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The International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction, will take place at Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City – April 14-17, 2010. The Holcim Forum is a three-day conference including workshops and site visits. It is open to academics and professionals from architecture, civil engineering, urban planning, natural and social sciences, as well as representatives from business, politics, administration and civil society.
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Re-Inventing Construction
In the context of necessary economic, ecological, and social reorientations of the global community, construction needs to be re-invented and aligned with principles of sustainable development. Traditional approaches to the design, fabrication, and use of built structures have to undergo significant changes in order to address the needs of future generations. This transformation will no longer consist of isolated improvements but must be radically integrated, and encompass the entire life cycle of a built structure.

Taking an array of disciplines associated with the production of the human-made environment into consideration, the focus of Re-Inventing Construction will be on knowledge mining and dissemination, material and product life cycle assessment, CO2 emissions and energy efficiency, considered deployment of means and economic resources, measured public and private policies, as well as on social welfare and equity.

At the 3rd International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction, discussions in four groups will focus on the critical aspects of the main theme or Re-Inventing Construction. The main contribution to each of the four workshop topics will be prepared before the Forum by a top ranking team of experts. These joint papers will reflect the state of the art and develop visions for future quantum leaps. They will be presented and discussed in the working groups, flanked by a dozen outstanding, real case studies from all over the world. At the end of the workshops the participants shall elaborate statements with regard to the expert papers and outline possible solutions related to the four topics.

Online registration:
A limited number of places are available to participate in the Holcim Forum from April 14 to 17, 2010 at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Registrations close on January 31, 2010.

http://www.holcimforum.org/register

More Info:
Full program details, speaker profiles and workshop overviews are available at:
http://www.holcimforum.org

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