Instrumenting Change
Sustainable Building 2010 Brazil
(SB10Brazil) is one of the regional conferences on
sustainable building
organized in 2010 as preparation for the World SB 2011,
to be held in
Helsinki, Finland. This is the fifth edition of the
global conference,
the largest and most reputable within the academic
community. At global
level, organization is hosted by CIB (International
Council for
Research and Innovation in Building and Construction),
UNEP (United
Nations Environment Programme) and iiSBE (International
Initiative for
a Sustainable Built Environment). The Brazilian edition
is
collaboration among UNICAMP, UFES, UFSC and CBCS,
co-chaired by Prof.
Vanessa Gomes (UNICAMP, CIB, iiSBE), Prof. Vahan Agopyan
(CIB) and
Marcelo Takaoka (UNEP SBCI).
SB10Brazil marks the tenth anniversary
of CIB
2000 - From theory to practice,
one of the
first large - scale attempts to foster and smooth the
transition from
sustainable building into practice in Brazil and Latin
America. In the
past decade, strong efforts have focused on leveling the
playing field,
on envisioning a more sustainable future for the
country, and on
exploring management and innovation for sustainable
building.
SB10Brazil took the challenge of
helping to
instrument such change. Under the scientific
coordination of Prof.
Marina Ilha (UNICAMP), SB10Brazil
invites
contributions and case studies to push forward
implementation and
demonstration of advances on, among other subjects:
1. Advanced building design and construction;
2. Affordable social housing and settlements;
3. Sustainable renovation and refurbishment;
4. Sustainable urban models and infrastructure;
5. Policy and legislation for SB;
6. Integrated project delivery and updated contracting
models;
7. Methodologies and tools for sustainability
assessment;
8. Sustainable facility management;
9. Business models for sustainable building; and
10. Education and training for SB.
SB10Brazil Organizers encourage
research
institutes, universities and companies to gather in
São Paulo,
in November 2010, to engage in international
collaboration, exchange
information, network companies and research groups and
develop business
expertise. The official languages for the conference are
Portuguese and
Spanish, but due to international interest, abstracts
and papers in
English will be accepted as well.
