About Green Buildings Pathway

How can we transform buildings to be more sustainable and decarbonised? Buildings are a significant source of environmental impact, contributing to high emissions through construction, heating, and resource usage. In this pathway, Marina Economidou explains what makes a building green and why existing structures need to undergo transformation. Christophe Williams discusses the decarbonisation of building heating systems, highlighting solar thermal technology as a potential game-changer for cleaner, more sustainable heating solutions.

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Marina Economidou

Green Economy Specialist

Marina Economidou is a green economy specialist at EBRD. She has vast experience in energy efficiency and has worked at at the European Commission and Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE). Since 2022, she has been working in climate finance where she assesses the alignment of activities with the Paris Agreement and advise on green aspects of projects in the sectors of power generation and buildings. Likewise, her PhD focused on modelling the physics of energy efficient designs in buildings.