Holger Wallbaum was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for Africa Middle East in 2008 and 2011, and the Holcim Awards 2014 jury for Europe. He moderated the workshop “Stimulate stakeholders – With incentives to implementation” at the 3rd Holcim Forum 2010 and led the workshop “Overall value: Harnessing all benefits from sustainable construction” at the 4th Holcim Forum 2013.

His main research interests are related to ecological and economic life cycle assessment of construction materials, buildings and infrastructures, sustainability assessment tools for buildings, social-cultural and climate adapted design concepts, the refurbishment of the building stock as well as dynamic building stock modeling and its visualization.

He holds active positions at the International Council for Research & Innovation in Building & Construction (CIB), is an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and co-founder of two startup companies, one on housing renovation concepts as well as one on healthy and productive offices.

He was formerly the Chair for Sustainable Construction, initiated by Holcim, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland. He was appointed to this position, as Assistant Professor for Sustainable Construction (2006-12). He was also a member of the Academic Committee (AC), of the Holcim Foundation (2006-13).

Holger Wallbaum was appointed Professor in Sustainable Building, Chalmers University of Technology in 2012 and was appointed Vice Dean for Utilisation, Chalmers University of Technology in 2020. He studied safety engineering and environmental management at the University of Wuppertal, Germany; safety engineering and risk management at the University of Mulhouse, France; and completed a PhD in architecture at the University of Hannover, Germany in 2002. He gained professional experience in the fields of sustainability indicator systems and management tools for decision support and communication.