PLGBC Symposium 2017

Horizone Studio one of the partners of the PLGBC and EBRD international conference

PLGBC Green Building Symposium has become a symbol of green progress in the Polish real estate industry and the best platform for exchanging ideas, cooperation and new information on modern buildings and market trends.

This year, additionally, due to the involvement of the EBRD of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which recently established a strategic partnership with WorldGBC, the conference attracted additional guests from the finance and banking sectors. Horizone Studio, once again, was a partner of the event and one of its five sponsors.

The cross-cutting theme of the most recognizable green building conference in Poland, allows the event to bring together a wide audience from both Poland and abroad. This year the conference was attended by about 350 people. Experts from Europe and the United States came to Warsaw. The first part of the conference featured several interesting lectures. After lunch, two parallel thematic sessions were held:

Green Building Design & Trends,
Green Building Financing – under the sponsorship of the EBRD.

And in the evening, as every year, the PLGBC Green Building Awards 2017 gala took place.

The 7th PLGBC Green Building Symposium was attended by 5 people from Horizone Studio. It was a pleasure to listen to the interesting speeches of the invited experts. Here are the topics of some of the lectures:

The Elephant in the Room Global megatrends and their impact on construction – Dr. Marcin Popkiewicz, author, scientist and journalist,
Green Building: Quo Vadis? Where is green building going – Prof. Charles Kibert, University of Florida,
Green Economy Transition – EBRD Investments – Terry McCallion, Director of Energy Efficiency & Climate Change, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),

Integrated Design in the Context of Climate Change. Sustainable approaches to architecture – Piers Heath, Senior Partner, Foster + Partners,
Do sustainable certified buildings improve health and efficiency? Groundbreaking research on building impacts on occupant health and comfort – Ross Shuster, International President, United Technologies Climate, Controls & Security,
European and Asian approaches to sustainable design. What can we learn from one of the most dynamic sustainable building markets? – Prof. Peter Ruge, Hochschule Anhalt, Dessau Institute of Architecture

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