New meeting of the thematic group about “Sustainable use of natural resources”

Within the High Level Strategic Forum for the Construction industry, this new meeting will be on October 23rd, 2014, in Brussels (Belgium).

EDA is actively involved on this thematic group, as well as other activities of the High Level Forum, to promote recycling and development of the waste management industry.

Agenda

10.30h Update on the Construction 2020 initiative

– Review of the follow-up actions on the Communication and Action Plan Construction 2020 from the High Level Tripartite Strategic Forum (February 2014)

– Standing of the Construction 2020 initiative

Part I: Towards implementation of a common European approach to assess the environmental performance of buildings

11.00h. Launch of the Communication on Resource Efficiency Opportunities in the Building Sector

11.30h. Developing a framework of core indicators

11.30h. Environment and Sustainable Architecture

12.00h. Incentives to promote market-uptake of green buildings

– Progress on Green Public Procurement – office building criteria from DG ENV or JRC (tbc)

– Using the ESI Funds: update from DG REGIO

– Using Horizon 2020: update from DG RTD

Part II: Economic incentives to valorize Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste

14.00h. Follow-up initiatives from Communication on the Resource Efficiency Opportunities in the Building Sector: Waste target review, early warning system and statistics & indicators

14.30h. Economic factors affecting the uptake of Mineral Construction & Demolition Waste as a resource

Ecorys – presentation based on draft results of a case study commissioned by DG ENTR within the context of Industrial symbiosis study.

15.00h. Promoting Market functioning in processing C&D waste

15.30h. Conclusions, recommendations and follow-up actions

16.00h. End of meeting

EDA member may ask for more details and/or a report of the meeting through the Secretariat of the association.