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The European Housing Sector call for contextualised Fit-for-55 and EPBD revision Energy & Environment

The European Housing Sector call for contextualised Fit-for-55 and EPBD revision

In the context of the wider debate following the release of the first batch of the Fit-for-55 package in July 2021 and in view of the revision of the Energy...

October 28, 2021 Read more
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High Level Construction Forum: Co-creating a policy roadmap for the sector Digitalisation

High Level Construction Forum: Co-creating a policy roadmap for the sector

The EU Industrial Strategy recognized construction as a priority ecosystem to achieve EU goals, for which the best transition pathways should be identified through a co-creation process including all ...

October 27, 2021 Read more
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Health & Safety: FIEC and EBC call for realistic occupational exposure limits on asbestos and strong accompanying measures

Health & Safety: FIEC and EBC call for realistic occupational exposure limits on asbestos and strong accompanying measures

Following the adoption of the Villumsen report on asbestos at work by the European Parliament earlier this week, the European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) and the European Builders Confeder...

October 22, 2021 Read more
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Skills: The Construction Blueprint partnership physically reunited for their 6th meeting in Berlin Social Affairs

Skills: The Construction Blueprint partnership physically reunited for their 6th meeting in Berlin

On 13 and 14 October 2021, EBC participated in the sixth international meeting of the Erasmus+ project Construction Blueprint, hosted by the German partners Zentralverband des Deutschen Baugewerbes (Z...

October 21, 2021 Read more
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Energy Efficiency: Construction SMEs call for proportionate and realistic measures in their new position on the EPBD revision Energy & Environment

Energy Efficiency: Construction SMEs call for proportionate and realistic measures in their new position on the EPBD revision

In the context of the current lively debate on the direction to give to the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) Directive by the European Commission, EBC has...

October 20, 2021 Read more
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Energy Efficiency: EBC contributes to the Coalition on Sustainable Buildings & Neighbourhoods activities on One-stop shops Energy & Environment

Energy Efficiency: EBC contributes to the Coalition on Sustainable Buildings & Neighbourhoods activities on One-stop shops

In the context of its participation to the Coalition on Sustainable Buildings & Neighbourhoods (CSBN), EBC co-presented its vision on One-Stop-Shops (OSS) together with the International Union of ...

October 19, 2021 Read more
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SMEunited, EBC and the LIFE programme join efforts to inspire green construction among SMEs Energy & Environment

SMEunited, EBC and the LIFE programme join efforts to inspire green construction among SMEs

With the aim of further implementing the principles of the Green Deal, SMEunited, EBC and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) have collaborated to collect g...

October 13, 2021 Read more
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Green construction: SMEunited/EBC event on ”Green best practices for construction SMEs and how the EU can support” Energy & Environment

Green construction: SMEunited/EBC event on ”Green best practices for construction SMEs and how the EU can support”

Buildings play a key role in achieving the aim of adapting to and mitigating climate change in the EU. Moreover, under the umbrella of the European Green Deal, the Renovation...

October 1, 2021 Read more
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EU Circular Talks: More competitiveness of secondary materials to enable circular economy in construction Energy & Environment

EU Circular Talks: More competitiveness of secondary materials to enable circular economy in construction

On 30 September, EBC Secretary General spoke at the EU Circular Talk "Construction and Infrastructure value chains and market", organised by ENEA, alchemia-nova and Innowo as part of the activities...

October 1, 2021 Read more
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REBUILD Congress: Challenges and solutions for a sustainable built environment Energy & Environment

REBUILD Congress: Challenges and solutions for a sustainable built environment

EBC Secretary General Eugenio Quintieri was invited to share the perspective of construction SMEs in the panel “2030 Challenges to be overcome” of the REBUILD Congress, held on 21-23 September...

September 30, 2021 Read more
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BIM: The ”EU BIM for Building Renovation” Competition awaits your participation Digitalisation

BIM: The ”EU BIM for Building Renovation” Competition awaits your participation

The "EU BIM for Building Renovation Competition" competition, developed by the BIM-SPEED partnership, aims to bring together multi-disciplinary teams active in the design and construction industry to ...

September 24, 2021 Read more
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Stefano Crestini becomes the new President of ANAEPA Confartigianato Edilizia

Stefano Crestini becomes the new President of ANAEPA Confartigianato Edilizia

Stefano Crestini was unanimously elected last week as President for the period 2021-2025 of our Italian member ANAEPA Confartigianato Edilizia, which represents 40,000 micro and small construction com...

September 20, 2021 Read more