Holcim Awards 2010

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Promoting and rewarding sustainable construction
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Agenda

• The sponsor Holcim Ltd
• Triple bottom line Sustainable development
• The Holcim Foundation
• Background and mission
• Target issues for sustainable construction
• Activities
• The Holcim Awards competition
• Examples of winning projects
• How to participate

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Starting in the Swiss village of Holderbank 98
years ago
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Our vision is Building foundations for
societys future. We want to know what happens
to our materials and how we can contribute to
sustainable development.
Markus Akermann, CEO Holcim Ltd
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Sustainable development Balanced triple bottom
line
Prosperity
People
Planet
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Stakeholder engagement, community involvement
People

• Focus on education, building infrastructure and
  community development
• Community spending of CHF 41 million in 2008,
  with over 2 million people directly benefitting
• Alliances help to make step changes

International Union for Conservation of Nature
(IUCN)
UN Global Compact (UNGC)
World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD)

• Global recognition and awards

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Holcim Ltd 2010
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Sustainability essence of the triple bottom line
Socialresponsibility
Economic growth
Environmentalperformance
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Holcim Ltd 2010
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Sustainability in construction A step towards
sustainable development
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Global lifecycle footprint of buildings
(Source World Green Building Council, The
ecological footprint)
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Green labels Construction certification systems
sadfg

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Codes, standards, permits, economy, politics,
trends, awareness
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Governance of the Holcim Foundation
Advisory Board
Technical Competence Center
Management Board
Rolf Soiron Holcim, Switzerland Yolanda
Kakabadse WWF International, Ecuador Amory
Lovins Rocky Mountain Institute, USA Enrique
Norten TEN Arquitectos, Mexico/USA Klaus
Toepfer ex UNEP, Germany Simon Upton OECD
Environ. Direct., New Zealand Muhammad
Yunus Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
Markus Akermann Holcim, Switzerland Marc
Angélil ETH Zurich, Switzerland Alexander
Biner MS Mgmt Service, Switzerland Hans-Rudolf
Schalcher ETH Zurich, Switzerland Roland
Walker Holcim, Switzerland
Hans-Rudolf Schalcher Prof. em. ETH Zurich,
Switzerland Marc Angélil Prof. ETH Zurich,
Switzerland Hansjürg Leibundgut Prof. ETH Zurich,
Switzerland Andrew Scott Prof. MIT Cambridge,
USA Holger Wallbaum Prof. ETH Zurich,
Switzerland Zhiqiang Wu Prof. Tongji University,
China
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Partner Universities
Advisory Board K. Töpfer, E. Norten, S. Upton,
Y. Kakabadse, A. Lovins, M. Yunus, R. Soiron
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Holistic approach to sustainable construction
Building in a way that is socially,
economically, environmentally, functionally, and
aesthetically balanced to meet today's needs and
to conserve resources for future generations.
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Target issues criteria for sustainable
construction

• Significant advancements ? Progress
• Environmental performance ? Planet
• Economic efficiency ? Prosperity
• Social responsibility ? People
• Architectural quality ? Proficiency

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Progress Significant advancements multipliable
innovative approaches
? Innovation and transferability
Switzerland
Zermatt, Switzerland
Zermatt, Switzerland
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Planet Environmental performance management of
natural resources
? Environmental quality and resource efficiency
Sudbury, Canada
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Prosperity Economic efficiency feasibility
? Economic performance and compatibility
Maribor, Slovenia
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People Social responsibility long-term impact
? Ethical standards and social equity
Medellín, Colombia
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Proficiency Architectural quality impact on
physical environment
? Contextual and aesthetic impact
India
Hyderabad, India
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Activities to promote sustainability in
construction
Progress, Planet, People, Prosperity,
Proficiency Target issues for sustainable
construction
Accelerate progress by communicating, exhibiting,
lecturing and publishing
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IUCN Gland
Benny Farm, Canada
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ETH Zurich 2004 Tongji Shanghai 2007
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UIA Mexico City 2010
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270 participants from 39 countries 4 workshops
Reduce CO2 With technology to zero emissions
Manage complexity With integral solutions to an
economy of means
Mine the city With logistics to circular
metabolisms
Stimulate stakeholders With incentives to
implementation
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Regional and global Awards competitions
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3-year-cycle of regional and global competitions

