The Transition of Built Assets — Strategic White Paper on the Evolution of the Construction Industry and Built Asset Economy: How the decarbonization of construction materials establishes a new economy for the construction industry, drives a new generation of materials, products, and services for the maintenance, retrofit, and modernization of real estate assets, and strengthens a low-carbon built infrastructure throughout the entire life cycle of buildings

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🔬研究者:Researchers can use the paper's systemic analysis of material decarbonization as a trigger for economic reorganization, and its integration of regulatory, financial, and technical dimensions.

🏢実務担当者:Corporate sustainability teams in construction, real estate, and materials can apply the white paper's insights to develop low-carbon asset strategies and align with emerging disclosure requirements.

🏛政策担当者:Policymakers should note the paper's emphasis on the multiplier effect of material decarbonization across the entire value chain, which supports the design of integrated policies for built environment transformation.

This White Paper presents a technical-strategic analysis of the evolution of the global construction industry and the built environment. It examines how the decarbonization of structural materials — cement, steel, and concrete — acts as a triggering mechanism for a broader economic reorganization, giving rise to a new paradigm defined as the Built Asset Economy. The document argues that the incorporation of verifiable environmental attributes into structural materials extends far beyond industrial process innovation. It reconfigures the relationships between the materials industry, construction, the real estate market, the financial sector, insurers, infrastructure operators, and public authorities, establishing permanent cycles of maintenance, retrofit, modernization, and expansion throughout the entire life cycle of buildings and infrastructure. Structured in 15 chapters, the analysis covers: The third great transformation of the construction industry; The multiplier effect of decarbonization on the entire supply chain; The emergence of Low Carbon Intensity Real Estate Assets as a new economic category; The new strategic role of the cement and steel industries; The evolution of real estate valuation, sustainable financing, and insurance; Risk management, operational continuity, and asset traceability; Public infrastructure, territorial planning, and climate resilience; The formalization of the Built Asset Economy as a permanent economic paradigm. The analysis is grounded in a review of international regulatory frameworks (EU Taxonomy, CBAM, SFDR, Inflation Reduction Act, IFRS S1/S2), ISO and CEN technical standards, and publications by the World Green Building Council, WBCSD, IEA, IPCC, and World Economic Forum. The document is intended for policymakers, industry leaders, financial institutions, insurers, regulators, infrastructure operators, and applied research organizations.

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