INTERVIEW: French real estate pioneer shapes EU push to certify CO2 stored in buildings

Published 12:10 on June 26, 2026 / Last updated at 12:10 on June 26, 2026 / / EMEA (Europe), Insights (Interviews), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation, Investment, Reporting & Disclosure, Transport & Heating Fuels), Voluntary (VCM Developments, VCM Governance)

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France’s decade-old BBCA low carbon building label has provided the “laboratory” and much of the methodology now underpinning Europe’s push to create a single low carbon label and certification scheme for biogenic CO2 stored in buildings, its president Stanislas Pottier told Carbon Pulse in an interview.
France’s decade-old BBCA low carbon building label has provided the “laboratory” and much of the methodology now underpinning Europe’s push to create a single low carbon label and certification scheme for biogenic CO2 stored in buildings, its president Stanislas Pottier told Carbon Pulse in an interview.


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