05th – 07th June 2017, Hong Kong, China
www.wsbe17hongkong.hk | Programm

Eike Roswag (Roswag Architekten) will present latest H-House results with regards to hygroscopic properties of materials and materials' emissions and give a lecture about the topic 'Naturally ventilated earth timber constructions'. Reference will be made to the application of the researched solutions.

The Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) series of conferences began in 2000, operates on a three-year cycle and now includes 4 international organisations as co-owners. The SBE Conference Series is now considered to be the pre-eminent international conference series on sustainable building and construction.

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) and the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) jointly presented the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017 Hong Kong. As one of the densest and most vibrant urban environments in the world, Hong Kong is the perfect setting for conference participants to experience and discuss both the challenges and solutions involved in creating a sustainable built environment.

Themed 'Transforming Our Built Environment through Innovation and Integration: Putting Ideas into Action', Hong Kong has an aggressive target to 'innovate' and 'integrate'. WSBE17 Hong Kong brought together 1,800 green building advocates, policy-makers, academics, and industry practitioners from all over the world, offering an inspirational opportunity for delegates to 'Put Ideas into Action' to transform the world's built environment.

The conference celebrated the continual efforts and achievements of different regions of the world in terms of sustainable built environments of various scales, with a particular emphasis on urban neighbourhoods and buildings.