The built environment accounts for at least 40% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. For the Alps, it is key to use local resources effectively while upholding EU rules and promoting the adoption of common standards across the building value chain. The European Interreg Alpine Space project BAUHALPS is endeavouring to meet these challenges by developing and testing a model that combines New European Bauhaus concepts with sustainability measurements and indicators in an innovative way.

The project is coordinated by the Italian university foundation Ca' Foscari of Venice and comprises a consortium of 12 partners from six European countries in the Alpine space. It began on 1 September 2024 and will run for a period of 36 months. With a budget of €2.7 million, 75% of which is financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the BAUHALPS project aims to promote the transition to a circular and resource-efficient economy in order to make the Alpine region carbon-neutral and resource-efficient.

The project capitalises on technological advances and tests new models in order to make the Alpine building sector more sustainable. The green transformation and climate neutrality goals are the core of an innovative cultural process, in which workers in the cultural and creative sector and local social groups co-create new solutions.