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Target issues for sustainable construction
Innovation and transferability: "Progress"
Ethical standards and social equity: "People"
Environmental quality and resource efficiency: "Planet"
Economic performance and compatibility: "Prosperity"
Contextual and aesthetic impact: "Proficiency"
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Target issues for sustainable construction
The “target issues” compare the degree to which buildings contribute to sustainable development. Winner of the Holcim Awards Gold 2008 for Europe, Contextual government quarter development, Budapest, Hungary shows how urban renewal should be tackled to deliver real improvements to degraded urban areas on a sustainable basis.
A framework for sustainable construction
The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction is committed to the “triple bottom line” concept, which asserts that long-term and sustainable progress requires the balanced achievement of economic development, environmental performance and social advancement.
Based on this concept and to make sustainable construction easier to understand, evaluate and apply, the Holcim Foundation and its renowned partner universities have identified a set of five “target issues” for sustainable construction, which serve as a basis for the Holcim Awards and for other activities of the Holcim Foundation.
Click on the links below for in-depth definitions of each “target issue”, including their practical application within exemplary buildings, and Holcim Awards winning projects, from different regions of the world:
Innovation and transferability –
Progress
Ethical standards and social equity –
People
Environmental quality and resource efficiency –
Planet
Economic performance and compatibility –
Prosperity
Contextual and aesthetic impact –
Proficiency
Target issues
Innovation and transferability – Progress
Ethical standards and social equity – People
Environmental quality and resource efficiency – Planet
Economic performance and compatibility – Prosperity
Contextual and aesthetic impact – Proficiency
Summary of the "target issues"
The PDF below contains a two-page overview of the five "target issues".
Summary
(PDF, 53KB)
Publications
A series of booklets published by the Holcim Foundation on the theme of sustainable construction in practice.
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