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RSSEU initiatives such as the European Green Deal and the following Circular Economy Action Plan and Renovation Wave have singled out buildings and construction as key areas for action, as the Union pushes forward with its green transition towards carbon neutrality.
In our second edition, we interview policymakers, construction experts, and practitioners to understand how embracing Level(s) can help them to integrate the concept of whole life carbon into building projects.
If you have explored the introduction to Level(s) on the European Commission website and are looking for examples of how you might use the framework in practice, then this factsheet series is for you.
Level(s) is an assessment and reporting framework that provides a common language for sustainability performance of buildings.
The Level(s) framework started being developed back in 2015 by the European Commission. It started
as a great collaboration between a large number of building professionals, and it benefitted from pan-EU knowledge and expertise.
Among the Level(s) testing audiences were manufacturers, investors, and property developers – who
were particularly keen to assess Level(s) added value to sustainability, circularity and quality of life as
a tried-and-tested European Commission framework.
Level(s) can also be a great asset to improve the future of building design.
In April 2018, the European Commission officially opened the two-year testing phase for Level(s) to organisations looking to be part of Europe’s shift towards circular and lifecycle thinking.