The authors would like to express their gratitude to the city of Zürich for the support in identifying the most suitable building and sharing information on the bill of quantity for the Allmend School building. [...] As illustrated existence of GPP criteria for the carbon intensity of in Figure 0-1, an overview of current approaches to construction projects and materials used in them can GPP across the EU in the first phase creates a thorough substantially support the decarbonisation of public picture of the status quo. [...] the level of materials Thus, to harmonise GPP implementation in construction The voluntary EU criteria for GPP in the construction of across the EU, the development of a streamlined, office buildings provide a starting point for authorities mandatory approach to GPP in construction is in Member States to apply GPP with low development required. [...] At the EU level, leverage the EU GPP criteria as levels and innovation and the expected increase in an opportunity to complement the building-level production of low-carbon construction materials ensures perspective with product-level criteria at the basic a sufficient supply for the ambitious scenario in the near level and a future increase to the ambitious level. [...] Only in the case of Ireland, Italy, and resulting in a scarcity of data on GPP practices in the Netherlands, are GPP criteria applied to the majority the construction sector across EU Member States.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 3
- Executive Summary 4
- 1. Introduction 5
- 2. Methodology and scope 10
- 2.1 Project phases 10
- 2.2 Study scope 11
- 3. GPP in construction across EU: Complexity through fragmentation 12
- 3.1 General application of Green Public Procurement (GPP) across sectors in the EU 12
- 3.2 GPP is weakly implemented in the construction sector, lacking ambition and consistency 13
- 3.3 GPP criteria on carbon-intensive materials are rare, lack ambition and specificity 15
- 3.4 Mandatory GPP frameworks and harmonised monitoring efforts are required for effective implementa 16
- 3.5 Mandatory GPP implementation needs to be complemented by capacity- and knowledge building among 17
- 4. GPP in practice: A case study of the Allmend School in Zurich 18
- 4.1 Zürich’s Allmend School as a case study for GPP construction 18
- 4.2 Three scenarios allow the comparison of GPP impacts on embodied carbon emissions 19
- 4.3 Substantial reductions are possible across all materials and assessment levels 20
- 4.4 Sustainable construction can be promoted through GPP 22
- 5. Potential for reducing the environmental impacts of construction through ambitious GPP criteria 23
- 5.1 GHG emissions from public construction can be reduced substantially 23
- 5.2 Low-carbon materials are available to match GPP criteria 26
- 5.3 Economic impacts of green construction criteria are positive or neutral at minimum 28
- 5.4 Consistent and ambitious GPP criteria for key construction materials are possible 30
- 6. Conclusions and recommendations 32
- Appendix 1. In-depth country fiches 35
- Appendix 2. Scenarios for Allmend School Building 44
- Appendix 3. Economic impact quantification 47
