EU-level technical guidance on adapting buildings to climate change
Updated on 27.02.2024
This report constitutes the EU-level technical guidance on adapting buildings to climate change.
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The guidance collects and synthesises existing methods, specifications, best practices and guidance for climate-resilient buildings into a document that can provide practical advice for professionals and be referenced or used in different EU policy documents.
Relevance for Circular Systemic Solutions
This document is a useful starting point for actors looking to curate CSS with regards to climate resilience in the built environment sector. It can be specifically useful in the Mapping phase of CCRI Methodology for the policy and methodology framework in European and national levels regarding sustainability taxonomy, structural design standards, Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methodologies, and Climate Resilience Rating approaches. The document stresses the importance of integrating circular economy principles into climate resilience measures for the built environment, acknowledging that the durability of buildings and their materials are also of primary importance in the circular economy action plan.
built environment, CEAP2 key product value chain
e.g. chemicals, cosmetics, bio-based industries
e.g. electrical engineering, furniture and interior, textile and fashion
e.g. re-use of public spaces and facilities in urban areas
<5 000
large 500 000-200 000, medium 200 000-50 000, and small cities 50 000-5 000
large metropolitan area >1.5 million, metropolitan area 1.5 million-500 000
predominantly urban regions, intermediate and predominantly rural regions, refer to TERCET typology NUTS 3 region
e.g. commercial, residential, service, industrial
