Green Public Procurement in Civil Engineering at a Regional Level
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2020) | Viewed by 5084
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
The application of environmental criteria in public procurement should be considered in terms of the implementation of the principle of sustainable development. Hence the promotion of pro-environmental criteria in public procurement is one of the strategic objectives of the whole European Union, ensuring improvement of the environment. Thanks to green procurement, several problems can be solved at the same time: improving the climate and the environment while ensuring economic growth and new jobs in companies that develop green technologies, stimulating the competitiveness of enterprises and improving the quality of life. Green procurement is one of the conditions for transition to green economy in the world.
The Special Issue will discuss efforts to support sustainable construction in particular, aspects associated with public procurement and procedures for awarding public contracts in the field of construction. The subject matter aligned with this problem includes various stages of the life cycle of a building. This Special Issue will focus on the environmental, economic and social benefits of using environmental aspects in public procurement, the identification of key problems in public procurement, analysis of strategies, procedures and practice related to green procurement, green criteria and life cycle costs assessment, decision support methods and models, analysis of key factors and threats in public procurement, law regulation, etc.
The problem seems to be very urgent. According to the International Energy Agency, the buildings and buildings construction sectors combined are responsible for over one-third of global final energy consumption and nearly 40% of total direct and indirect CO2 emissions. Energy demand from buildings and buildings construction continues to rise, driven by improved access to energy in developing countries, greater ownership and use of energy-consuming devices, and rapid growth in global buildings floor area. Buildings both at the operational stage (heating, ventilation, lighting) and earlier - during construction (construction, materials used, transport, installation conditions) - are a very important element of pollution on a global scale. The public sector should play a significant role in this and particularly should support activities towards sustainable construction development.
Dr. Renata Kozik
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- green public procurement
- sustainable construction
