, 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
How can teaching influence the understanding of sustainable construction?
- Sustainability and lightweight structures
- Teaching concepts
- Optimized constructions
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
Upcycling vs. demolition of existing heavyweight façades
- Retrofit of existing heavyweight façades
- Upcycling vs. demolition
- Sustainability and circularity
Embodied carbon design
- Current embodied carbon calculation process
- Example project analysis and design outcomes
- Project schedule and budgets
Innovative solutions in glass for sustainable construction
- Low carbon glass
- Glass façade recycling
- Digital services for a circular economy
12:30 Lunch