 2021 (83.3 in 2020) out of the 100 per year promised at COP15 in ...
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Politics and economics
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Measuring to make better decisions: the great data journey
To make more sustainable construction or renovation choices, professionals can turn to databases ...
5 min
Inspiration
World Economic Forum in Davos: the impact of construction choices analyzed by four experts
1 Tolullah Oni, epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University ...
7 min
Viewpoint
“Collaboration is essential, and it does not require policies. It is simply a question of self-organization“
We have seen in the past year the recent emergence of initiatives such as the Buildings ...
7 min
Spotlight
Financing climate action: all told…
The numbers aren’t adding up… Only US$ 89.6 billion was collected in 2021 (83.3 in 2020) out of the ...
6 min