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1 The scope of green growth and green building in the RE-Green Project By: Ryan Weber Nordregio Feb. 28, 2012 Museu do Fado, Lisboa, Portugal

2 Contents 1. Conceptual Perspectives on Green Growth 2. Green growth in EU policy Europe 2020 Strategy Energy policy Cohesion Policy 3. Green building in EU policy 4. Towards a RE-Green concept of green building A planning perspective The growth of resource efficient investment through behavioral change

3 Conceptualising Green Growth Green growth means fostering economic growth and development while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which our well-being relies. To do this it must catalyse investment and innovation which will underpin sustained growth and give rise to new economic opportunities." (Towards Green Growth, OECD, 2011, pp. 9) Green growth doesn t replace sustainable development The creation of a competitive green market in Europe The mobilization, the awareness of natural resources as more than inputs into the production of goods and services Highly politicized That our prevailing economic system is antiquated and in the face of such difficult challenges now is the time to pursue new development trajectories (Towards Green Growth, OECD, 2011)

4 Green Growth in EU Policy The Europe 2020 Strategy: Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Sustainable growth: promoting a more resource efficient, green and more competitive economy Five headline targets include: 3% of EU s GDP in R&D: Focused on core areas of climate change, energy, resource efficiency, health and demographic change The 20/20/20 emissions target: particlarly through investment in renewables and modernizing the transport, energy and building sectors

5 Green Growth in EU Policy - Energy March 3, 2010 May 19, 2010 November 10, 2010 January 26, 2011 March 8, 2011 December 15, 2011

6 Green Building Potential: Energy 40% of final energy consumption takes place in buildings, with 27% in households alone Renovation process is critical Public procurement is emphasized for its exemplary role (displaying technologies, transition to green jobs, making green building tangible in reality, and therefore triggering behavioral change) Public procurement is emphasized for it s real energy savings potential The built environment has the most potential for low cost and short term emissions reductions 90% reduction by 2050 if all new buildings constructed after 2021 are nearly zero energy Energy Efficiency Plan 2011 A Roadmap for moving to a low carbon economy in 2050

7 Green Growth in EU Cohesion Policy Cohesion policy: The 5th Cohesion Report highlights the contribution that regions can make to meet the objectives of Europe 2020 including green growth The First Cohesion Report to include territorial cohesion alongside social and economic cohesion Maintains that EU targets require regional and local solutions for overcoming territorial specificities: The importance of context enabled by a place-and-peoplebased policy approach Engagement with society Comprehensiveness and complimatarity of green growth policy Natural resource endowments and potentials Functional and flexible governance

8 ...So if green building has so much potential then we ought to know what it is and how to achieve it...

9 GREEN BUILDINGS GREEN BUILDING Resource- Efficient Behavior Waste Mgmt. Heating/ Cooling Systems Green Roofs Community CHP Liquidity Constraints Building Turnover Prospect Theory Retrofitting vs new builds Renewable Energy Insulation, Windows and Doors Passive Houses Water & Wastewater Efficiency Competitive Regions Efficiency Gap Market Failures Heuristic Decisionmaking Site and Situation Rebound Effect Plus Energy Buildings Enables private investment in... Underpriced Externalities Building Envelopes Household Appliances/ Electronics Behavioral Economics Renter s Dilemma Zero Energy Buildings Bounded Rationality Overcoming Building Regulations Transport- Oriented- Development Market & Behavioral Perspectives Building Density Mixed-use Communities Shared Knowledge Coordinating Action Walking and Cycling Co-ordinating Local and Regional (multilevel)governance Principle of Subsidiarity Reduced Land Consumption Information and Education Leading By Example EU Policy as a conditioner and enabler Quality of Life Brownfield Development Public Procurement Land Use & Transport Planning Mobilizing Opportunities Functional/ Territorial Governace

10 So how do we approach green building in Re-Green? European and national green building goals are set from above government funding is distributed mainly at the regional and local level Regional and local institutions are mobilizers - they engage with the relevant people, firms and partnerships on the ground. Stakeholders who who are in need of inspiration and motivation Underlying territorial conditions are extremely important and therefore need a place-and-people based approach The conditions of green building imply that regional and local administrations are the crucial link for a transition to a green built environment 1. Urban and regional planning 2. Resource efficient investment via resource efficient behavior in the private sector

11 1. Green building as an expression of urban and regional planning The city, the built environment represents the interface between society, economy and the environment Resource efficiency is highly embedded in planning systems. Through planning, green building is development that is socially, economically and environmentally more attractive Landuse planning (mixed use, higher densities, reuse, etc.) Transport planning

