Abstract
A surprisingly big number of Strategies, Initiatives and
Action Plans of the European Union have objectives that
are related to changing the real estate and construction
sector toward a resource-efficient and sustainable
development. They aim at policy instruments that would
support setting requirements, technology development and
uptake, voluntary agreements and labeling as well as
investment in research and development in line with the
strategic objectives. This paper is an overview of close
to sixty European Documents that are of importance for
the sustainable construction as well as the most
essential Directives. The efforts towards common and open
procedures of the environmental life cycle assessment and
life cycle costing are summarized. A brief overview of
the R&D funding is also given.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | COST Action C25 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Sustainability of Constructions, Integrated Approach towards Sustainable Constructions, Summary Report of Co-operative Activities |
| Place of Publication | Malta |
| Pages | 31-50 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
| MoE publication type | D2 Article in professional manuals or guides or professional information systems or text book material |
