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Towards a common language for sustainable construction

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Posting Date | 27 May 2010
Type of News | News from the EU
Theme | Legislation, regulations, standards
Target Group | Building professionals
Author(s) (organisation) | Alfonso Ponce
Editor organization URL | http://www.sballiance.org
Submitted by Alfonso Ponce Alvarez (Manager at Deloitte & Board member at UNEP-SBCI)
Tags:harmonization | common language | green sustainable building
Achieving intelligent energy in cities by speaking the same language’ was the theme of the event jointly organised on 24 March by the Architects Council of Europe and the European Concrete Platform, during the EU Sustainable Energy Week. The two organisations also launched the results of the ‘Common Language’ project.
How can intelligent energy be implemented in cities if we do not speak the same language? ACE and ECP have worked together on a freely available web-based tool, the aim of which is to bring to an end the confusion that reigns when authorities, policy-makers, consumers, planners and the construction industry as a whole are talking about sustainable construction. This tool will also contribute towards facilitating knowledge transfer, and thus to the achievement of intelligent energy in cities.
Submission URL(s) | http://www.sballiance.org
Source Languages | English

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