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CRISP Final Conference - 26-27 June 2003 - France
Construction and City Related Sustainability Indicators - Development and practical use of indicators Place : Sophia-Antipolis
(near Nice, south of France) Objectives of the conference : • to present and promote CRISP results, the main product being a database gathering and documenting existing indicators and systems of indicators in the field of sustainability in construction and cities,
• to inform about the status of work of other EU projects and working groups, close to CRISP scope (SUREURO, PRESCO, HQE2R, SCMT…) and the way indicators are concerned,
• to demonstrate by concrete examples the usefulness of practical use of sustainability indicators, at different scales, namely products, buildings and urban areas, in different EU countries,
• to inform about standardisation, governmental initiatives and EU harmonisation in this field,
• to get experts’ opinion on the trends and prospects in the development and use of indicators.
Contact : Sylviane Nibel, CSTB, France
E-mail : nibel@cstb.fr
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Joint PRESCO-CRISP Workshop on Sustainable Construction : 24-25 June 2002, Belgium
The second CRISP Workshop has been organised jointly with the complementary European Thematic Network PRESCO (dealing with practical recommendations for sustainable construction). This joint Workshop was held in Ostend, Belgium.
As both networks were running for about 2 years, it was a good moment to present progress and achievements. Furthermore, the purpose was to gather comments and amendments on the recommendations developed by PRESCO and the indicator database developed by CRISP.
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See PRESCO Website
HEALTHY BUILDINGS 2003 - Singapore, 7-11 december 2003
The seventh Healthy Buildings conference will be held at the National University of Singapore. Until now, the program of every conference has focused on practical solutions based on scientific data. Each conference has also produced state-of-the-art reports on concurrent topics. The Healthy Buildings 2003 Conference will be organized according to these principles, with particular emphasis on energy-efficient healthy buildings in all climatic conditions.
Conference aims and scope- To increase the awareness of healthy indoor environment and energy-efficient building globally, including a special theme for developing countries;
- To create a multi-disciplinary forum on the development and advances made in the field of indoor air quality and climate to achieve healthy, comfortable and productive environments;
- To allow interactions among scientists, policy makers, medical, legal and building professionals on the application of state-of-the-art research to practical problems encountered in the design, construction, operation and retrofitting of buildings;
- The scope of the Conference covers all building types in all climatic conditions.
Note : the detailed programme is not available yet, but the call for abstracts focused on the following themes :
- Science of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) parameters;
- Materials, Systems and Technologies for Healthy Buildings;
- IAQ and human response;
- Practice and implementation issues in creating Healthy Buildings;
- Issues of Healthy Buildings and Energy Efficiency in the developing countries.
Abstracts are welcome until August 20th, 2003.
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See Healthy Buildings 2003 Website
HQE2R 2nd International Conference : Methods and Tools for the Development of Sustainable Neighbourhoods, 6-7 march 2003, Copenhagen
The objective of the HQE2R project is to develop a new methodology and tools to promote sustainable development and quality of life at the crucial and challenging level of urban neighbourhoods. The project uses case studies as model neighbourhoods in which to test the methodology.
The elements taken into account in the development of this methodology and its tools are :
- Improvement in the quality of the built environment,
- Improvement of the quality of life,
- Controlling costs and applying management methods which allow all categories of actors to share expenses,
- Controlling urban sprawl and commuting.
Objectives of the Conference :
- To present the first results of HQE2R on 3 selected topics,
- To illustrate these topics by examples form case studies in different European Countries,
- To discuss the results and their potential use,
- To collect feedback from delegates and incorporate their needs in the further work of the HQE2R project.
Note : all the presentations of march 7th morning will be devoted to "Sustainable Development Indicators"
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HQE2R Website
International Workshop: Management of Durability in the Building Process, 25- 26 June 2003, Milan, Italy
Working Group on the Evaluation of building components in the UNI commission on Building Process, will supply information on the evolution of the Italian Technical Standards on durability.
During the International Workshop, the chief results will be presented about National and International Research of methodological and experimental on the item of Durability throughout the Building Process.
The Workshop will be organized in technical sessions, which will deal with the different relevant items:
- Design for durability
- Estimating the long-term performance (durability) in the design phase
- Controlling key factors related to durability in the component manufacturing and construction phases
- Evaluating material and components durability
- Development of standards on service life planning
- The significance of establishing the long-term performance of components in relation to the maintenance planning process
- Relation of service life planning to sustainable construction
- Climate characterisation and its relevance to service life planning.
The conference is organised by the Politecnico di Milano and the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction
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See Politecnico di Milano Website
See CIB Website
International Conference: Sustainable Building 2002, Oslo
This major International Conference, hosted by the Norwegian EcoBuild Programme and the Municipality of Oslo, co-organised by CIB and iISBE, was held from September 23rd to 25th, 2002, in Oslo, Norway.
The three main objectives were:
- the Challenges: demonstrate the importance of the building construction in global sustainable development,
- the Knowledge: focus the latest research and knowledge,
- the Solutions: demonstrate practical solutions
Five main themes for the parallel sessions:
- Cities and human settlements
- Buildings
- Products
- Business opportunities
- Green Building Challenge (with case studies).
Note : the next conference of this type will be held in Tokyo in 2005.
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See SB2002 website
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