What we are working on

• Pushing for an ambitious EU strategy on a sustainable built environment, harnessing the power of circular buildings and construction products; including development of an EU framework for sustainable buildings;
• Influencing the revision of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) to include EU product requirements on environmental, functional and circularity, including strict limits on substances of concern for healthier buildings;
• Calling for a forward-looking revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) to address lifecycle energy-use and carbon emissions of buildings, supporting deep renovation of worst-performing buildings as part of the EU Renovation Wave;
• Pushing for stronger waste prevention requirements and waste reduction targets to reduce construction and demolition waste.
• Contributing to the development of horizontal standardised methods for the assessment of the sustainability aspects of buildings and construction products under CEN/TC 350, in particular working on:
  • Assessing the environmental performance of buildings (WG1);
  • Standards for environmental performance declarations for construction products (WG3);
  • the Framework for assessment of buildings and civil engineering works (WG7);
  • Sustainable refurbishment (WG8);
  • Circular Economy in the Construction Sector (SC1).

Construction Product Standards using high-impact resources such as steel, cement and concrete, see our work on Energy Intensive Industries here.