Construction products will have to be cleaner and greener under proposals from the European Union to help tackle climate change and security of energy supply.
The proposals are contained in a consultation called the EU’s Action Plan on Sustainable Industrial Policy and on Sustainable Consumption and Production. The plan has been launched to help the EU move towards a low carbon economy by changing current consumption patterns.
The plan will focus on five key challenges:
- stimulating the development and commercialisation of low carbon, energy and resource efficient technologies, products and services
- creating a dynamic internal market for better performing products
- cleaner and more efficient production
- persuading consumers to opt for sustainable products
- faster uptake of environmental technologies to give “first mover” advantage
Interested parties are invited to participate in the online consultation, which finishes on 23 September 2007.
Source
Building Sustainable Design
