Abstrakt:
The present study analyses eco-innovation from the perspective of sustainable building. The authoress put special emphasis on topics that are currently widely discussed such as factors of development of eco-innovation, types of eco-innovation, environmental guidelines for sustainable building and building certification systems. Furthermore also it discusses the approach of eco-innovation in the European Union to demonstrate whether Poland is a leader in this field or not. Moreover, it discusses some examples of eco-innovation in construction, which should be a contribution to the development of further analysis of this issue.