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BPIE

Brussels, Belgium

Type: think tank
City: Brussels
Country: Belgium
Website: www.bpie.eu

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Event12 October 2026

Whole Life Carbon Network and INDICATE LIFE closing event, 21 October in Brussels
A day of roundtables and discussion on turning whole life carbon data into benchmarks, policy and investment decisions - and on what INDICATE LIFE leaves behind.

Projects we do together

2022–2025European Commission DG GROW

Analysis of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals of EU Buildings and Construction
Quantified the baseline and the plausible futures for emissions and removals across the EU building stock to 2050.
2025–2026UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Global Whole Life Carbon Tracker for the Built Environment
Builds a global tracker of whole life carbon in construction, so progress can be measured against something.
2024–2026Co-funded by the European Union LIFE programme

INDICATE LIFE - National Building LCA Data and Policy Accelerator
Helps national consortia generate the building LCA data their governments need to set whole life carbon benchmarks and targets.
2022–2024Laudes Foundation

INDICATE National Building LCA Data Accelerator (Pilot)
Piloted the data accelerator in three countries, and showed the approach transfers.
2026The VELUX Group

Re:Living - Scaling Renovation: Impact Hierarchy
Set out a hierarchy for action on Europe's housing - renovate first, extend second, build new last - and quantified what following it would save.
2021–2024European Commission DG ENV

Supporting the Development of a Roadmap for the Reduction of Whole Life Carbon of Buildings
Provided the archetype modelling behind the EU's roadmap for bringing down whole life carbon.

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Publications

Context-specific life cycle emissions pathways for EU buildings and construction
Alaux N, Bechstedt N, Zhong X, Mastrucci A, Ramon D, Steinberger-Maierhofer D, Allacker K, Passer A, Röck M

Nature Communications, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73433-1
Biogenic carbon dioxide storage and mineral carbonation uptake in EU buildings
Steinberger-Maierhofer D, Alaux N, Ramon D, Popek S, Potrč Obrecht T, Kockat J, Zhong X, Mastrucci A, Ruschi Mendes Saade M, Allacker K, Passer A, Röck M

Journal of Environmental Management, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129794
The housing we need for the future we want
Toth Z, Kockat J, Guglietti A, Sarran L, Feifer L, Bjørkskov KBR, Röck M, Søgaard R

Green paper · The VELUX Group, Living Places, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21030392
Harmonised database on materials, energy flows and environmental impacts for building archetypes representing the EU27 building stock
Ramon D, Pristerà G, Verhaeghe R, Dalla Valle A, Giorgi S, Alaux N, Steinberger-Maierhofer D, Bechstedt N, Potrč Obrecht T, Van de moortel E, Adams N, Mouton L, Zhang X, Mastrucci A, Hoxha E, Lavagna M, Passer A, Allacker K, Röck M

KU Leuven RDR, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48804/VXJUEW
Analysis of life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of EU buildings and construction - analysis of results and implications
Stocker M, Zink V, Marton C, Steinmann J, Toth Z, Graaf L, Koronen C, Alaux N, Röck M

European Commission DG GROW, Publications Office of the European Union, 2025. https://doi.org/10.2873/2247112
Whole-life greenhouse gas emission reduction and removal strategies for buildings
Alaux N, Marten C, Steinman J, Maierhofer D, Mastrucci A, Petrou D, Potrč Obrecht T, Ramon D, Le Den X, Allacker K, Passer A, Röck M

Journal of Environmental Management, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122915
Supporting the development of a roadmap for the reduction of whole life carbon of buildings - final technical report
European Commission DG ENV, Le Den X, Steinmann J, Kovacs A, Kockat J, Röck M, Allacker K, Toth Z

Publications Office of the European Union, 2024. https://doi.org/10.2779/849252
How to establish whole life carbon benchmarks - insights and lessons learned from emerging approaches in Ireland, Czechia and Spain
Toth Z, Broer R, Graaf L, Röck M

INDICATE, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21105104
Creating a comprehensive framework for design, construction and management of healthy buildings
Elnagar E, Düvier C, Batra Z, Christoffersen J, Mandin C, Schweiker M, Wargocki P

Energy and Buildings, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114883
Next-generation energy performance certificates: End-user needs and expectations
Zuhaib S, Schmatzberger S, Volt J, Toth Z, Kranzl L, Eugenio Noronha Maia I, Verheyen J, Borragán G, Sousa Monteiro C, Mateus N, Fragoso R, Kwiatkowski J

Energy Policy, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112723
Guidelines on policy design options for the implementation of E1st in buildings and the related energy systems
Boll JR, Schmatzberger S, Pató Z, Broc JS, Mandel T, Boza-Kiss B, Zuhaib S, Oikonomou V

ENEFIRST project, Zenodo, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7134889
Priority areas of implementation of the Efficiency First principle in buildings and related energy systems
Pató Z, Mandel T, Schmatzberger S, Broc JS, Rieke-Boll J, Rogulj I, Popovski E, Zuhaib S

ENEFIRST project, Zenodo, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7134873
An Evaluation Framework for Sustainable Plus Energy Neighbourhoods: Moving Beyond the Traditional Building Energy Assessment
Salom J, Tamm M, Andresen I, Cali D, Magyari Á, Bukovszki V, Balázs R, Dorizas PV, Toth Z, Zuhaib S, Mafé C, Cheng C, Reith A, Civiero P, Pascual J, Gaitani N

Energies, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144314
End-user's survey results on needs and expectations for next-generation Energy Performance Certificates (H2020 X-tendo project)
Zuhaib S, Schmatzberger S, Volt J, Toth Z, Kranzl L, Eugenio Noronha Maia I, Verheyen J, Borragán Pedraz G, Sousa Monteiro C, Mateus N, Fragoso R, Kwiatkowski J

Zenodo, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5658337

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