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Annual Conference for Construction 2024

Wanted: Sustainable solutions for a better future in the construction sector

4 December 2024 | 9:15-16:30 | Hybrid event (live at Austrian Standards or livestream)

The construction industry is facing the challenge of reinventing itself in a time of economic stagnation and ambitious climate targets. Innovation is not only crucial to ensure the economic viability of construction projects, but also to successfully manage the green transformation.

Clear framework conditions are needed to make the transition to the ESG era. The economic and ecological performance of buildings and building products must be improved. The conditions are prescribed, but the rules of the game in the construction sector are not yet known. With rising energy prices, supply bottlenecks, tightening interest rates and a shortage of skilled labour, active action is all the more necessary. What questions need to be answered in order to achieve the prescribed targets?

The Annual Conference for Construction will once again be conducting a fact check. We invite you to the hybrid conference on 4 December to find answers to the construction industry's most burning questions together. You can look forward to inspiring best practices and discussion rounds with experts from the construction industry, research and the start-up sector.

Don't miss the meeting place for the construction community - secure your free place at the Annual Conference for Construction 2024 now!

A cooperation event with

Moderation

Martin Hehemann, Chief editor, Österreichische Bauzeitung

Programme

Please arrive on time. We will start the programme on time.

Planning and building for 100 years?

  • Requirements for energy and resource efficiency of buildings
  • New business ecosystems for circular construction projects & transition to Net Zero
  • Best practices & implemented lighthouse projects
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  • Building 2030 - What does Austria have to do with Brussels?
    tba | Representative of the EU Commission
     
  • Risk management and financing of property under the EU Taxonomy Regulation
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  • What can we expect from the European Construction Products Regulation and an OIB-7?
    Peter Maydl | University Professor (retired) | Civil Engineer for Civil Engineering
     
  • Insights into the work of Committee 271 Sustainability of Buildings & update on draft ON 271 status 2024-07-18
    Alexander Passer
    | Univ.-Prof. | TU Graz | Chairman Committee 271 Sustainability of Buildings

 

Short networking in the foyer.

  • How can the environmental impact of buildings and building materials be quantified?
    Hildegund Figl | Research & Board | IBO Austrian Institute for Building and Ecology | Chairwoman Working Group 02 Assessment Methods and Accounting Rules
     
  • Building product database & digital product passport: What data do we need?
    Otto Handle | Managing Director | Inndata Datentechnik
     
  • Circular economy and conservation
    Caroline Palfy | CEO | Loud 4 Planet
    Bernadette Luger | Resource Conservation and Sustainability in Construction | City of Vienna
     
  • Best practices & implemented lighthouse projects
    Johannes Kislinger | Founder and Managing Director | ah3 Architekten ZT Gmbh

Lunch together in our dining room.

  • GHG-reduced buildings in the life cycle: benefits and feasibility
    Patrick Jung I CEO | Jung Eco Building Solutions
     
  • Digitalisation in the planning and construction process: What really works?
    Wolf-Dietrich Denk | Managing Director | FCP
    Markus Dörfler | CEO | AUGMENTERRA GmbH
     
  • New business models through the circular economy
    Harald Mezler-Andelberg | Managing Director | Lindner (Austria)

The future of the construction sector: who's doing it, who's slowing it down, who's benefiting?

  • Markus Engerth | Head of Division & Member of the Executive Board | STRABAG AG
  • Isabella Stickler | Chairwoman / Chief Executive Officer | Alpenland Gemeinnützige Bau-, Wohn- und Siedlungsgenossenschaft
  • Gerald Beck | Management | Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft BIG | Austrian Real Estate ARE
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We cordially invite you to a get-together with snacks and refreshments.

Background information & notes

The event will only be held in German and it will take place hybrid. Take part physically live on site (Austrian Standards, Heinestraße 38, 1020 Vienna) or follow the discussion digitally via live stream. The link to the live stream will be sent to all those who have registered for digital participation a few days before the event.

Photos and videos will be taken at the event and used for marketing and communication purposes.

Registration

Register free of charge for the Bau 2024 annual conference.

Type of participation