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Risø National Laboratory • DTU Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde maj.munch.andersen@risoe.dk |
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> What is the profile of the construction sector in Europe? > Who are the actors involved in construction? > What is the environmental profile of the construction sector? > What are the challenges to the construction sector? > What is green or sustainable building? > What are the changes needed in the current construction business model? > Are emerging technologies relevant to the future of construction? |
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Nanotech is about studying and manipulating matter at atomic levels >> |
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The construction sector is looking for new sustainable technical solutions >> |
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Green solutions within innovation will create a sustainable society >> |
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The introduction of new and emerging technologies in the construction sector is important for its advance towards a sustainable practice. Addressing these issues, the European Commission implemented a European Construction Technology Platform. The platform aims to raise the sector performance and competitiveness to a world-class level, by analyzing the major challenges that the sector faces in terms of society, sustainability and technological development.
The platform has indicated that advances in areas such nanotechnology, modeling, analytical techniques and other technologies have the potential of creating breakthroughs in the production, properties and use of building materials, and therefore they have the potential to support sustainable building. |
