About Green Buildings Pathway

All buildings, including the ones that we live and work in have a negative impact on the environment and also account for a huge portion of emissions throughout their life cycle. This impact comes in the form of resources used in construction, space heating and usage of electricity and natural resources. In this pathway on Green Buildings, Marina Economidou, first explains what a green building is and then goes to on to state the need for "greening" existing buildings. Christophe Williams then explains how decarbonising heating in buildings is one of the biggest challenges of the current decade. He also explains how solar thermal technology could pave way for a a cleaner future for heating applications.

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Pathway experts

Marina Economidou

Green Economy Specialist

Marina Economidou is a green economy specialist at EBRD. She has vast experience in energy efficiency and has worked at at the European Commission and Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE). Since 2022, she has been working in climate finance where she assesses the alignment of activities with the Paris Agreement and advise on green aspects of projects in the sectors of power generation and buildings. Likewise, her PhD focused on modelling the physics of energy efficient designs in buildings.