This section contains resources related to the buildings and construction sector such as case studies and GABC-member and wider buildings and construction sector initiatives. Documents include for instance event progammes and presentations, interviews, legal texts, and documents on nationally determined contributions (NDCs) relating to climate mitigation in the buildings and construction sector.
Author:
Oliver Rapf, BPIE
Publishing date:
06/26/2019
Summary
Getting on track to limit global temperature increase to 1.5°C, as was agreed in Paris back in 2015, would not just be good for our climate, but...
Author:
Buildings Performance...
Publishing date:
06/05/2019
Summary
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) has a direct effect on our health, comfort, wellbeing and productivity. It is therefore an important parameter...
Author:
Building Performance...
Publishing date:
07/07/2019
Summary
Two-thirds (65%) of the European building stock was built before 1980: about 97% of the EU’s buildings must be upgraded to achieve the...
Author:
International Energy...
Publishing date:
12/07/2018
Summary
Origin:
GlobalABC
Author:
Global ABC
Publishing date:
12/07/2018
Summary
Origin:
International Partnership...
Author:
IPEEC Building Energy...
Publishing date:
08/31/2018
Summary
Building energy efficiency policies are an important tool in addressing energy and climate policies. There has been tremendous technical and policy...
Origin:
Australian Sustainable...
Author:
Australian Sustainable...
Publishing date:
02/01/2018
Summary
The National Construction Code is a ready-made policy instrument to influence the energy efficiency of new buildings and major renovations. Improved...
Origin:
Nordic Council of...
Author:
Høibye, Linda and...
Publishing date:
03/08/2018
Summary
Potential policy instruments that can accelerate a transition toward a cir-cular economy in the Nordic construction sector, including demolition of...
Origin:
World Green Building...
Author:
Jonathan Laski,...
Publishing date:
04/01/2018
Summary
The World Green Building Council's report Doing Right by Planet and People: The Business Case for Health and Wellbeing in Green Building urges...
Origin:
World Bank Group
Author:
Carbon Trust
Publishing date:
01/01/2018
Summary
This study commissioned by the PAF, the IFC Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiency (EDGE) and the Energy Sector Management Assistance...
Origin:
Ministerial Conference...
Author:
UNECE
Publishing date:
06/14/2017
Summary
Global transormation of buildings in the built environment: Framing the design, delivery and operation of buildings as integrated, thermodynamic and...
Origin:
IFC -International...
Author:
IFC -International...
Publishing date:
11/02/2017
Summary
The report points to trillions of dollars’ worth of climate-smart investment opportunities and emphasizes the need for smart policy reforms from...
Origin:
IPEEC - International...
Author:
IPEEC - International...
Publishing date:
09/01/2017
Summary
There has been significant progress in recent years in improving the energy efficiency of new buildings, driven by technological improvements and various...
Origin:
Global Alliance...
Author:
Global Alliance...
Publishing date:
09/30/2016
Summary
Energy use in buildings and for building construction represents more than one-third of global final energy consumption and contributes to nearly one-quarter...
Origin:
World Green Building...
Author:
World Green Building...
Publishing date:
05/31/2017
Summary
The report - which is the first major output of our Advancing Net Zero project - highlight how every building on the planet must be 'net zero carbon'...
Origin:
GABC Core Product
Author:
GABC
Publishing date:
01/01/2017
Summary
Origin:
OID
Author:
OID
Publishing date:
11/30/2016
Summary
Origin:
Innovation for Cool...
Author:
Institute of Applied...
Publishing date:
11/01/2016
Summary
Origin:
Worldbank group...
Author:
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Publishing date:
01/01/2011
Summary
Origin:
IEA/OECD (+AFD)
Author:
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Publishing date:
01/01/2011
Summary
Origin:
IEA
Author:
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01/01/2014
Summary
Origin:
IEA
Author:
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01/01/2015
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Origin:
IEA
Author:
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Publishing date:
01/01/2011
Summary
Origin:
IPEEC
Author:
-
Publishing date:
01/01/2014
Summary
Author:
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Publishing date:
01/01/2015
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Author:
-
Publishing date:
01/01/2015
Summary
Origin:
UNEP FI, PRI, RICS,...
Author:
Tatiana Bosteels...
Publishing date:
02/01/2016
Summary
Author:
Architects Council...
Publishing date:
04/18/2015
Summary
Origin:
BPIE
Author:
Mariangiola Fabbri,...
Publishing date:
10/01/2016
Summary
Origin:
BPIE
Author:
Dan Staniaszek,...
Publishing date:
09/01/2016
Summary
Origin:
BPIE
Author:
Maarten De Groote,...
Publishing date:
01/01/2016
Summary
Origin:
UNEP - UN HABITAT...
Author:
Coordination Arab...
Publishing date:
03/01/2016
Summary
Origin:
RICS
Author:
Erik Bichard
Publishing date:
07/01/2015
Summary
Origin:
RICS / United Nations...
Author:
Ursula Hartenberger...
Publishing date:
06/01/2015
Summary
Origin:
RenoValue consortium
Author:
Ursula Hartenberger...
Publishing date:
06/01/2015
Summary
Origin:
RICS
Author:
Gareth Roberts
Publishing date:
03/01/2015
Summary
Origin:
OIF/IFDD
Author:
ENERGIES 2050
Publishing date:
01/01/2016
Summary
Origin:
OIF/IFDD
Author:
ENERGIES 2050
Publishing date:
01/01/2016
Summary
Origin:
UNEP
Author:
ENERGIES 2050
Publishing date:
01/01/2014
Summary
Origin:
World Resources...
Author:
Renilde Becqué,...
Publishing date:
01/01/2016
Summary
Origin:
UN-Habitat
Author:
Prof. Federico M....
Publishing date:
01/01/2015
Summary
Origin:
United Nations
Author:
Sergey Sivaev, Institute...
Publishing date:
01/01/2013
Summary
Origin:
UN-Habitat and UNEP
Author:
Prof. Rajat Gupta
Publishing date:
01/01/2015
Summary