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The congress will be organized under the following four headings:
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 A new society |
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We are immersed in a context of major economic uncertainty, unforeseeable environmental risks and deep-rooted social transformations, and it is time to rethink our model of development and consider new means of production and consumption that respond to the new challenge of sustainability, seen from a three-fold economic, environmental and social viewpoint. It is also in this framework of far-reaching changes that the construction sector must identify its challenges for the future and come up with responses to new demands of habitability, environmental efficiency and economic stability.
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 Towards a new housing policy
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Activity in the field of rehabilitation has always been closely linked to housing policies, which have conditioned and limited it to a residual position in the overall construction sector. The aim of this thematic block is to analyse the causes of this situation, especially in the regulatory, economic and management framework, examine the state of existing buildings and their potential, evaluate the shortcomings and contradictions of present-day public policies, and explore new possibilities for intervention and management that can make rehabilitation a driving force behind a new model of housing policy and urban development.
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 The commitment to sustainability in rehabilitation
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Buildings have a huge environmental impact and the foremost environmental challenges involve improving the performance of existing constructions. Sustainable rehabilitation, from the viewpoint of the city and buildings, has to respond to the environmental challenge, at the same time channelling integrated interventions to respond to the economic, social and, of course, construction aspects of the building. The aim of this section is to map a sustainable approach to rehabilitation.
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 A regulatory framework for existing buildings
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| In rehabilitation, it is vital to strike a balance between using what exists and the incorporation of new uses—that is, improving existing buildings by combining tradition and innovation. Existing buildings therefore require a specific regulatory framework that envisages requirements in keeping with both reality and potential. This section aims to lay the foundations for a regulatory framework of this kind. |
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Boards of Experts
To achieve these objectives and guarantee coherence of approaches and contents, the congress will be the point of convergence of the work carried out by the four Boards of Experts. They will collect and analyse information, identify good practices, produce diagnoses and draw up proposals centring on the constitutional right to decent housing for all citizens and the environmental requirements demanded by the future of the planet.
The Boards of Experts will be made up of renowned experts in rehabilitation and sustainability, representing government bodies, the sector’s organizations and civil society in Spain and other European countries. On this basis, the congress presents for debate four essential aspects of sustainable rehabilitation and possible strategies to follow for its development and consolidation.
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