• Seeking interdisciplinary approaches to
  sustainable construction projects with high
  probability of execution independent of the
  building material to be used
• Addressing architects, engineers, materials
  technologists, planners, social scientists, and
  related professions, including students of all
  these disciplines anyone may enter any project
• Promoting cross-border approaches and regional
  adaptation of sustainable construction

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Regional and global competitions prize money USD
2 Mio
Europe
North America
Asia Pacific
Prize money per region 2011 Holcim Awards (main)
category Gold award USD 100,000 Silver
award USD 50,000 Bronze award USD 25,000 4 gt
Acknowledgements prizes, budget USD
75,000 Next Generation (student)
category Next Generation 1st prize USD
25,000 Next Generation 2nd prize USD
15,000 Next Generation 3rd prize USD 10,000
Africa Middle East
Latin America
Total for five regions USD 1,500,000
Total for global phase 2012 USD 500,000
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1st and 2nd Holcim Awards competitions
2005
2008
120 countries 121
3008 entries 4774
1450 formally correct 1875
1360 evaluated 1720
464 prizes 524
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Independent Awards juries in five regions 2008
Asia Pacific
Europe
Asia Pacific
North America
Africa Middle East
Latin America
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Five regional Awards ceremonies 2008
Madrid
Montreal
Marrakech
New Delhi
Mexico City
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Global Jury 2009 Rolf Soiron, Peter Head, Saskia
Sassen, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Charles Correa
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Global Holcim Awards Gold 2009
River remediation and urban development
schemeFez, Morocco
Main authors Aziza Chaouni (left) and Takako
Tajima at the Global Holcim Awards Gold hand-over
at the Wilaya Conference Center in Fez, Morocco,
July 16, 2009.
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Global Holcim Awards Gold 2009
River remediation and urban development
schemeFez, Morocco
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Global Holcim Awards Silver 2009
Low-impact greenfield university campusHo Chi
Minh City, Vietnam
Main authors Kazuhiro Kojima (left) and Daisuke
Sanuki at the Global Holcim Awards Silver
hand-over at the Sheraton Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam, July 3, 2009.
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Global Holcim Awards Silver 2009
Low-impact greenfield university campusHo Chi
Minh City, Vietnam
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Global Holcim Awards Bronze 2009
Sustainable planning for a rural
communityBeijing, China
From left LI Yeqing, CEO of Huaxin Cement, with
main authors NI Feng and ZHANG Yue at the Global
Holcim Awards Bronze hand-over at the Beijing
Planning Exhibition Hall in Beijing, China, June
19, 2009.
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Global Holcim Awards Bronze 2009
Sustainable planning for a rural
communityBeijing, China
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Global Holcim Awards Gold 2006
Upgrading San Rafael-UnidoCaracas, Venezuela
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Global Holcim Awards Gold 2006
Main stationStuttgart, Germany
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Global Holcim Awards Silver 2006
Water power Renewal strategy for the Mulini
ValleyAmalfi and Scala, Italy
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Global Holcim Awards Bronze 2006
Greening the infrastructure at Benny
FarmMontreal, Canada
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3rd Holcim Awards competition cycle

• Competition closes for entries March 23, 2011
  Help-desk at
  helpdesk_at_holcimawards.org
• Holcim Awards (main) category
• Projects at an advanced stage of design
• Construction/production may not have commenced
  before July 1, 2010
• Holcim Awards Next Generation (student)
  category
• Visions and ideas also at conceptual level
• Student projects created within university
  programs at final-year bachelor level or above
  (incl. masters and PhD)
• No restrictions to eligibility of entries
• Landscape, urban design and infrastructure
• Building and civil engineering works
• Materials, products and construction technologies

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Entries only at www.holcimawards.org in English
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Holcim Awards jury 2011 for Asia Pacific

• Date and location
• July 28-30, 2011, IIT, Mumbai, India (tbc)
• Members
• Uday ATHAVANKAR, designer, India (tbc)
• Olivia la O CASTILLO, social scientist/administra
  tor, Philippines
• Wowo DING, architect, China (Head)
• Paul HUGENTOBLER, civil engineer, Switzerland
  (Holcim)
• Momoyo KAIJIMA, architect, Japan
• Ashok B. LALL, architect, India
• Valérie PORTEFAIX, architect, China
• Hans-Rudolf SCHALCHER, civil engineer,
  Switzerland (TCC)
• Gunawan TJAHJONO, architect/planner, Indonesia

