Building the Future: Wood, Bioeconomy and the New Bauhaus

Brussels, BelgiumThe Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union, Avenue Cortenbergh 4, 1040 Bruxelles

 

This ThinkForest event will bring together policymakers, scientists and practitioners to explore what a genuinely sustainable and competitive European building system could look like. It will consider where wood and the forest-based bioeconomy can make the greatest contribution, where their limits and trade-offs lie, and what policy framework is needed to enable innovation across sectors.

Our ThinkForest event will ask:

• How can sustainability, affordability, aesthetics and functionality be brought together without locking Europe into particular technologies or materials following the New European Bauhaus ideas?
• Where can wood and bio-based materials make the greatest contribution – and where are their limits?
• How can policies stimulate innovation and accelerate the transition towards a climate-neutral built environment while allowing the best solutions to emerge?

Please note that this is only an in-person event and there will be no online streaming.

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