Green Public Procurement for Buildings
Green Public Procurement is one of the most important public administration activities with one of the greatest impacts on the local economy. Through the ecological evaluation of purchasing procedures, the public administration has the task of selecting those products and services that have a low or reduced impact on the environment compared to other products and services used for the same purpose. The implementation of the European directives on Green Pubic Procurement (GPP) and the recent publication of the framework on circular economy, are limiting the development of some reference markets in the regions of Italy and Austria, including in particular the construction industry. The main reason is due to different levels of implementation of the directives in the two countries and the difficulty (technical and economic) of PMIs to access the Know How necessary to respond to the resulting requirements. The main objective of the project is therefore to design, develop and activate a network of competence and services in the field of GPP in public and private construction (CAM GPP facilitator service). Starting from a common competence platform and two pilots (competence bearer / - centre), a new network of competences and services dedicated to PMI in the program area will be set up to provide support for eco-design and environmental certification of new products and (building) projects with low environmental impact in compliance with European directives on GPP.