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In this issue: Hungarian legislative proposal against internal market; White paper on EPD information; Brexit update; EC report on renovation; Level(s) latest news;
Construction 2050 - skills; CWA on urban heat island effect; Life funding and ECJ ruling on harmonised standards
September
2021
IN THIS ISSUE
• Hungarian legislative proposal
against internal market
• White paper on EPD information
• Brexit update
• EC report on renovation
• Level(s) latest news
• Construction 2050 - skills
• CWA on urban heat island effect
• Life funding
• ECJ ruling on harmonised
standards
UPCOMING EVENTS Watch the presentations from our speakers Andrea
Cassoni, Managing Director, Business Line General
• Safer Chemicals Conference -
online, 6 October Industry Robotics and Discrete Automation, ABB and
• Cementing Europe's Future: Action Julen Astudillo, Architect, Building Technologies, Tecnalia
Through Policy - Brussels & online, about the present and future of robotics in construction.
12 October
TWEET OF THE MONTH Hungarian legislative proposal on
raw materials & construction
products
#Construction Welcomes Delay to On 30th June 2021, the Hungarian Government notified a
UKCA Product Marking Changes draft Government Decree on “measures to relaunch the
economy in relation to the export of raw materials and
The @ConstructionCLC has products of strategic importance for security of supply in
welcomed confirmation that the UK the construction sector”. Read the industry concerns
Government has postponed changes expressed by Construction Products Europe as this act
to product marking rules, for one would distort the functioning of the internal market. Read
more year, amidst concerns about more...
sector's preparedness post
#Brexithttps://t.co/suhoBddB8a
White paper “Construction
Products Key Environmental
Indicators”
Cobuilder recently released this publication to facilitate the
development of sustainability strategies and policies that
are based on Environmental Product Declarations (EPD).
Indeed, data templates are the key to manage complex
information, as required by Level(s), Green Public
Procurement, green building certification schemes and, in
a more global perspective, the goals of the EU Green Deal
and the Renovation wave. Read more...
Brexit – CE marking acceptance
— Construct UK (@_ConstructUK) deadline postponed by one year
August 27, 2021
On 24th August 2021, the UK Government revised the
Construction Products Regulation guidance, referring to a
PUBLICATION OF THE
MONTH new end-date for recognition of the CE mark in United
Kingdom, now set for 1st January 2023. Clarification on
the need for additional legislation to end recognition of the
CE mark is also included. This action is expected to
alleviate the pressure on manufacturers placing products
on UK market. Read our updated Brexit FAQ...
Integrated approaches for the
renovation and modernisation of
the built environment
An assessment of the legal and non-legal policy
instruments in Europe was recently published by the
European Commission as part of the initiatives related to
building renovation. The work, led by Buildings
Performance Institute Europe (BPIE), provides insight on
the role of digitalisation, financing, mandatory
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US
requirements and urban planning. Read more...
LinkedIn
Twitter
Level(s) latest news
YouTube
Recording of the session “Search for sustainable
Flickr
buildings”, showing how the New European Bauhaus
(NEB) and Level(s) can drive a circular and inclusive built-
environment transformation, is available. Watch the
session...
Visit the new Level(s) website to understand how Level(s)
works and to get the latest information on the sustainable
construction initiative, including interviews, links with
building certification systems, and policy instruments, etc.
Read more...
Construction 2050 – Opportunities
for new talent
The second public event organised by the Construction
2050 Alliance, which brought together 200 participants,
showing that construction can offer many opportunities to
new talent. The discussions proved that, in light of the EU
Green Deal and of the Recovery and Resilience plans,
construction can restore and create better and safer jobs.
Read more...
Urban Heat Island effects with cool
materials
A draft CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) on ‘Mitigation of
Urban Heat Island effects with cool materials’ has recently
been developed. Comments will be collected until 5th
September. Read more...
Funding opportunity under Life
The European Commission recently announced the
possibility for companies and stakeholder organisations in
the built-environment sector to apply for funding as part of
the first LIFE Call for Proposals under the new LIFE
programme (2021–2027). The deadline for submission of
proposals for Standard Actions Projects relating to Circular
Economy and Quality of life and Environment Governance
is 30th November 2021. Read more...
Court of Justice ruling on free
access of harmonised standards
On 14th July 2021, the General Court of the EU ruled in
case (T-185/19) that the European Commission is right to
deny free access without charge to harmonized standards
(hENs). The Court stated that the fact that hENs have legal
effect under EU law does not establish an overriding public
interest which would prevail over commercial interests and
force their disclosure. The ruling is not yet final and could
be appealed before the European Court of Justice. Read
more...
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