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Innovative options for the built stock in a life-cycle perspective

Energy, climate change and the environment

When
Monday
Where
CEPS Conference Room
Place du Congrès, Brussels, Belgium

Participation in this event is exclusive to CEPS members and invited persons.

Roundtable

Innovative options for the built stock in a life-cycle perspective

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Decarbonising Europe’s buildings requires a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a life cycle basis. As more and more of so-called operational carbon, e.g. energy-related emission will stem from low-carbon sources, the share of embodied emissions in total emissions will grow. The World Green Building Council estimates that between now and 2050, half of the emitted carbon from buildings will be related to embodied carbon. Addressing embodied carbon will require new approaches. There is a need for innovation across the life-cycle of buildings, e.g. on how materials are extracted, produced, used and recycled and re-used but also in design, planning and energy supply.

Sandwich lunch from 12:00 to 12:30h.

Host
Christian Egenhofer Christian Egenhofer
Christian Egenhofer

Associate Senior Research Fellow

Speakers list
Josefina Lindblom

Senior Policy Officer, Eco-innovation and Circular Economy, DG Environment, European Commission

Doris Österreicher

Professor of Digital Building Construction and Building Services at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Stuttgart

Ida Karlsson

Carbon Exit & Chalmers University (on materials and policy innovation in Sweden)

Patricia Urban

Researcher, CEPS (review on what policy initiatives could create demand for low-carbon materials in construction)

Zsolt Toth

Team Lead, Construction, Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) (next steps to address embodied carbon in construction)