Publications

This document addresses Declare®, a label and a platform powered by The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) to share and find healthy building products, in order to show how it aligns with the more spread green building standards available in Europe and the European regulations, frameworks, and initiatives (in the European Union and the United Kingdom). With regard to building materials and furniture products, given the accelerated dynamics happening at the legislative and policy making levels, it is expected that a significant part of the here considered requirements to be further developed during the months to come. This document aims to explore the actual key aspects and anticipate the upcoming changes.

This document refers to the current and in progress regulations and initiatives in the EU and UK addressing the decarbonisation of the built environment. However, it is expected that more of these requirements would be further developed over the following months. Note that this document tracks the alignment and relevance of the Zero Carbon program and certification (ZC) and the Zero Energy program and certification (ZE) in comparison to the EU and UK regulations and initiatives. With the understanding that project teams will need to adopt eventually the decarbonisation target requirements, we thought this document will help them explore the extent of these requirements and also present how the programmes developed by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) and promoted in Europe by Living Future Europe (LFE) can help towards a smoother ecological transition. We recognise that this can be a challenging process but a more radical approach in the way we design and build our buildings is now more than needed, if we want to reduce in a much more effective way the greenhouse gases emissions the built environment produces.

Migliorare la Salute e il Benessere nell’Ambiente Costruito.

La progettazione biofilica (o biophilic design) può ridurre lo stress, aumentare la creatività e la lucidità di pensiero, migliorare il nostro benessere e accelerare la guarigione; data la continua urbanizzazione del pianeta, queste caratteristiche sono sempre più importanti. Teorici, ricercatori e professionisti della progettazione lavorano da decenni per definire gli aspetti della natura che influiscono maggiormente sulla nostra soddisfazione per l’ambiente costruito. “I 14 Pattern della Progettazione Biofilica” articola le relazioni tra la natura, la biologia umana e la progettazione dell’ambiente costruito cosicché possiamo sperimentare i benefici della biofilia per l’essere umano nelle sue applicazioni alla progettazione.

The Playbook is aimed at those not yet initiated into the ways of regenerative thinking. It is designed as a first step in introducing Regenerative thinking, bringing sustainability and environmental approaches alive with questions and challenges to shift thinking. In a good way.

This document tracks the alignment and relevance of the Living Building Challenge 4.0 (LBC) and the Core Green Building Certification standards in comparison to the EU Taxonomy.

COST RESTORE Working Group 5 focused on interactions between Humans, Nature and the Built Environment, applying systems thinking to go beyond individual aspects in regenerative design to highlight bidirectional influences and interconnections.

COST RESTORE Working Group 4 focused on defining what a regenerative indoor environment is; which technology solutions are needed to enable the best indoor environment quality, whilst producing the lowest environmental and social impact; and methods to assess that environment.

COST RESTORE Working Group 3 focuses on restorative building and operations. Buildings can be constructed, operated, and maintained in a regenerative manner.

COST RESTORE Working Group 2 focuses on restorative design practice. Designing urban environments and improving existing buildings requires a regenerative paradigm shift

COST RESTORE Working Group 1 is progressing a paradigm shift in built environment thinking, from sustainability to restorative sustainability and on to regenerative sustainability.