Adopting Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) as an industry norm
Adopting Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) as an industry norm As measuring and reporting on environmental performance and impact becomes the norm, means for doing so have evolved to become harmonized. An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is a standardized type III...
Infrastructure made smarter and more sustainable
Infrastructure made smarter and more sustainable Much of what makes up society’s Infrastructure is built and functions for decades without most people giving it much of a thought. It facilitating carrying people and transport from place to place with things...
Supporting sustainable infrastructure through the European Green Deal
Supporting sustainable infrastructure through the European Green Deal Infrastructure and its construction is an integral part of a functioning society. But in a society looking for ways to support sustainability, the “built” environment drives resource use, generates waste, uses energy...
What is the EU Taxonomy?
What is the EU Taxonomy? …and what is the EU Taxonomy’s impact on infrastructure construction in civil engineering? The EU Taxonomy is a comprehensive classification system that classifies and defines what can be called “sustainable activities”. The framework’s primary objective...
Net Zero Targets: A Focus on Infrastructure and Civil Engineering
Net zero emissions are the goal driving climate policy around the world, but the commitments that governments have made to achieving net zero by 2050 are not being met. The ambition to be net zero by 2050 (or sooner) has...
Building a sustainable future: What is sustainable infrastructure?
“Sustainability” is a watchword for the times in which we live. But it is easy to overuse without substantiating what it really means. Sustainability, at its core, is an approach to using resources that balances the needs of the present...