1B - Achieving EU’s climate & biodiversity goals through circular construction

Session 1B-1B - Achieving EU’s climate & biodiversity goals through circular construction
Start/End date
City
Brussels
Scope
Coordination Group activity type
Description

Lead organisation: Holland Circular Hotspot, NL

An interactive session to bridge the EU public and private side of the built environment sector by sharing innovations, perspectives and opinions on current trends and future needs to scale up circularity in buildings and infrastructure and thereby achieving EU’s climate and biodiversity goals.

Programme

  • Opening by Moderator Freek van Eijk (Holland Circular Hotspot)
  • Welcome: Martin Boëhme, EESC member
  • Pitch on Circularity in Construction by Emma Gervasi (Holland Circular Hotspot): overview of sector impact on the environment today, existing challenges to more sustainable practices, and climate and biodiversity  benefits of circular construction in the broader framework of EU sustainability goals
  • Keynote speech by Josefina Lindblom, Senior Policy Officer - DG ENVI on sufficiency, circularity and renovation in the built environment with focus on whole life carbon
  • Business Perspectives - Moderator Emma Gervasi
  • Value Chain Best Practices - Pitches from EU industry representatives:
    • Caterina Rocca - Rockwool (DK)
    • Dr Christine Lamaitre - DGNB (DE)
    • Dutch Circular Viaduct by Joan Prummel - RWS (NL)
  • Business Panel - What does your future business model look like in 10 years from now? Who are your partners? What is your top 3 policy/regulations wish list?
  • EU Policy & Regulation Panel - Moderator Arthur ten Wolde (Ecopreneur) 
    • Laetitia Aumont, Policy oficer on Circular Economy and Carbon Neutral Environment, EEB
    • Josefina Lindblom, Senior Policy Officer - DG ENVI
    • Samy Porteron, Programme Manager, ECOS
  • Closing remarks - Freek van Eijk, Holland Circular Hotspot.

Circular buildings and infrastructure: Achieving eu's climate goals through construction

1B - Achieving the EU's climate & biodiversity goals through circular construction