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, Session Block A5

10:45 Building a Sustainable World

Chair: Carl Maywald, Vector Foiltec, Bremen, Germany

Membrane structures and embodied carbon reduction

  • Analyzing the design phase - Two case studies
  • Critical issues
  • Whole lifetime considerations

Marijke Mollaert, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

How can teaching influence the understanding of sustainable construction?

  • Sustainability and lightweight structures
  • Teaching concepts
  • Optimized constructions

Heidrun Bögner-Balz, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Upcycling vs. demolition of existing heavyweight façades

  • Retrofit of existing heavyweight façades
  • Upcycling vs. demolition
  • Sustainability and circularity

Stephanie Van Goethem, Bureau Bouwtechniek, Belgium

Sustainable and adaptable façade design for healthy environments

  • Need for comfort and well-being
  • Controlling the rationality of providing that well-being
  • Developing more sustainable building envelopes

Frans van de Vuure, UN Studio, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Embodied carbon design

  • Current embodied carbon calculation process
  • Example project analysis and design outcomes
  • Project schedule and budgets

Ryan Krug, Lerch Bates, United States

Innovative solutions in glass for sustainable construction

  • Low carbon glass
  • Glass façade recycling
  • Digital services for a circular economy

Oskar Thompson, Saint-Gobain, Aachen, Germany

12:30 Lunch