2nd August
As part of the programme of activities attached to SB11 Helsinki, we are launching an International Student Competition aimed at the sustainable urban regeneration and development of the Suvela area in Espoo, Finland.
SB11 Helsinki intends to carry even further the high standards set by the previous SB08 Melbourne by getting more countries involved, and increasing the technical quality of the conference contents. This objective goes hand in hand with the desire to channel the participation of students from around the world by contributing their fresh ideas and proposals to a more sustainable city of the future, and linking them with the main themes of the conference.
Therefore we are making the 1st Announcement now so that the multidisciplinary teams interested in participating can start to get assembled. A 2nd Announcement will be made in the autumn and the current information will be fully updated.
We are looking forward to receiving the contribution of young generations to SB11 Helsinki!
Download here the 1st announcement for the student competition.
24th June
Conference office is closed from 24th June to 1st August.
Organizers want to wish you all a great summer.
22nd June 2010
Call For Papers leaflet has been published. Click here to download the leaflet.
17th June 2010
The theme of Portugal SB10 was Affordable to All. It focused in Low Cost sustainable technical solutions in Algarve, on 17-19 March. 45% of 220 participants travelled to Portugal to hear 80 presentations covering the main topics of
• Policies to low cost sustainable construction
• Low cost sustainable building solutions
• High performance sustainable building solutions
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Case-studies.
The main conclusions were that
• the increasing impact of buildings on sustainability makes it vital that means of assessment of sustainability are developed
• climate change is one of the forces pressing us to alter our present dynamic of increasing consumption and waste
• making things less bad is not enough – more ambitious aims will be more effective
• goals such as near zero energy consumption are possible and desirable
• we must go beyond just being green and alter the paradigm on which our economy rests
• change must involve all the actors in the business of building and a reassessment of the basis of property value
• there is a will to shift to a sustainable way of living, starting with our buildings
• the increasingly higher expectation of sustainability drive the need to share examples, perspectives and approaches
• better incentives, including tax measures, are needed to encourage realistically affordable sustainable building
• environmental performance has to be considered concurrently with the other aspects of building that affect sustainability.
SB10 Algarve: Affordable to All.
For more info, see
http://heyblom.websites.xs4all.nl/website/newsletter/1004/algarve_report.pdf
11th June 2010
The first SB10 Regional Conference was held 23-26 February 2010 in Seoul, Korea. Approximately 150 papers from 13 countries were presented in three symposia: Sustainable Education, Sustainable Super Tall Building and Sustainable Evaluation. Prof. Ronald Rovers emphasized that the new starting point has to be education to achieve a sustainable environment and commented that the world is now working for zero impact on environment, energy consumption and climate changes. Dr. Sungwoo Shin said the super tall building is an essential part of new urban areas and the sustainable tall building needs to be considered as an alternative in the evolution of the eco-city. Mr. Nils Larsson stated it is very important to develop the future assessment system to take account of regional and urban issues.
Andrea Moro, Ronald Rovers and Sungwoo Shin in SB10 SEOUL.
For more info, see http://heyblom.websites.xs4all.nl/website/newsletter/1004/seoul_report.pdf
7th June 2010
Abstract submission for the SB11 Conference is now open! To find out more click here
2nd June 2010
Exhibition and sponsorship information leaflet has been published. Detailed exhibition floor plan has been published. Click here to find more information.
1st June 2010
A news column will start in the SB11 website in June 2010.
It will update weekly, if not daily, the progress of the SB11 Helsinki World Conference preparations until October 2011.