12 1. Green building as an expression of urban and regional planning Mixed use Mixed density Mixed demography Brownfield Suburban Built to code Green? Transit-oriented-development or development oriented toward transit? Extensive cycling and walking infrastructure Proactive restrictions on car use

13 2. Activating green building through private investment Development of green buildings (and the products and services in them) via private investment Overcoming specific constraints: 1. Building constraints 2. Market and behavioral constraints

14 Building Constraints Building turnover rates are too low We must promote renovations and retrofitting in addition to a focus on new buildings Green Public Procurement is imperative for leading by example, initiating economies of scale for green jobs and knowledge of technical potential It has a real resource savings potential EU legal instrument for public authorities to double their refurbishing rate (1.5%- 3%/year) (Energy Efficiency Plan 2011, European Comission, 2011)

15 Market and behavioral constraints The efficiency gap The difference between observed resource efficiency and some optimal level of resource use (often dictated via policy targets) We are constrained rational investors! Market Constraints Liquidity Constraints Renter s Dilemma Underpriced energy (externatlities) Behavioral Constraints Principles of behavioral economics Resource efficiency is largely unobserved Pay-off horizons are perceived as too long People don t think about future resource prices

16 Solving Constraints Understanding that a genuine lack of information and awareness persists all levels of society and government Information needs to be combined with subsidies and other incentives Green building will rely on complementarity from other policies from the local to the EU level Awareness is co-dependent on planning and especially public procurement Green as an economic opportunity Information, awareness and education empowers resources as vital inputs for the production of services...activating resources in society

17 Environmental Awareness by activating resources in society

18 Environmental Awareness by activating resources in society

19 Environmental Awareness by activating resources in society

20 Environmental Awareness by activating resources in society

21 Thank You!

22 References Information on market and behavioral constraints based on: Gillingham, K., Newell, R., & Palmer, K. (2009) Energy Efficiency Economics and Policy Resources for the Future [Available at: EC European Commission (2010) Communication from the Commission: Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. COM (2010) 2020 final. EC - European Commission (2010) Investing in Europe s future: Fifth report on economic, social and territorial cohesion, European Union, Luxembourg. EC European Commission (2011) A resource-efficient Europe Flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 Strategy. COM(2011)21. EC European Commission (2011) A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in COM (2011) 112 final. Brussels. EC - European Commission (2011) Cohesion Policy : Investing in growth and jobs. Publications office of the European Union, Luxembourg. EC European Commission (2011) Energy Efficiency Plan COM (2011) 109 final. Brussels OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2011a) Towards Green Growth. Jaeger, C., Paroussos, L., Mangalagiu, D., Kupers, R., Mandel, A., Tabara, J.D., Meißner, F. & Lass, W. (2011) A New Growth Path for Europe: Generating Prosperity and Jobs in the Low-Carbon Economy. Commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. Potsdam. UNEP - United Nations Environmental Programme (2011a) Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication. Waciega, K (2011) EU Cohesion Policy and Energy where do we go from here?

23 Green Growth, Cohesion Policy and the Program Period The EU Energy 2020 Strategy: total EU investment in electricity and gas will have to be approximately 1 trillion between 2010 and 2020 Includes private sector funding, but the reality is that energy policy in itself does not really provide funding for low carbon investments this funding comes through regional policy (Waciega, 2011) 30% of Cohesion Policy Funding ( 347bn) is invested directly or indirectly towards sustainble growth during the period Budget increases to 376bn for period (Cohesion Policy , DG Regio, 2011) The ERDF will increase its focus on climate change, a low-carbon economy, on energy infrastructures and sustainable urban development The Cohesion Fund will include a specific focus on the environment where energy investment is included as long as it has a positive impact on the environment

24 Green Building Potential: Jobs Clear policies associated with a move to a 30% emissions reduction target would initiate a new growth path for Europe and all broad economic sectors would increase production, with the largest increase in construction. Policy interventions would include: Green public procurement Enhanced building codes using part of the ETS auctioning revenue to foster energy efficiency and renewable energy Increased and improved learning networks of public and private actors

25 Governance constraints Intra-regional Competitiveness: Municipalities are involved in a zerosum game The example of Newcastle and regional planning in the U.K. Functional and flexible governance Adapting to the scale of the issue (urbanity is a single functioning territory) An integrated approach A place-based approach

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