The Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) launched this Monday (24) the publication EEB Rio de Janeiro Laboratory – Integrated multisectoral action for the development of energy efficiency in buildings in the city of Rio de Janeiro, during the X National Meeting of the Forum of Secretaries of the Environment of Brazilian Capitals – CB27. CB27 is carried out within the scope of IV Meeting of Municipalities with Sustainable Development (EMDS), event organized by National Front of Mayors (FNP)), which brings together municipal leaders, ministers, parliamentarians, students and researchers from all over the country.
O World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), together with CEBDS, brought to Brazil the Energy Efficiency in Buildings Laboratory (EEB Lab, from the acronym in English Energy Efficiency in Building Laboratory), after editions in San Francisco, Shanghai, Warsaw and Houston. From April 14 to 16, 2015, EEB Lab-RIO brought together a series of stakeholders such as investors, engineering companies, architects, users, building administrators and public authorities to dialogue, identify barriers and define actions to be implemented, aiming to leverage energy efficiency in buildings in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
This meeting resulted in the publication we are now launching, bringing together contributions and recommendations for action from different areas of the construction industry, taking into account four key areas of action: knowledge and value perception; workforce training; investment and financing; and public policy and regulation.
"At the last EEB meeting, held in Rio de Janeiro in February 2017, nine actions were prioritized among the 37 identified in the report. From now on, meetings will be held with stakeholders in each of the topics to ensure these actions are effectively implemented, advancing the energy efficiency agenda in buildings," explained Tatiana Araújo, Institutional Projects Advisor at CEBDS, who presented the publication to the environmental secretaries of Brazil's capital cities during CB27.
The hope is that the methodology will be replicated or that action plans will be adopted by the government, which has the opportunity to benefit from the integration of various local representatives from the construction value chain working together to reduce the sector's climate impact and energy costs.
The Energy Efficiency in Buildings Laboratory (EEB Lab) Energy Efficiency in Building Laboratory), is one of the many initiatives of the WBCSD and CEBDS in search of more sustainable solutions for the civil construction market, considering that buildings, in general, are responsible for more than 30% of the world's primary energy consumption and for the emission of a similar proportion of carbon dioxide.
