Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

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Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

"Re-inventing construction" - Holcim Forum 2010
Rethinking the way we build was the central focus of the 3rd International Holcim Forum held in Mexico City. This new publication provides an overview of some of the great challenges to reorient construction economically, ecologically, and socially.

"Re-inventing construction" (online flip-book)

"Re-inventing construction" (PDF, 18.6MB)

Call for entries:
3rd International Holcim Awards competition
July 1, 2010 – Entries are now open in the USD 2 million competition for projects and visions of sustainability.

IUCN opens one of the greenest office buildings
June 4, 2010 – IUCN’s new Conservation Centre in Gland, Switzerland aims to be the first office building in Europe to obtain LEED Platinum certification and Swiss MINERGIE Eco-P standard. The Holcim Foundation has published a comprehensive book to document the “creation of a sustainable building”.

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The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction promotes sustainable responses to the technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues affecting building and construction at the national, regional and global levels. To encourage innovative approaches to sustainable construction, the foundation conducts activities including: Holcim Awards competition, Holcim Forum symposium, Holcim Grants seed funding for building initiatives and grants for research projects.

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