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ABOUT WORLDGBC The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is the largest and most influential local-regional-global action network, leading the transformation to sustainable and decarbonised built environments for everyone, everywhere. Together, with 75+ Green Building Councils and industry partners from all around the world, we are driving systemic changes to: > A ddress whole life carbon emissions of existing and new buildings > E nable resilient, healthy, equitable and inclusive places > S ecure regenerative, resource effcient and waste-free built environments We work with businesses, organisations and governments to deliver on the ambitions of the Paris Agreement and UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDGs). #BuildingLife is a project led by WorldGBC, and driven by 12 Green Building Councils (GBCs): Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK. The project is working to deliver on the European Green Deal aim of a climate neutral Europe by 2050 by working to eliminate both the operational and embodied carbon – ‘Whole Life Carbon’ (WLC) – impact of buildings. www.worldgbc.org/buildinglife NATIONAL ROADMAP ANALYSIS About this report This document presents the results of an analysis of the first 10 national roadmaps developed by Green Building Councils in Europe as part of the first phase of #BuildingLife. The results will help shape our ongoing work in the project to drive forward the implementation of the existing roadmaps and to expand the coverage into more countries. The #BuildingLife project is generously supported by: This study was supported by the following European Regional Partners of WorldGBC: Report authors Éva Beleznay, Vincent Briard Celine Carre, Stephen Richardson Laura Pallares
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ABOUT #BuildingLife is a project convening 12 European Green Building Councils (GBCs) working to deliver on the European Green Deal. The Green Building Councils are supporting climate action through national and regional decarbonisation roadmaps, which tackle the whole–life environmental impacts of the building and construction sector. # BuildingLife focuses not only on the operational emissions of buildings, but also the environmental impact of the manufacturing, transportation, construction, and end–of–life phases – often called embodied emissions. Tackling these emissions is essential to address the total impact of the built environment, and progress towards the European Green Deal’s aim of a climate neutral Europe by 2050. #BuildingLife has helped leverage almost €60 million in national and European Union (EU) funds to drive innovations that will reduce whole-life carbon. The project is creating a pathway for other world regions to follow through a roadmap demonstrating how European Union (EU) buildings policy can adopt whole life carbon targets. The Green Building Councils spearheading the project are: Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK. # BuildingLife is funded by grants from IKEA Foundation, Laudes Foundation, European Climate Foundation and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Please note that the data held within this report was captured in 2022, when the first phase of the project concluded. 3
