Session

I Sustainable Housing and Construction in Europe

I.S2 Sustainable Housing

Date: 24/09/2008
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Location: Hall F.1

Target Audience: Industry (Companies), Science (Research + Development), Administration (Politics, Legislation)

Objectives:

innovative aspects of sustainable housing future directions and priorities to achieve a sustainable development

Format: Moderated presentation session
Language: English

Sustainable housing is not only affected by building materials, energy consumption or indoor air quality. Important criteria are also behaviour, attitudes and customs of the building’s occupants. The papers presented in this session glance many of these aspects and the discussion could open a broader horizon on housing and its sustainability in particular.

Session Chair

Ploetz, Christiane
Future Technologies Division, VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH, Germany

Presentations

Sustainability Performance Measurement for High Reliable Composite Wood Structures made of Fibre-reinforced Plastics, Technical Textiles and Compressed Wood
Guenther, Edeltraud
TU Dresden, Chair of Business Administration, especially Environmental Management and Accounting, Germany
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Environmental Evaluation of Flexible Housing
Mrkonjic, Katarina
Technical University of Catalonia , Spain
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Attitudes and Behaviour of German Homebuyers towards Sustainable Housing Development - A stated Preferences Approach
Rid, Wolfgang
Munich Technical University, Chair of Housing and Housing Economy, Germany
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Sustainable Buildings
Sedlbauer, Klaus
Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Germany