3.8 "Building the future: competitiveness & sustainable construction" in partnership with DG Enterprise and Industry
26 May - 14:30 - 16:00
JENK room
Although sustainable construction is at the core of various policy and regulatory initiatives, the issue has not yet developed a coherent framework that takes into account the environmental as well as the social and economical implications of the various policy measures, in particular on the competitiveness of the enterprises of the construction sector. This session will outline the challenges facing EU construction enterprises with respect to recent development in regulation and standardisation, the assessment of sustainability performances, the increasing demand for resource efficiency, labour market conditions and new approaches in Public Procurement. This session will outline future policy options which the Commission is considering in the context of the future Communication on sustainable competitiveness of construction enterprises.
Speakers:
- Koen Rademakers, Head of Energy & Environment, ECORYS Nederland
- Dr Johan van Dessel, Head of Division, Belgian Building Research Institute (BBRI)
- Daniel Hiniesto Muñoz de la Torre, ACCIONA Infraestructuras, Direction Technological Innovation
- John Griggs, Principal Science Officer, Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
- Marta Szigeti Bonifert, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
- Prof. Clemens Deilmann, Head of Research Area Resource Efficiency of Settlement Structures, Leibniz-Institute of Ecological and Regional Development (IOER)
Moderator:
- Antonio Paparella, Unit Construction, Pressure Equipment, Metrology, DG Enterprise & Industry, European Commission
