Green building procurement and investment: An EU approach to sustainability data
Green building procurement and investment: An EU approach to sustainability data Brussels, 20 November 2014 Environment Programme overview What data on environmental performance of buildings are useful for the market? What is the impact of green building investments? How can public procurement efficiently support the green building market? How could European initiatives be supportive to achieve market transformation? Moderator: James Drinkwater, World Green Building Council 09:15 - 09:45 Registration 09:45 - 09:55 Welcome and opening Kestutis Sadauskas, Director, Green Economy Directorate, DG Environment, European Commission 09:55 - 10:20 Resource efficiency opportunities in the building sector Josefina Lindblom, Eco-Innovation & Circular Economy Unit, DG Environment, European Commission Manfred Fuchs, Sustainable Industrial Policy and Construction, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission 10:20 - 10:35 The cutting edge of sustainable property investment Piet Eichholtz, Professor of Real Estate and Finance, Maastricht University, The Netherlands 10:35 - 11:15 Practical examples from the demand-side Miles Keeping, Head of Responsible Property Investment, Deloitte Real Estate, United Kingdom Anna Denell, Head of CSR, Vasakronan, Sweden Frank Hovorka, Head of real estate sustainable policy, Caisse des Dépôts, France 11:15 - 11:35 Venue: Coffee/tea break Belgian Building Research Institute Boulevard Poincaré/Poincarélaan 79 1060 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIUM 11:35 - 11:50 Feedback and discussion of practical examples 11:50 - 13:15 Parallel brainstorming sessions Moderators: Zsolt Toth (RICS, Belgium), Anna Denell (Vasakronan, Sweden) and James Drinkwater (World Green Building Council) 1. How will data collection and data flow between actors work under the EU framework of core indicators? 2. How can the EU framework help us make the business case for sustainable buildings? 3. What tools will encourage actors to make use of the framework and drive take-up? 13:15 - 14:15 Lunch 14:15 - 15:00 Report from brainstorming sessions 15:00 - 15:15 Coffee/tea break 15:15 - 16:15 Panel discussion: The way forward Dirk Mölter, Sustainability and Technical Director, Goodman Continental Europe, Germany Derk Welling, Head of Corporate Responsibility, REDEVCO, The Netherlands Clemens Kanonier, Department of Building Construction and Building Management, State government of Vorarlberg, Austria Anna Denell, Head of CSR, Vasakronan, Sweden 16:15 - 16:30 Wrap-up and closing remarks James Drinkwater, World Green Building Council This important conference gathers the diverse demand side with its wide spectra of stakeholders, from public procurers, private and public property owners, banks, investors and insurers to estate agencies and occupants in order to identify actions subsequent to the recently adopted Communication on Resource Efficiency Opportunities in the Building Sector (COM (2014) 445). The Communication proposes a process to develop a framework with a limited set of core indicators for the assessment of the environmental performance of buildings, going beyond the current focus on energy efficiency. This conference provides a first opportunity for the European Commission to learn more about what aspects of such a framework would be needed to make it attractive to the stakeholders on the demand side. More information: Contact information: European Commission Directorate-General for the Environment B - 1049 Brussels Belgium http://ec.europa.eu/environment/index_en.htm Photos: © Shutterstock.com http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/buildings.htm http://www.euconf.eu/green-building/
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