Embedding Resilience in the Built Environment Using the EU Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the common name for an EU regulation that supports companies in sustainable environmental and climate action (Regulation [EU] No. 2020/852). It is a classification tool designed for investors, companies, and financial institutions to define the environmental impact of business activities and the requirements that organisations must meet to be considered as sustainable.

The aim of this book is to examine the EU taxonomy from the built environment perspective and the ways in which it can be used to build resilience in real estate. It presents the issues, hot points, and possible choices from the designers, construction consultants, and investing bodies’ points of view, those who must set forth initial conditions, which should later become the keystones for greener developments. It brings together the expertise of a unique team of both researchers and professionals and presents a methodology, case studies, and solutions which together comprise a novel understanding of the taxonomy’s influence on the pre-construction phase. The book:

- describes the role of the built environment within sustainable development and how real estate can be used to build resilience with the use of taxonomy.

- describes the characteristics of resilient environmentally friendly cities in the future.

- proposes a roadmap to demonstrate urban policies that promote decarbonisation; and

-enables investors to compare their products, operations, and strategies in terms of sustainability.

Overall, this book is essential reading for decision-makers in the public and private sectors, urban developers, space and spatial designers, architects, planners, community stakeholders, and real estate investors.

Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Elzbieta Rynska is a Researcher and lecturer at Warsaw University of Technology Faculty of Architecture since 1987, holding the title of prof. PhD. Arch. Eng. Her main interests are in sustainable development and circularity in urban planning and architectural design, economy of design, management in construction sector. She is a free-lance environmental consultant in the construction sector working with numerous Polish and foreign stakeholders, BREEAM New Construction International Assessor, BREEAM In Use International Assessor, and WELL assessor. Since 2019 she has been a member of the Climatic Committee established by UN Global Compact Network in Poland.