National Building LCA Data Accelerator EU LIFE

Introduction

INDICATE LIFE generates the methodological and data foundations essential for developing national whole-life-carbon (WLC) across Europe. Reducing the lifecycle emission of buildings is indispensable to ensure the construction sector is on a path to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

Short-term Goals

On the more short term, the project prepares the ground for the effective implementation of the EPBD recast provisions on WLC (Art. 7 and Annex 3). Building on the success and mirroring the method of the “INDICATE – National Building LCA Data Accelerator” project in IE, SE and CZ, INDICATE LIFE aims to fill the gap in building Life Cycle Assessment data needed for the design and rollout of WLC regulations in other promising EU Member States.

Consortium and Expertise

The consortium brings together leading European experts and national consortia with representatives from industry, academia, data-providers, and policy communities in Austria, Croatia, Italy, Luxembourg, and Hungary.

Objectives

The objective is to develop WLC benchmarks on a national level that support the development of science-based decarbonisation pathways for new construction and renovations.

Support and Guidance

Guidance and technical support are provided throughout the project by experts in the field of policymaking and implementation, building-LCA and WLC benchmark development, industry engagement and strategic dissemination, and coordination, community building, and project exploitation.

Data Collection and Insights

Beyond data collection and generation, INDICATE LIFE will collect market and policy insights that will enable the formulation of national and EU level WLC policy recommendations.

Peer-to-Peer Exchange

INDICATE LIFE provides a peer-to-peer exchange platform for WLC experts in implementing countries and leading experts in the EU.

Contribution to Policymaking

INDICATE LIFE contributes to the much-needed quantitative evidence base that EU and Member State level policymakers urgently require to agree on common guiding benchmarks, targets, thresholds, and limit values which will be tightened over time in line with the 2050 decarbonisation trajectory.