Green buildings: researchers call for fuller environmental assessment

Over half of a low-energy building’s environmental impact occurred before it was even occupied, a new case study from Italy calculates. The researchers recommend expanding the environmental assessment of buildings from just the operational stage of a building’s life, when it is in use, to include production and transport of materials, construction activities and building maintenance. A wide range of environmental impacts should also be considered, they argue, and not just energy use.

Source : http://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/green_buildings_fuller_environmental_assessment_479na3_en.pdf

Date : August 27, 2019 at 03:36PM

Tag(s) : EUROPE,Green Building