Ecobuild - Scaling up Green Construction in Bangladesh

About this project

The construction sector in Bangladesh is booming, given the increasing population, rapid urbanization and industrialization along with the country¿s growing economy. The sector is currently dominated by traditional brick manufacturing of fired clay bricks and traditional brick kilns: an industry which despite its output (35 billion bricks per year) is still mostly artisanal and informal. The traditional brick production is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emission (approx. 8.75M tonnes annually) and consumes approximately 2.2M tonnes of coal and 1.9M tonnes of firewood. It is widely responsible for land degradation and depletion of natural resources. This goes along with poor social conditions and non-observance of workers¿ occupational health and safety standards.A transition towards more sustainable production faces the challenge of: a high level of informality of the sector, traditional kilns undercutting real market prices through unsustainable practices, little (or no) access to finance for brick manufacturers, very low knowledge of, and incentives for alternative ¿ non-fired bricks, and the absence of product standards for alternative bricks.The Action will tackle the above challenges through a holistic sector ecosystem approach which includes the introduction of clean technologies (SDG 9), less resource intensive production (SDG 12), while safeguarding social standards and decent work (SDG 8), ultimately resulting in reduced greenhouse gas emissions and en…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 12Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13Climate Action

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Bangladesh

Sectors

Construction policy and administrative managementSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SME) developmentEnvironmental policy and administrative management

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Main focusClimate mitigation · Main focusClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Places

BD - Bangladesh

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-ACT-61725.

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