Reading Recommendations for Escola Sert

 

Our partner Jade Serra has made a series of important reading recommendations on decarbonization and architecture in collaboration with Escola Sert, which you can read in the following article.

These are various readings that address decarbonization from different perspectives, such as regulations, resource depletion, building sustainability, and radical and innovative methodologies and strategies.

Here is a selection of essential readings:

 

1. Towards Embodied Carbon benchmarks for buildings in Europe

Various authors
Edited by Ramboll [1]

 

2. Towards Net Zero Carbon Buildings – A focus on embodied carbon

Jolien Caerels, Florence Pierard, Juliet Nys, Filip Grillet, Sunita Van Heers, Ana Katarina Avila de Langhe
Ed. Sureal BV [2]

 

3. THANATIA. THE PLANET’S MINERAL LIMITS

Antonio Valero, Alicia Valero
Ed. Icaria [3]

 

4. Beyond Growth. Pathways towards sustainable prosperity in the EU

Various authors
European Parliamentary Research Service [4]

 

5. Regeneration. Ending the Climate Crisis in one generation

Paul Hawken
Penguin Books [5]

 

[1] Towards Embodied Carbon Benchmarks for Buildings in Europe, Ramboll, 2022

[2] Towards Net Zero Carbon Buildings – A Focus on Embodied Carbon, Sureal, 2023

[3] Thanatia. The Planet’s Mineral Limits, Antonio and Alicia Valero, 2021

[4] Beyond growth. Pathways towards sustainable prosperity in the EU, European Parliamentary Research Service, 2023

[5] Regeneration. Ending the climate crisis in one generation, Paul Hawken, 2021