Greater Water Efficiency for a more Competitive and Sustainable Future

Water is a vital resource for Europe’s food, energy, and economic security. With increasing pressures from climate change, population growth, and industrial demands, water resources are under significant strain.

In her political guidelines and letters of mandate for the relevant designated Commissioners, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen emphasized the need for a European Water Resilience Strategy to address these challenges. This strategy is crucial for managing water resources sustainably, addressing scarcity, and enhancing Europe’s competitive edge through a circular
economy approach.

This paper has been elaborated for the European Alliance to Save Energy

As Europe seeks to enhance its competitiveness and resilience while addressing climate and social goals, a transformative approach to energy has become more urgent than ever.

This white paper introduces Energy System Efficiency (ESE) as a critical pillar for ensuring energy security, affordability, and decarbonisation. A holistic focus on ESE will allow Europe to boost its industrial competitiveness, strengthen energy security, and lead the global effort against climate change.

Business Solutions Europa has provided input, drafted and graphically designed this paper for the European Alliance to Save Energy. 

In the summer 2024 edition of Living Architecture Monitor (LAM), our managing director Luigi Petito reflects on the global water crisis. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, at least 50 percent of the world’s population, approximately 4 billion people, endure water shortages for at least one month each year.

To tackle this crisis, there is the need for sincere political commitment and increased financial support to protect and restore natural areas. In urban environments, we can boost water resilience by deploying readily available solutions to revive the natural urban water cycle.

In Europe, lawmakers have enacted important regulations to promote greener and more efficient rainwater management. These include the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and the EU Nature Restoration Law, which are crucial for advancing blue and green infrastructure across European cities.

The full article is available here.

The LAM magazine is a quarterly publication first published in 1998.  It features in-depth interviews with leaders in the green building movement, opinions, research, and green roof and wall project profiles. Living architecture is the integration of living, organic systems with non-living, inorganic systems in, on, or around buildings. Living architecture is an important step to reconcile people and nature in the modern built environment.

In January 2020 we were asked to set up and run the European Chapter of the World Green Infrastructure Network. Another exciting task to improve the quality of urban areas and help cities to reconnect with nature.

In the summer 2024 edition of Living Architecture Monitor (LAM), our managing director Luigi Petito reflects on the global water crisis. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, at least 50 percent of the world’s population, approximately 4 billion people, endure water shortages for at least one month each year.

To tackle this crisis, there is the need for sincere political commitment and increased financial support to protect and restore natural areas. In urban environments, we can boost water resilience by deploying readily available solutions to revive the natural urban water cycle.

In Europe, lawmakers have enacted important regulations to promote greener and more efficient rainwater management. These include the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive and the EU Nature Restoration Law, which are crucial for advancing blue and green infrastructure across European cities.

The full article is available here.

The LAM magazine is a quarterly publication first published in 1998.  It features in-depth interviews with leaders in the green building movement, opinions, research, and green roof and wall project profiles. Living architecture is the integration of living, organic systems with non-living, inorganic systems in, on, or around buildings. Living architecture is an important step to reconcile people and nature in the modern built environment.

In January 2020 we were asked to set up and run the European Chapter of the World Green Infrastructure Network. Another exciting task to improve the quality of urban areas and help cities to reconnect with nature.