Collaborative platforms, such as Airbnb, Blablacar and Peerby, have changed the ways in which goods and services are offered and consumed in the economy. There has been a recent growth in studies analysing the drivers, impacts and scope of the collaborative economy. Some of them point to...

Construction articles may release substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and classified Category 1A or 1B (CMR 1A/1B). Releases may occur during installation and service life. Through various sources and strategies 31 CMR 1A/1B substances were identified that may...

Phasing out subsidies to producers and users of fossil fuels is increasingly seen as an attractive policy option for climate change mitigation and resource efficiency. A major obstacle to this seemingly obvious strategy is the lack of agreement on the definition of a fossil fuel subsidy and on a...

This study intends to focus on the transfer of environmental technologies from developed to developing countries and the role that the governments of developed countries and the private sector play in this transfer.

The PEF4Buildings project is commissioned by the European Commission and is carried out by the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), KU Leuven and TU Graz. The aim of the project is to test the applicability of the PEF method Guide (Commission Recommendation 179/2013 on The use of...

This Final Report presents the overall findings and conclusions of the Feasibility Studies exploring potential future uses of the EU ETV (Objective B of this two-part project) and sets out recommendations and lessons learnt. This research explored the feasibility of using ETV to support the...

The stakeholder consultation for the Support Study for the Evaluation of the EU Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Pilot Programme began in August 2017 and continued to December 2017. The objective of the consultation process was to collect information, ideas, opinions and insights from...