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The update of the Sustainable Construction Glossary is underway!

12.02.2014

In 2010, the Architects Council of Europe (ACE) and the European Concrete Platform (ECP) launched the Sustainable Construction Glossary. This was followed by the launch in 2011, of the multilingual versions of the Glossary, produced by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). This project was a response to the growing need for a more sustainable built environment and the necessity to provide greater clarity on the new concepts, phrases and terms that are being increasingly used across Europe.
  
The importance of sustainable construction and the evolutions over the last three years make necessary to bring the Glossary up to date with the latest developments in this field.  We are pleased to announce that a review of this Glossary is now underway! Since its inception, a collaborative approach has formed the basis of the development of the Glossary. In this respect, the three partners (ACE, ECP and EESC) would like to once again encourage all interested stakeholders to take part in the review of the Glossary.

For this purpose, the Wiki of the Glossary has been reactivated: www.sccommonlanguage.eu. By using a Wiki format, we can reach and gain input from the largest possible network of experts and stakeholders. The aim is to have the most comprehensive and concise Glossary of terms related to sustainable construction which we all understand and which we all use.

The Wiki is a collaborative website where users can, once registered, easily access and make changes to the content of the Glossary. To register, click on the following link: http://www.sccommonlanguage.eu/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup.

The wiki consultation will remain open until 28 March 2014. All contributions will then be reviewed, integrated and sent for translation.
For more information on the project and to take part in the consultation, visit www.sccommonlanguage.eu.

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