Building for the future: developing homes with sustainable materials
The report ‘Building for the Future: Developing Homes with Sustainable Materials’ analyses housing construction in the Netherlands, while explicitly aligning its assessment with European Union policy on building energy performance and carbon reduction. Although the empirical data and case studies are Dutch, the document consistently refers to EU legislation, in particular the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD IV), which will require […]
Circular Economics Proposes a Waste-free Future for the Built Environment
For decades, the construction industry has operated on a linear model: extract raw materials, build structures, occupy them for a few years, then demolish and discard them as usage or tastes change. This approach has made the building sector a voracious consumer of the planet’s resources, accounting for approximately 50 percent of all raw materials […]