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De: Holcim Foundation <info@...>
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Enviado: lunes 24 de agosto de 2009, 9:18:29
Asunto: Sustainable construction beyond the green

Sustainable construction beyond the green


Zurich / Switzerland - August 24, 2009


** Global Holcim Awards competition: winning projects reflect broad range of approaches to sustainability **

The USD 2 million Holcim Awards encourage best practice and inspire architects, engineers and developers to adopt sustainable parameters for their building projects.

The Holcim Awards has completed its second three-year cycle with Global prize hand-over ceremonies in Fez (Morocco), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Beijing (China) and San Francisco (USA) which featured addresses by Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Julia Marton-Lefèvre (Switzerland); Chair of the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development, Rt Hon Simon Upton (New Zealand); Director and Head of Planning and Integrated Urbanism of Arup, Peter Head (UK); and Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, Saskia Sassen (USA).

The diversity of the winning projects shows that world-class sustainable construction solutions not only consider environmental impact - but also deliver economic and social performance as well as architectural quality and provide breakthroughs that can be effectively transferred to other projects.


** Winning projects - Global Holcim Awards 2009 **

Gold - River remediation and urban development scheme, Fez, Morocco
>> http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T932/Gold_-_Morocco.htm

Silver - Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
>> http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T937/Silver_-_Vietnam.htm

Bronze - Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China
>> http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T936/Bronze_-_China.htm

"Innovation" prize - Self-contained day labor station, San Francisco, USA
>> http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T938/Innovation_prize_-_USA.htm


** More information **

Full text of media release, additional information and high-resolution images of all events
>> http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T970/A09GLgreen.htm

Video statements - Members of the Global Holcim Awards jury discuss the jury process and need to pursue sustainability.
>> http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T953/video.htm


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