Regulating sustainable construction in Europe

Sustainable Mountain Development in Europe

1. The Mountains of Europe 1.1.Key Values of the Mountains 2. Sustainable Mountain Development: A New Priority 2.1.Defining Sustainable Mountain Development 2.2.Priorities from the European Intergovernmental Consultation 2.3.Priorities from the European Nongovernmental Consultation 3. Activities Connected with Sustainable Mountain Development in Europe 3.1.Initiatives Within Pan-European Instit...

SUSTAINABLE URBAN REGENERATION, AN ONGOING DISCOURSE (WESTERN) EUROPE, GERMANY

Visualization of Sustainable Construction

The excessive amount of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in the recent years has caused a major global warming problem. Although historically GHGs have been a natural source of warming in the atmosphere, yet in the past two decade or so, their adversarial effects have been more sensed and reported. Among the sources of these emissions, transportation is responsible for more than 50% of these rel...

Sustainable Biocomposites for Construction

Typical construction materials and practices have a large ecological footprint. Many materials are energyintensive to produce, and construction and demolition debris constitutes a large percentage of U.S. landfill volume. Biocomposites are structural materials made from renewable resources that biodegrade in an anaerobic environment after their useful service life to produce a fuel or feedstock...

Sustainable construction: construction and demolition waste reconsidered.

Construction activity in Europe has increased substantially in the past decade. Likewise, there has also been a commensurate rise in the generation of construction and demolition waste (C&DW). This, together with the fact that in many European countries the rate of recycling and reuse of C&DW is still quite low has engendered a serious environmental problem and a motivation to develop strategie...