Webinar: Climate weighting in public procurement of buildings

On January 1 this year, a requirement was introduced that climate and the environment must be weighted 30% in public procurement. What do the regulations mean and how do public companies meet this in practice?

NIFU – Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education – invites you to a webinar as part of the project “Inno4Tree – Climate change with innovation in the forest-based industries”. The webinar is conducted in collaboration with Norwegian Wood Cluster.

The webinar is free of charge

Program

08.30 Opening
by Deputy Head of Research Håkon Endresen Normann, NIFU and Chair Mari Blokhus Nordtun, Norwegian Wood Cluster<

08:40 How to meet climate and environmental demands?
v/partner Eivind Selvig, Civitas

About the climate and environmental requirements and the exemption rule that makes it possible to go from award criterion to requirement specification. What does the requirement mean for buyers and suppliers? Examples of procurement documents and documentation from suppliers. What will happen in the future?

09.10 Experiences with market dialogue with contractors
by Lise Dufseth Urset, Head of Environment and Climate, Hamar Municipality

Hamar Municipality has entered into a dialog with contractors to establish criteria for climate and environment in procurement of buildings and facilities. Urset talks about the background, implementation and experiences.

09:45 End of the day

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About project Inno4Tree

The research project “Inno4Tree: Tackling climate change with innovation in the forest-based industry” has the overall goal of facilitating a sustainable transition of the construction industry to the circular bioeconomy by promoting the use of wood in the construction industry.

The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway and led by NIFU (Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education) and is carried out in collaboration with Treteknisk and Finnish Environmental Institute. Norwegian Wood Cluster and WoodWorks! Cluster participate in the project’s reference group.