🔎 New (short!) report: A vision for data in the built environment
Sustainability reporting in the built environment is becoming more complex, fragmented, and costly—yet access to reliable, standardised data remains a challenge.
BPIE, in collaboration with UCL, the Building Passport Alignment Project, the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GlobalABC), and Demo-BLog, convened a cross-sector workshop to define a shared vision for data in the built environment for policymakers, investors, the real estate industry and digital technologies.
Our new short report, "A vision for data in the built environment: transforming sustainability reporting", presents the key outcomes of this workshop and outlines a path towards:
✅ Aligned and standardised data for greater transparency
✅ Interoperable and trustworthy reporting to reduce inefficiencies
✅ A federated data ecosystem to support EU policy alignment
✅ Actionable recommendations for policymakers, investors, and industry
🔹 Key conclusions & recommendations:
📌 The EU should lead the development of a common data dictionary, harmonising sustainability reporting across regulations to reduce complexity and costs.
📌 A federated data model should be implemented, allowing data to remain with those who generate it while ensuring secure, on-demand access for stakeholders.
📌 Regulatory bodies must align reporting requirements across different policies to streamline data collection and enhance decision-making.
📌 Industry actors must prepare for growing data demands by investing in digital tools and engaging with sustainability reporting frameworks now.
For digitalisation to truly enable the green transition, the EU must take the lead in coordinating these efforts, ensuring alignment across all built environment policies and creating the conditions for a transparent, efficient, and cost-effective data ecosystem.
📖 Read the Vision for here: https://lnkd.in/eSDkSazb
We invite policymakers, industry leaders, and stakeholders to join us in shaping the future of built environment data. How can we collaborate to drive alignment? Let’s continue the conversation. 👇
Bravo to authors Kell Jones Karim Farghaly and Zsolt Toth for taking this forward and thank you for the great collaboration to all participants who co-created the vision with us.
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