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RAPPORTEUR’S REPORT
Expert’s Meeting on
Sustainable Building and Construction
Paris, 16 December 2002
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• Need to understand the unique nature of
sustainable building and construction processes
• Partners will need to develop a common
understanding of the issues involved, a
conceptual framework
• There is a need for policy development and
dialogue which UNEP can initiate and support.
Who will be the targets? How to approach them?
• The design of policy and research projects needs
to be done carefully to reflect reality and need
from users.
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• Actively engage with other networks and
actors
• Incorporate participatory management issues
in terms of access to information, (“the right to
know”).
Don’t
forget …
Low-income
countries
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• Take a non-technical approach to
dissemination of results and support informed
decisions
• Coordinate, link and cross-pollinate between
concepts, ideas and approaches …
Market
Design
Regulatory
Financial
Sustainable
Building and
Construction
What are the drivers??
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• Create an incubator function that will generate
new ideas and approaches, and learning from
each other
• Have an intelligence gathering activity to see
who is doing what
Cradle to
Grave
approach
Conception to
Resurrection
approach
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GLOBAL
UN Agencies, International Conventions,
Multi-lateral Agreements
Regional Networks and associations
Donor Agencies and Multilateral
institutions
National and local Governments
Private sector- business and industry
Universities and Research Institutions
Professional associations
Financial Institutions
LOCAL
NGOs/NPOs and Community Groups
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Recycling and
closed loop
systems
Design
Construction
Maintenance
Procurement
Material flow
systems
LCA
Health and safety
Demolition and
waste
management
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Education
&
Awareness
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Research
&
Assessment
Practice
&
Action
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Standards, Codes,
Regulations, labels
Policies, Tools,
strategies, DSS,
approaches
Examples, Case
studies, best
practices
Databases, info
portals,
Education, training,
awareness raising
UN and Intl.
Organizations
Architects and
Planners
Contractors
Const. Materials
groups
Local governments
Labour unions
Research
institutions
Professional
associations
Others
Others
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Key
Buzzwords
Interact
Integrate
Interlink
Intervene