European Forum on Eco-Innovation | Markets for Sustainable Construction Brussels, 11 June 2007 Overview of the market forces and national approaches in

European Forum on Eco-Innovation | Markets for Sustainable ConstructionBrussels, 11 June 2007Overview of the market forces and national approaches in European RegionsSouthern Europe

Alberto Bonilla | Tecnalia-Labein | Unit of Construction Head of R&D for Sustainabkle Building and Built Environment (Spain)

Southern Europe

Overview of the market forces and national approaches in European Regions



RAW MATERIAL OBTAINING

RAW MATERIAL TRANSPORT

PRODUCT MANUFACTURING

PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION

CONSTRUCTION

USE PHASE

WASTE MANAGEMENT

END OF LIFE

LIFE CYCLELIFE CYCLE





• To improve the competitiveness of the sector

• Social integration and sustainable communities

• Climatic Change and sustainability• Breakdown the barriers for

technological boom

Challenges of the construction sector (Spanish Construction Platform)



• An informative use of results• Economic incentives:• Normative regulations• New co-operative relationships among

stakeholders

Some needs for sustainable construction promotion





• Society demands on sustainability• Increasing the quality of urban

environments (comfort, security, health…)• Need to provide and to demonstrate the

availability of sustainable solutions• More severe normative and regulation

Market forces – administration



• Increasing of the competitiveness• Demands of the final user: comfort,

flexibility…• Improvement of construction processes:

faster, safer, cleaner…• Regulatory changes for building,

infrastructures performances• Changes in resources costs: manpower,

mortgages…

Market forces – promoters and constructors



• Complexity in the management of the buildings

• To “adapt” the building to the new regulatory requirements

• Demands of the building final user: comfort, resource consumption reduction, …

• Changes in the resources costs: e.g. energy• Image of sustainability

Market forces – building managers – building owners



• Regulatory changes: ¿threat? or ¿challenge?

• Tools for sustainability assessment – for behaviour prediction

• Proven solutions• Integration among them and with other

agents

Market forces – Designers



• Need to adapt their product to regulatory changes

• Improvement of manufacturing process• Improvement of the products: higher

performances, less environmental impact, more industrialised…

• Changes in the resources costs: raw materials, energy…

Market forces – Manufacturers



• Necessary to take into consideration other forces:• Assurance companies• Financial agents• …

• These can act ‘catalyzers’ (promoting the change) or ‘delayer’ (retarding the change)

Market forces – Others



Framework provider (tools, solutions…)

Exemplifying agent – Demonstration projectsIncentives provider (e.g. labelling, economic…)

Normative and regulations

Administration = Driving force



Normative & RegulationEnvironmental Product Declaration

IAPC CEPMC

DMAPC (ISO 14020), Environmental profiles

Improvement of manufacturing processes

IPPC, EUETS

IEA (Integrated Environmental Autorization) NAP (National allocation plan)

Reduction of environmental impacts on construction processes

EMAS ISO 14001

Energy efficiency in Buildings EPBD CTE-HE (Líder), Energy

Certification, RT2005Building sustainability labeling ISO/TC 59 GESV-CV, VERDE, HQE…



Normative & RegulationReduction of environmental impacts (infrastructures, buildings…)

EIA (Evaluación de impacto ambiental)

ECIA (Eval. conjunta de impacto ambiental)

Environmental impacts of sectorial, territorial, urban plans and programs

SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment) EAE (Evaluación ambiental estratégica)

Demolition - Deconstruction

Selective demolition encouraged by landfill costs (mixed wastes)

Waste recycling RD1482/2001



• Economic incentives for integration of renewables in buildings

• Economic incentives for efficient building retrofitting

• Tax reductions for clean technologies uses

• Incorporation of sustainable requirements in public tenders

Incentives



Demonstration projects

TETRAENER




ACCIONA SOLAR BUILDING




ROOFScale: 1/50

23 Photovoltaic panels27 m2 modular area

Collector area 40 m2

Vacuum tube collector

DEMOHOUSESpain




DEMOHOUSEGreece




NAPLESMunicipal Youth Center

Municipallity offices



Thank you forThank you foryour attentionyour attentionFor more information,For more information,please contactplease contactMr. Alberto BonillaMr. Alberto [email protected]

Labein-TecnaliaLabein-TecnaliaUnit of ConstructionUnit of Constructionphone +34 94 607 33 00phone +34 94 607 33 00

mailto:[email protected]

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European Forum on Eco-Innovation | Markets for Sustainable Construction Brussels, 11 June 2007 Overview of the market forces and national approaches in