Theme 1

Overview of the existing sustainable built environment best practices

Objective: Present some of the best practices in managing sustainable built environment

Themes:

• Best practices for the sustainable built environment (global perspective)
• The growth of LEED: is it a success story?
• Québec experience in sustainable buildings
• ITACA practices in ITALY

Theme 2

Considering a unified approach to the sustainable development of a safe built environment

Objective: Present the criteria required for a new approach for sustainable development addressing the technical, economic, and social and environment aspects

Theme :

• New integrated approach to the sustainability of the built environment
• A comprehensive approach as a sustainable built framework
• Sustainable Development: An Investor Perspective
• Green bills for Green Buildings?

Theme 3

Leveraging engineering, technology and materials into a new synergistic systems approach towards the sustainability of the built environment

Objective: Present the latest materials and technologies that can work towards the sustainability of the built environment

Themes:

• Part 1: The materials and technologies

  • Bone Structure meeting environmental requirements: energy efficiency, steel and zero waste
  • Technologies for a sustainable building
  • Cement, concrete and Sustainable Development
  • Innovation in coating systems
  • Environmental assessment tools for sustainable building

• Part 2: Projects, Systems and Engineering

  • Sustainable Municipality Infrastructure: The global approach
  • ITC Laboratory – a case study in Sustainable Construction and LEED certification; Bergamo Italy
  • International Technical showcases: Promoting sustainable development innovation for the built environment
  • Challenges of the integrated design approach for teaching and practices of engineering

Theme 4

Threading the Present and Charting the Future

Objective: Present the challenges and opportunities and the road ahead to sustainable buildings

Themes:

• Bringing "Clean" Technology from Discovery to Global Innovation: Requirements and Challenges
• To build a sustainable future; innovation, research, sustainability, poetry
• Building a sustainable environment with engineering
• Sustainability of the construction process: from materials to the final construction
• Sustainable building in Québec, current situation and future prospects