Conference themes
- Sustainability 40:40 Looking back and forward
- Climate change
- Sustainable businesses
- Case studies
- Quality of life
- Global sustainability
- SF1 Toward Rio+20 and beyond
- SF2 Zero emission buildings
- SF3 SuvelaSURGE Student Competition
- SF4 Industry panel
- SF5 Sustainable procurement
- SF6 Sustainable Valuing
- SF7 Core indicators
- SF8 Cross-scale assessment
- SF9 Property investors
- SF10 High performance energy systems
Theme 1: World resources (WR)
- Forecasts and globalisation (WR-F)
- Water and waste management (WR-W)
- Material and energy flows (WR-M)
Theme 2: Well-being in cities and urban environments (CU)
- Indicators for the quality of life (CU-I)
- Cultural and regional issues (CU-C)
- Innovative management and operation (CU-M)
- Land use, infrastructure, transport (CU-L)
Theme 3: Sustainability in developing countries (DC)
- Appropriate sustainable technologies (DC-T)
- Social and economic indicators (DC-I)
- Coastal cities, risks of climate change (DC-C)
- Urbanization, mega cities, employment (DC-U)
Theme 4: Sustainable processes and eco-efficient technologies (EE)
- Assessment of cities, neighbourhoods, buildings and products (EE-A)
- Energy positive and zero energy buildings, passive houses (EE-P)
- ICTs for saving resourcesa and reducing emissions (EE-I)
- Performance and value metrics, health and comfort (EE-V)
- New material technologies and material solutions (EE-M)
Theme 5: Sustainable business models (BM)
- Market transformation, lead market approach (BM-M)
- Sustainable procurement (BM-P)
- Financing and incentives (BM-F)
Theme 6: Social sustainability and environmental ethics (SS)
- Corporate responsibility and reporting (SS-R)
- Sustainable policies (SS-P)
- Education, training, standardization and regulation (SS-E)