Sustainability & DigitalizationEU Green Week: Building Circular Futures: How Sufficiency Drives Better Resource Stewardship
On 6 June 2025, 10:00 – 11:30, CEST, CPEA hosted an EU Green Week event online on sufficiency principles, circularity thinking and practice. Watch the recording here Find the Programme here The built environment is a major cause of resource depletion. Current excessive extraction of natural resources and land use requires a revisited approach to […]
Workshop: ‚Creating more value with less – the case for sufficiency in the built environment‘
On Thursday, 30th January and Friday 31st January 2025, we hosted an insightful workshop in Brussels entitled ‘Creating more value with less – the case for sufficiency in the built environment’. The workshop brought together our members as well as a range of policy, research and business representatives with a stake in the built environment. […]
New publication ‘Handbook on Sustainability in the Building and Real Estate Industry’
ÖGNI has launched its latest comprehensive publication ‘Handbook on Sustainability in the Building and Real Estate Industry’. 32 experts present background information and a detailed practical guide for the transition to a sustainable industry without greenwashing. They share their knowledge and practical experience with regard to the requirements of the EU taxonomy, local political measures, CO2 emissions, […]
Watch: Too much water – too little water
As part of the EU Green Week 2024, CPEA offered an online event focused on how cities can plan and integrate measures to reduce the likelihood of flooding as well as managing water shortages. To watch the recorded event, click the thumbnail. Watch the session here According to European Commission, since 1980, there have been […]
CPEA Summit 2023 Summary
©Octavian Carare On September 21st and 22nd more than 50 built environment experts from policy, building design, project development, real estate investment and housing, spanning 7 European countries came together at befitting iconic Tour & Taxis site in Brussels for the first ever CPEA Summit, dedicated to the theme of “’Radical unlearning’ as a disruptor […]
Launch of new CPEA ESG Working Group Market Insights Report: ESG adoption and implementation in EU construction and real estate
Against a background of a rapid rise in construction and real estate market engagement with ESG related topics and discourses and an equally growing number of ESG initiatives, this new report by the CPEA ESG Working Group provides a snapshot of where different European players within the construction and the real estate industry currently stand […]
Next LCA Master Class: Let’s talk materials
On Friday 12 May from 9:00 – 10.00 am CEST, CPEA will host the second seminar in its online LCA Master Class series. Participation is free of charge. Register here. The seminar will cover LCA in the context of materials, including policy, product regulation and data perspectives, and explore how this may impact future product […]
Feedback on the EU Taxonomy Circular Economy criteria
Together with its members, CPEA gave feedback on the EU Taxonomy Circular Economy criteria. “CPEA welcomes the Commissions work regarding the EU Taxonomy Circular Economy criteria as a valuable trigger to speed up the much-needed sectoral transition and is fully supportive of the overall concept and thinking behind the revised criteria for a transition to […]
1st CPEA LCA Master Class: LCA In The Context Of The EU’s 2050 Decarbonisation Targets
On Wednesday 15 March, CPEA is organising a digital event on “LCA in the context of the EU’s 2050 decarbonisation targets”. The panellists will discuss how to address the need to widen the scope and extend timelines regarding LCA against the backdrop of EU legislation and targets and implications for practical application on projects. All […]
Circular Economy Taxonomy Study: Buildings do not meet EU requirements
The property industry is not prepared for the transformation to a circular economy as mandated by the European Union. This was the outcome of a recent study conducted by a study consortium consisting of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), the Spanish (GBCe), the Danish (RFBB), the Dutch (DGBC), the Swiss (SGNI) and Austrian Sustainable […]