A new software creates Life Cycle Assessment for buildings

The European Union wants the Life Cycle Assessment of buildings to be given more significance in the future, and the EU Taxonomy creates a systematic basis for this: It defines criteria for evaluating investments, including for the climate change mitigation objective of the taxonomy. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP worked together Read more about A new software creates Life Cycle Assessment for buildings[…]

EU not doing enough to stimulate sustainable investments

The transition to a net-zero emission economy will require significant private and public investment, but the EU is not doing enough to channel money into sustainable activities. That is the conclusion of a special report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) that calls for more consistent EU action. The European Commission has rightly focused Read more about EU not doing enough to stimulate sustainable investments[…]