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HOLCIM AWARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION

04.03.2005

The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction is currently seeking sustainable construction projects to enter its Global Awards competition. Total prize money of two million US dollars is on offer. Entries can only be submitted via the Internet (www.holcimawards.org) with the competition closing on March 31, 2005. To be eligible for entry, projects must have reached an advanced design stage but construction must not have yet commenced.

The Holcim Awards are divided into five geographic regions: Africa and Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. The entries will be assessed by regional juries headed by five of the world’s most renowned technical universities: the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa; Tongji University in Shanghai, China; the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland; the University of São Paulo, Brazil and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, USA. The winners of the five Regional Awards will afterwards participate in the global competition to be carried out in 2006.

Awards entries will be evaluated against five "target issues" of sustainable construction. The "target issues" of quantum change and transferability; ethical standards and social equity; ecological quality and energy saving; economic performance and compatibility; and contextual response and aesthetic impact are explained in more detail on the Holcim Foundation website (www.holcimfoundation.org).
 
For further information please see enclosure or contact: sk@holcimfoundation.org


Kind regards

On behalf of Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Schalcher
Head of Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich


Simon A. Keller
Project manager
Swiss Federal Institute for Technology (ETH Zurich)
T +41 1 633 28 01 / F +41 1 633 88 10
sk@holcimfoundation.org
www.holcimawards.org
www.holcimfoundation.org