Champion a New Social Contract for Zero-Carbon Buildings
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Given the impact of the building sector on climate, environment and economies, can there really be any energy justice without sustainable buildings?Building sustainably is no longer an option, it is a necessity. Around 60 percent of the buildings projected to exist by 2050 have yet to be built, and 20 percent of the current building stock needs to be renovated to zero-carbon-ready standards by 2030. 1 We cannot continue to build the way we do now, if we are to meet the Paris climate goals.Two key challenges should influence the push for sustainable buildings by 2030. The first is the need for a new social contract that redefines the way we approach the argument for better building regulations and performance standards. Second, we must change how we view research and education, seeing them as crucial to achieving climate change transformation.As per Article 25 of the International Charter of Human Rights, everyone has the right to adequate housing, which must provide thermal comfort, refuge, and health benefits through sustainable design and technology. 2 However, access to adequate housing is far from universal. Inadequate building policies worsen the climate crisis’s impact, demanding we reform urban policies to enforce sustainable building practices. The significant health and economic benefits of zero emissions policies in the building sector are compelling non-climate drivers for mandating sustainable building codes as part of a new social contract. The social contract must make it impossible to build unsustainably.Education should shift from preparing students for traditional roles to equipping them with skills for rapid sustainable transformation. Alumni working in sustainable building are innovating and overcoming barriers, and their experiences must inform curricula.Recent interest in the building sector might have slowed down emissions; but we need to move beyond incremental change. Action research and learning are essential to support the new social contract, empowering local stakeholders with data on the benefits of sustainable housing to drive policy reforms and investment. Sustainable buildings offer a win-win, but coordinated action is needed to promote a new social contract that mandates sustainable building practices.The above is a summary of the video by Dr Peter Graham for the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2024.Stay in touch with how we’re transforming the buildings sectorGBPN runs innovative building policy reform programs in key regions around the world that aim to tackle the climate emergency by decarbonising the buildings sector. Stay up to date with our newsletter. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Net-Zero Building Retrofits for Indonesia
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Paris, France Global Buildings Performance Network Temps pleinGBPN global experts share retrofitting solutions from China and Singapore to turn old buildings in Indonesia into Net-Zero leaders.In Indonesia, buildings account for 60% of the electricity use and about a third of all greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector ( Green Building Roadmap, 2024 ). With rapid urbanization and the urgent need to cut...
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Big vision: Building a sustainable city
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Paris, France Global Buildings Performance Network Temps pleinTotok Sulistiya tno Wardoyo is making history.In 2021, he was part of a GBPN project that will pave the way for Indonesia’s new capital city – Nusantara – to be a fully-fledged sustainable city.Mr Wardoyo was among a team of GBPN experts who provided key technical advice to the Indonesian government to deliver a new Model Code fo r vertical housing...
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Kenya targets zero-emission buildings
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Paris, France Global Buildings Performance Network Temps pleinOverviewKenya’s first ‘National Forum on Buildings and Climate’ targets Zero-Emission, Efficient and Resilient Buildings by 2050Kenya is amping up its climate action in the buildings and construction sector. Following its participation in the first ever Global Forum on Buildings and Climate in Paris in March, Kenya held its own first National Forum on...
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Green Building Financing
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Paris, France Global Buildings Performance Network Temps pleinOverviewIn an effort to promote sustainability, GBPN recently held a national dissemination workshop, attended by over 120 participants. The workshop marked the completion of Phase 1 of a joint project involving the Fiscal Policy Agency (FPA) of the Ministry of Finance (MOF), Monash University, and Global Buildings Performance Network.Gerry Pramudya, senior...
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Paris, France Global Buildings Performance Network Temps pleinThe first ever ‘ Global Forum on Buildings and Climate’, an initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Government of France to advance the ‘ Buildings Breakthrough‘ Agenda, was held on 7th and 8th March in Paris. Since July last year, a group of experts, including me, have contributed to drafting a declaration for Ministers...
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Decarbonize Buildings: Transform Climate Policy at COP28
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Paris, France Global Buildings Performance Network Temps pleinHuman health impacts are a looming crisis, say expertsAs national representatives converge next week in Dubai for COP 28, it is imperative that we take stock of one of the world’s biggest polluters – the building sector. Humans are facing serious challenges from climate change and its impact on our buildings. From scorching heat waves to devastating...
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Paris, France Global Buildings Performance Network Temps pleinMinister of Public Works and Housing 2014-2024, Basuki Hadimuljono (center), GBPN Indonesia Country Manager Sandra Pranoto (second from the right) and the Directorate Generals from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and Ministry of Home Affairs at the launch of Indonesia’s National Roadmap for Green Building...
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Low Carbon Buildings Policy Expert
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Paris, France United Nations Temps pleinResult of Service - The overall objective of this assignment is to provide strategic, technical, and analytical support to the UNEP Cities Unit in the development of a Climate Action Roadmap for Odisha's Buildings and Construction sector based on the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction new roadmap methodology. The Climate Action Roadmap for...
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Paris, France Global Buildings Performance Network Temps pleinGBPN Indonesia’s new project with UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (UK PACT) empowers municipal governments and local stakeholders to implement energy efficiency in buildings.Energy efficiency in buildings is not just a climate imperative. It is a massive economic opportunity.A 2018 analysis by the International Finance Corporation...
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Bottom-up approach for buildings decarbonization
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Paris, France Global Buildings Performance Network Temps pleinThe conversation surrounding built environment decarbonization often pits top-down approaches against bottom-up strategies. The argument is that bottom-up strategies do not scale, while top-down strategies are less nimble and lack local buy-in. This is a myth that we continue to debunk with our work everyday. When local knowledge and expertise are engaged by...
