Real estate: building more sustainably, a new challenge

The project for the reconstruction of the stone building of the AP-HP headquarters in Paris, in the 4th arrondissement. The urgent fight against climate change is now extending to the real estate sector, which is known for its pollution. Its new slogan?

“Even during this period of crisis in the industry, when faced with difficult financial equations, initiatives are multiplying,” says Stanislas Pottier, president of the Low Carbon Construction Association (BBCA), the initiator of the first carbon footprint calculation labeling for buildings.

At the end of September in Paris, there were many people at the second exhibition on low-carbon real estate (Sibca). "After the initial trials and errors, the industry is using its experiments to begin the operational phase with the aim of scaling up," comments Ferielle Derich, director of Sibca.

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