Themes

World Sustainable Building Conference addresses new opportunities for

• improving quality of life
• mitigating effects of climate change
• and making new business

The aim of the World Sustainable Building Conference in Helsinki is to share leading knowledge, and also to find new solutions which can enhance sustainable ways of living and working within built environments.

To improve our current understanding on sustainable building and to develop innovative solutions for the present and future, SB11 Helsinki will provide a vivid forum for discussion and networking between all stakeholders.

A global view of the industry and research will be offered through presentations structured according to SB11 Conference topics organized by an international scientific committee. These topics relate to built environments of the present and the future, and to developing countries and industrialized nations.

Click here to see the entire conference programme. The Special Forum programme can be found below.

Special Forums

• SF1 Toward Rio+20 and beyond - click here for the video presentation of the session!
• SF2 Zero emission buildings - click here for the video presentation of the session!
• SF3 SuvelaSURGE Student Competition - click here for the video of the session!
• SF4 Industry panel  
          - Information about Sustainable Construction Glossary
• SF5 Sustainable procurement
• SF6 Sustainable Valuing
• SF7 Core indicators
• SF8 Cross-scale assessment
• SF9 Property investors
• SF10 High performance energy systems
• SB Regionals
• SB Urban
• SBChallenge

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)