Sustainable Construction – one of the big draws of the exhibition

Sustainable Construction will once again be amazing visitors with its original ideas


The site consists of three areas:

Exhibition

Featuring rehabilitation projects of buildings and neighbourhoods in Europe, including Freiburg-Vauban, Malmö, Vitoria, Zaragoza and Barcelona. There will also be a display of selected furniture made from recycled products.

Technical seminars

  • “Construction using sustainability criteria”
    Tuesday 21 and Thursday 23 April
    Discussing current trends and presenting various case studies of buildings constructed using sustainability criteria.
    Organized by: ACECMA (Catalan Association of Environmental Engineers and Consultants)
    Programme
  • “Energy efficiency and new business opportunities in building”
    Tuesday 21 April – 3.30 pm
    A presentation of surveys of the current market in energy efficiency in building, including public and private supply and demand; the latest technical advances, and public economic instruments for boosting the sector.
    Organized by: Catalan Energy Institute
    Programme
  • Presentation of the book 34 Kg of CO2 by Toni Solanas et al
    Wednesday 22 April
  • “Standardization in Sustainable Construction”
    Friday 24 April – 3.30 pm – 7.00 pm
    The session will present the current trends in standardization for sustainable construction, the calculation methods used for measuring a building’s performance and the updated community energy policy on construction. Given by the European Committee for Standardization and AENOR, with the collaboration of Andris Piebalgs, the European Commissioner for Energy.Programme
  • Technical seminar on recycled products markets given by the Waste Agency of Catalonia

In Hall 1 at the stand of the Department of the Environment and Housing of the Generalitat of Catalonia.

Organized by: Department of the Environment and Housing of the Generalitat of Catalonia