Evergreen fashion

Polish designers are also pinning their hopes on neon colours, such as yellow and green. Vibrant hues are expected to be in fashion for quite a while – in my opinion, the colour green in particular will reign supreme for some time to come. The same is true in the real estate sector, but here the craze for all things green is likely to reach its frenzied peak in 2020. No, you have not made a mistake: remember, this is ‘Eurobuild CEE’ and not ‘Elle’. Still, it is now September and autumn is just around the corner, so it is worth knowing what to put on this season... as well as how to build (bearing in mind the EU directive that all new buildings should have energy consumption close to zero by the end of 2020). Developers have noticed that green sells well, prompting a scramble to gather as many environmental certificates as possible. To provide you with a better insight into the scale and depth of this rivalry we have prepared a survey of the most eco-friendly companies by totalling up the number of BREEAM, LEED or DGNB certificates they have acquired. Who ends up at the top of the podium? To find out the answer, turn to the article entitled ‘Keenest to be greenest’. And since none of us builds projects in a vacuum, we have also asked city authorities about their ideas for implementing sustainable development policy and cooperating with developers (‘Eco-cities in their infancy’).