Emissions and Resource Consumption – the Role of the Building Industry
The building sector is a major cause of rising resource consumption and climate-damaging emissions. The legal requirements to curb this trend are so far (Europe-wide) completely insufficient if we really want to achieve the goals defined in the Paris Climate Agreement.
Our colleague Roland Bechmann explains in the latest issue of the magazine “nbau” how planners and builders can already achieve substantial savings in emissions and resource consumption today – even without corresponding requirements from politics.