Aug 12 2010
The GreenBuild exhibition and conference 2010 will be arranged on November 17-19 at the largest trade show arena in the U.S., the McCormick Place in Chicago. The expo is considered the World's largest within green building and attracts the majority of top manufacturers, architects, consultants, builders and distributors. The Swedish Trade Council will organize a Symbiocity pavilion and matchmaking at the fair.
The U.S. construction market is in rapid change and green buildings are taking market shares from traditional architecture. A leader in this trend is the U.S. Green Building Council, best known for its LEED classification. The council annually organizes the trade show GreenBuild.
Chicago is a central location for both traditional and green architecture. The city’s architecture was able to take new paths after the great fire in 1871, and fourteen years after the fire, the first skyscraper was completed in the city. Today, the city has the most LEED certified buildings in the U.S. and the city is also home to the world's largest LEED certified building, the Chicago Merchandise Mart. The current trend is moving towards working with larger project including entire city districts. As an example there are five pilot projects taking place in Chicago that are partaking in the new system, LEED for neighborhoods. At the same time a record large green neighborhood is planned on the site of a former steelworks. During the fair, the U.S. Green Building Council will offer several building tours of the city.
For more information, please contact Olov Hemström, Senior Project Leader, Swedish Trade Council in Chicago, olov.hemstrom@swedishtrade.se or +1.312.781.6222
Jun 16 2010
Stockholm was designated as the first European Green Capital by the EU Commission, the Building Sustainability Conference on October 19-20, 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden, is an official side event bringing together city officials from inside and outside of Europe.
City planners, investors, developers, contractors and consultants who work with sustainable building projects will meet to discuss successful planning initiatives and the cooperative aspect that lie behind several successful development projects in Stockholm.
The conference programme includes both lectures from Swedish and international speakers. Some of the topics are:
- building & sustainable construction
- urban planning
- energy efficiency
- retrofitting of aging buildings and neighbourhoods
- energy supply systems
- water supply, sewage and waste disposal
- innovative financing of sustainable investments
Also included in the programme are study tours to various parts of Stockholm, showcaseing the progress that has been made towards green urban solutions.
Jun 29 2010
Where: Casablanca, Morocco
Date: 6 - 9 October 2010
The Swedish Embassy in Morocco, together with the Swedish Trade Council, is organizing a pavilion for Swedish companies at the yearly international exhibition of environmental equipment, technologies and services on October 6-9 in Casablanca, Morocco.
The environment is a key concern for Morocco and the country is therefore making considerable investments in the environmental and water sector. Swedish know-how in this area has already been well recognized due to projects currently being carried out in the country by Swedish companies.
Last year's edition of the exhibition attracted 6 300 visitors, 335 companies as well as state officials. The organizers are expecting even more visitors this year.
For more information, please contact the Swedish Trade Council in Maghreb, Robert Wentrup, robert.wentrup@swedishtrade.se
Jun 16 2010
This forum will put the lime light on the cities’ important role in finding sustainable solutions to many of our environmental problems. It is a high-level, by invitation only seminar co-hosted by the Swedish Government and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the P.R. China. The SymbioCity Forum is part of the Swedish Government’s efforts to strengthen the development towards a sustainable, low-carbon, society and an eco-efficient economy.
Cooperation between public and private sector, and academia in the transition towards a sustainable and harmonious society is paramount. The seminar therefore aims at bringing decision makers from cities, provinces and the state together with universities, environmental technology companies and developers to create a hot-pot of ideas, experience and innovations within the field of sustainable urban development.
Jun 16 2010
A French-Swedish seminar in collaboration with Grand Lyon and Business Region Gothenburg will be held on the 22nd of June 2010 in the city hall of Grand Lyon. It is to be centered on the theme of sustainable development in urban areas and will include the following three sub-themes: different sources of energy (eg. district heating, & cooling and biomass), urban transportation and city planning from a global perspective.