Buildings are where people live, work, learn, and heal. Yet European housing and construction policy defaults to metrics that obscure this: costs per square metre, emissions per floor area, units delivered per year. The European Affordable Housing Plan (EAHP) — and the simplification work underway — is an opportunity to change this logic and put the function a building serves for its users, and the resources it consumes over its lifetime, at the centre of how housing quality is defined, measured, and funded. Read on to learn how social lifecycle assessment (sLCA) and environmental LCA (eLCA), underpinned by strong European standards like EN 16309 on the social performance of buildings, can make this shift happen.
As digitalisation accelerates across Africa, how do we ensure the environmental impact of the ICT value chain is considered, from product design, use, reuse and end of life management? On 24 September in Nairobi, Kenya, join the conversation and contribute to shaping a sustainable digital future for Africa.
ECOS is looking for experts in the field of furniture to represent and defend environmental interests in the development of standards and related policies. Our experts provide us with technical and scientific input and may represent ECOS in standardisation processes and multi-stakeholder discussions.
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The EU process to set mandatory ecodesign requirements on furniture to improve their environmental performance has begun and ECOS recently submitted a response to the European Commission’s survey. Learn more about what ecodesign for furniture means in an excerpt from an interview with industrial designer, Christine Birkhoven.
Interested candidates should be able to demonstrate in-depth technical and scientific knowledge on decarbonisation pathways for the future concrete and steel value chain. They should have a good understanding of international, regional, and national building codes, polices, and standards concerning construction materials and the construction of buildings and infrastructure.
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The EU’s most ambitious push for sustainable products entered into force two years ago with the ESPR. Since then, product groups have been prioritised, destroying unsold footwear and apparel was banned, a new ecodesign forum has been established, and new standards are being developed. Read on to learn about the current state of ecodesign in the EU.
Interested candidates should be able to demonstrate in-depth technical and scientific knowledge on one or several sources of microplastics, as well as effective emission abatement strategies or pellet loss calculation methodologies. They should have a good understanding of state-of-the-art methodologies to detect and characterise microplastics in different biota, as well as about research into associated ecological impacts and risks to human health. Knowledge of plastics and textiles policies at international or national level will be considered an asset.
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