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Energy Challenge: Experts’ Visions

“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 the Leeds Sustainability Institute (LSI). His work, ...

“Sustainability and social responsibility must go hand in hand.”

Can the construction sector combine sustainability with social responsibility? The answer is not only that it can, but that it must. As a reminder, ...

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 pollution, flood ...

“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 expectations of ...

“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 these ...