TECHNICAL GUIDELINES - Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future

Disclaimers The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authori- ties, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] In this programme, 4 results have been the lessons learned, the updating of tools are used to evaluate different aspects of hous- housing regulations, the growth of the green market ing, such as Energy (DEEVi), Water (SAAVi), Environ- for materials and technologies, as well as the aware- ment (HEEVi) and the Carbon Footprint of materials ness and professionalization of the sector in terms of consi. [...] In the developed to guide beneficiaries on the materials and context of self-production, Mexico developed the ecotechnologies available in their neighbourhood, National Self-production Strategy, through the Decide which means support for MSMEs of the construction y Construye platform, contemplates the promotion sector, and possible reductions in the carbon footprint of regional materials in the di. [...] The important gap in the automated and non-financial incentives, where the corresponding generation of data and access to information specific regulations are applied and where valuable collabora- to the housing sector, the lack of monitoring, reporting tions can be established between the different actors and verification schemes and the formulation of an that compose the value chain of the const. [...] (2021), which combines the emissions of materials in the residential buildings analysis of material flows with life-cycle assessment sector and analyses the environmental benefits of thinking and engineering calculations (Pauliuk and the implementation of policies to regulate the use of Heeren 2020).