With a point of exit in the question: “Will carbon budgets in construction change the way we built and renovate?”, this event will be a thought-provoking and inspiring platform to explore instruments that can support systemic policy frames to drive the shift towards sustainable practices in the construction sector.
We are about to see a global movement towards stricter legislation for construction. Across the Nordic countries and the EU new regulation is being drafted with the ambition to include the construction industry to be part of the solution to the climate challenges. A key regulatory tool is the so-called carbon budget for how much CO2 you may emit per m2 when constructing. These new or upcoming demands challenge and inspire the materials we use, the way we design and construct new buildings and reuse existing buildings.
This debate will give you the Nordic overview of where construction regulation is in the green transition and give you specific examples from across the Nordic countries and Europe on potential solutions to these new demands. We will discuss early learnings from the implementation of these regulative initiatives and explore how the global architecture community can learn from these.
The session will represent Nordic and EU architects through representation by Johnny Svendborg, President of the Danish Association of Architects, Tobias Olsson, Director of Architects Sweden and Ruth Schagemann, President of Architects´ Council of Europe. We will have reflections from The Swedish National architect Helena Bjarnegård and Professor Matti Kuittinen from Aalto University. Together, this panel will shed light on how we can use design thinking and practices from systems innovation to ensure congruency between all policy instruments, which influence construction from idea to building-in-use. We will address the construction dilemmas that we face when we try to reduce the climate and environmental footprint and still meet other considerations like safety liability on materials, health and sound requirements, fire regulations, energy requirements which may often get in the way of regenerative and sustainable practices in construction.
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We invite architects, policymakers, researchers, and sustainability enthusiasts to join us in exploring pathways to a future of architecture that can allow us to work and live within the planetary boundaries in a Nordic and a global context!
The event will happen in the Nordic Pavilion E-014 on Monday 03 July, 12.00–13.00
Speakers
Matti Kuittinen, Professor, Aalto University
Johnny Svendborg, Architect MAA, President of the Danish Association of Architects
Tobias Olsson, Director, Architects Sweden
Helena Bjarnegård, Boverket, National Architect, Boverket, the Swedish National Board of Housing
Ruth Schagemann, President of Architects´ Council of Europe
Moderator
Helle Redder Momsen, Nordic, Sustainable Construction, Danish Authority of Social Services and Housing
This event is part of The Nordic Pavilion at UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen. Learn more about all the events and the pavilion here»