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Holcim Awards jury 2011 for Europe

• Date and location
• June 23-25, 2011, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Members
• Bjarke Ingels, architect/designer, Denmark
• Hansjürg Leibundgut, mechanical engineer,
  Switzerland (TCC)
• Winy Maas, architect/urban designer, The
  Netherlands
• Marta Malé-Alemany, architect, Italy/Spain
• Jürgen Mayer H., architect, Germany (Head)
• Lucy Musgrave, urban planner, UK
• Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, civil engineer,
  Switzerland (TCC)
• Jean-Philippe Vassal, architect, France (tbc)
• Representative of Holcim, administrator,
  Switzerland

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Holcim Awards jury 2011 for North America

• Date and location
• July 14-16, 2011, MIT, Cambridge, USA
• Members
• Ray Cole, architect/civil engineer, Canada
• Keller Easterling, architect/urbanist, USA
• Harry Gugger, architect, Switzerland (TCC)
• Sheila Kennedy, architect, USA
• Mohsen Mostafavi, architect/educator, USA (Head)
• Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, civil engineer,
  Switzerland (TCC)
• Nader Tehrani, architect, USA
• Bernard Terver, engineer, USA (Holcim)
• Mark West, architect/researcher, Canada

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Holcim Awards jury 2011 for Latin America

• Date and location
• July 7-9, 2011, UIA, Mexico City, Mexico
• Members
• Carolyn Aguilar-Dubose, architect/urban planner,
  Mexico (Head)
• Marc Angélil, architect/urban planner,
  USA/Switzerland
• Daniel Bermúdez Samper, architect, Colombia
• Angelo Bucci, architect/urbanist, Brazil
• Vanderley M. John, civil engineer, Brazil
• Andreas Leu, economist, Switzerland (Holcim)
• Michel Rojkind, architect, Mexico
• Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, civil engineer,
  Switzerland (TCC)
• Bruno Stagno, architect, Costa Rica

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Holcim Awards jury 2011 for Africa Middle East

• Date and location
• June 16-18, 2011, EAC, Casablanca, Morocco
• Members
• Javier de Benito, economist, Switzerland (Holcim)
• Chrisna du Plessis, researcher, South Africa
• Abderrafih Lahbabi, architect/urban planner,
  Morocco
• Mphethi Morojele, architect, South Africa
• Amer Moustafa, architect, United Arab Emirates
• Joe Osae-Addo, architect, Ghana
• Hashim Sarkis, architect, Lebanon (Head)
• Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, civil engineer,
  Switzerland (TCC)
• Holger Wallbaum, architect/ecologist, Switzerland
  (TCC)

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Holcim Awards competitions Jury criteria

• Innovation and transferability
• Progress Significant advancements multipliable
  innovative approaches
• Environmental quality and resource efficiency
• Planet Environmental performance management of
  natural resources
• Economic performance and compatibility
• Prosperity Economic efficiency feasibility
• Ethical standards and social equity
• People Social responsibility long-term impact
• Contextual and aesthetic impact
• Proficiency Architectural quality impact on
  physical environment

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Holcim Awards ceremonies 2011

• Europe September 22/23Milan, Italy
• North America October 20/21National Building
  Museum, Washington DC, USA
• Latin America October 6/7Buenos Aires,
  Argentina
• Africa Middle East September 8/9Rabat, Morocco
• Asia Pacific November 24/25 Singapore

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Global phase of 3rd Holcim Awards competition
cycle

• All winning projects from the five regional
  competitions are automatically qualified for the
  Holcim Innovation Prize
• Jury for this competition is the Management Board
  of the Holcim Foundation (1 to 3 prizes from a
  budget of USD 150,000)
• Additionally, the 15 Award winning projects
  (Gold, Silver and Bronze in each of the five
  regions) are automatically qualified for the
  Global Holcim Awards Gold, Silver or Bronze
• Jury for this competition is an independent board
  of globally renowned specialists from the fields
  of architecture, engineering, social science,
  NGOs, etc. (3 awards from a budget of USD
  350,000 Gold 200,000, Silver 100,000, Bronze
  50,000)

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Thank you for making our world more sustainable!