ECO documents

In response to housing supply constraints, low productivity, an ageing and shrinking workforce, and rising climate requirements, Spain has turned to industrialised construction as a key lever for transforming its housing sector.

Construir Portugal: New Housing Strategy (Nova Estratégia para a Habitação) is Portugal’s housing strategy deploying 30 measures, combining supply expansion, fiscal incentives, licensing reform, and direct public investment, to address the structural causes of unaffordability rather than short-term...

The National Housing Policy Plan (2025-2030) (NHPP) represents Croatia’s first integrated, implementation-oriented housing policy framework.

At a time when the construction sector is expected to deliver climate-neutral, affordable, and high-quality built environments, Germany positions building research as a key driver of transformation.

In response to the need to decarbonise an ageing,

energy-intensive building stock, Austria is capitalising on

serial renovation.

Launched in 2021, the Nordic Sustainable Construction initiative (hereinafter ‘NSC’) aims to serve as an enabling framework that brings the Nordic countries together to accelerate the shift toward low-carbon, circular and climate-resilient construction.

At a time when the European construction sector is under growing pressure to reduce embodied carbon while continuing to deliver dense and high-quality urban development, Sweden is testing how timber can be scaled beyond individual buildings.

The Digital Italian Hub for Construction and Built Environment (DIHCUBE) provides digital innovation services with a discount up to 100%, according to state aid rules, to the entire construction supply chain, from microenterprises to public administrations.