Waking a sleeping giant: Innovation and sustainability in the construction industry
14 October 2008 - 15 October 2008
A pan-European consortium, drawn from 11 countries, participated in the project, with work streams for business process, products and services, sustainable housing and public procurement of construction. The conference programme showcases many leading practices to innovation and sustainability in construction and facilities management.
Venue:
European Commission
DG Enterprise & Industry
Avenue d'Auderghem 45
1049 Brussels
Start date and time:
14 October 2008, 13:00
To register for this event, please send your name, job title, company phone number and e-mail address to Angelika Hansen (angelika.hansen@sintef.no)
Download the agenda here: http://www.greenovate-europe.eu/files/u2/STAND-INN_CONF_08_final.pdf(opens in new window)
Background:
Construction is a large and strategically important industry employing around 26 million workers in 15 countries are employed in the construction sector with 2.5 million firms involved - 97% of them are small and medium-sized enterprises.
Construction is also a very fragmented industry sector reflected in the way that construction projects are made up, with many players from different disciplines contributing to a project. This makes good communication essential, and the best form of communication is through information sharing on projects, using open standards and tools such as the building information model (BIM).
Today, the construction industry is standing at a crossroads where the way forward represents a challenging paradigm shift. There are easier ways to go - business as usual, producing high-consumption buildings in an industry that itself works in wasteful ways. Or we could go forward and "wake a sleeping giant".
Venue:
European Commission
DG Enterprise & Industry
Avenue d'Auderghem 45
1049 Brussels
Start date and time:
14 October 2008, 13:00
To register for this event, please send your name, job title, company phone number and e-mail address to Angelika Hansen (angelika.hansen@sintef.no)
Download the agenda here: http://www.greenovate-europe.eu/files/u2/STAND-INN_CONF_08_final.pdf(opens in new window)
Background:
Construction is a large and strategically important industry employing around 26 million workers in 15 countries are employed in the construction sector with 2.5 million firms involved - 97% of them are small and medium-sized enterprises.
Construction is also a very fragmented industry sector reflected in the way that construction projects are made up, with many players from different disciplines contributing to a project. This makes good communication essential, and the best form of communication is through information sharing on projects, using open standards and tools such as the building information model (BIM).
Today, the construction industry is standing at a crossroads where the way forward represents a challenging paradigm shift. There are easier ways to go - business as usual, producing high-consumption buildings in an industry that itself works in wasteful ways. Or we could go forward and "wake a sleeping giant".