The document discusses the European Union's strategy to promote sustainable construction through the Lead Market Initiative. It aims to create a harmonized regulatory environment, ambitious standards, and use of public procurement to drive demand for innovative sustainable construction. Six key markets were identified for a pilot phase, including sustainable construction. The initiative seeks to address barriers like fragmented building regulations and boost the construction sector through various policy tools and measures related to standardization, labelling, certification, legislation, and public procurement.

1. Sustainable Construction InterCluster Club Antonio Paparella Construction, Pressure Equipment and Metrology

8. Standardisation Labelling Certification Legislation Public Procurement Systemic instruments PP network(s) to foster demand for innovation Assessment of and benchmarks for sustainability performances Monitoring and impact assessment of financial and fiscal measures Completed Ongoing Widening the scope of design standards (Eurocodes) SMEs guide on collaborative working schemes in construction Promotion of Life Cycle Costing in PP projects Status Policy tools Screening of national building regulations Recasting of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Strategies for upgrading qualifications and skills Insurance schemes to support innovative and sustainable construction LMI roadmap implementation Cases studies on administrative costs and simplification Certification of innovative products Initial stage Covered by other initiatives

10. Case studies on the administrative costs of EU legislation United Kingdom Germany Denmark Sweden Company-centric study on potentials and barriers in Housing Associations using EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) 4 Housing Associations and EMAS Belgium France Netherlands United Kingdom Company-centric study of the administrative burdens facing demolition companies 3 Demolition and site preparation companies Denmark Germany Sweden Study on companies exporting low-energy prefab houses inside the EU. Company centric study aimed at investigating a broad range of administrative barriers/burdens to the internal market for this sustainable construction product 2 Prefab housing companies Germany Italy Poland Sweden Legislation centric case study on focussing on the feasibility calculation requirements following from the Energy Performance of Buildings directive's (EPBD) requirements regarding renovation of existing buildings 1 EPBD feasibility calculation Countries studied Description Cluster

12. Standardisation