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Sustainable buildings
and textile floor coverings<\/h1>\n

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The importance of addressing sustainability within the building and construction sector, is supported by the European Commission\u2019s statistics. The building sector is energy-intensive and is responsible for a significant part of the CO2 emissions across the European Union. Find out more about sustainability, with regards to textile floor coverings.<\/p>\n

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Sustainability in the construction sector<\/h4>\n

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Buildings are responsible for 40% of Europe’s energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions, according to the European Commission. Generally, the building stock across the region is only 25% energy efficient and requires urgent modernisation. For this reason, the European Commission plans to use the “Green Deal” initiative to support the renovation and modernisation of existing buildings across the EU, and to focus on the development of new energy efficient construction methods aligned with the circular economy principles. You can find more information on the European Commission’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sustainability: a far-reaching concept<\/h4>\n

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Often the term sustainability is only associated with environmental impacts or ecological consequences of economic activity. However, in reality, sustainability is much more broadly defined and consists of three core areas: Economy, Ecology, and Social \/Cultural. The only way to gain a comprehensive and objective understanding of how sustainable an individual building actually is, is to consider all three aspects as part of a life cycle analysis. This means that each of the three elements can optimised and targeted individually for a common goal during the life of a building from inception to end of life.<\/p>\n

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Economy<\/strong><\/div>\n
In addition to the acquisition and construction costs of a building, the economic aspect of sustainability takes into account any subsequent building costs that are incurred during the entire useful life of that building. These include direct costs, such as the total cost of construction from purchasing the land to planning applications and actual construction. It also includes items such as insurance and connecting any services. Second are the costs of use; including energy, water usage and disposal, cleaning, maintenance and general repairs. Finally, the life cycle analysis will include any estimated costs connected to dismantling the building at the end of life including demolition and transport of materials for disposal or reuse (recycling).<\/div>\n

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Ecology<\/strong><\/div>\n
When considering the ecological impact of the construction, operation and removal of a building, the primary focus is to conserve resources and therefore minimise the consumption of heating, energy and water plus reduce the amount of waste water created. Currently, the following indicators are used to make objective assessments:<\/p>\n