Sustainability in construction

Welcome from the Interreg Europe Member State representative – Anna Maria Kramann, Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning (ÖROK), Austria

Introduction of ‘The Austrian policy framework for circularity in construction’ –  Roland Starke, Department of Environment & Circular Economy, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technolog

Welcome from the Interreg Europe Joint Secretariat – Magda Anagnostou, Policy Learning Platform Coordinator

Moderation: Astrid Severin and Magda Michaliková, Thematic Experts Greener Europe, Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform 

• Keynote speech on the Regional public procurement and other policy measures for sustainable construction.
  by Pepa Esparza, Valencia Institute of Building, Spain – REDUCES project
   
• Presentation on Accelerating the adoption of bio-based raw materials in the construction sector.
  by Claudia Picavet, Province of Noord Brabant, Netherlands
   
• Presentation on The cluster perspective on bioeconomy and circular economy wood
  by Kilian Silberschneider, Wood Cluster Styria, Austria 
   
• Presentation on Circular economy and sustainable construction in the City of Hamburg - Learnings and current developments
  by Christoph Petry, City of Hamburg, Germany – KARMA project 

• Keynote speech on Green Deal Circular Construction
  by Elmar Willems, Circular Flanders, Belgium - KARMA project
• Presentation on Building with urban mining,
  by Annica Flade, Recycon A/S, Denmark - INERTWASTE Project
   
• Presentation on Reuse center for building material,
  by Göran Gustavsson, Municipality of Lessebo, Sweden - POTEnT project 
   
• Presentation on Stimulating demand for circular construction skills
  By Pavla Dvořáková, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
   
• Presentation on: DECORATOR: Circular transformation in architecture and construction
  By Klara Stadler & Viktor Weichselbaumer, Building Innovation Cluster, Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH, Austria

Summary of the morning sessions and presentation of the study visits. 

Presentation and Site Visit of the HoHo Dormero Hotel, the second tallest wooden building in the world, with its 84 meters. The hotel is located in a new, green area of Vienna that features unique environmental criteria. 

Site Visit ‘Timber construction’: let's discover a residential complex ‘Forum am Seebogen’ by architectural office ‘heri and salli Architektur ZT GmbH’ (https://www.heriundsalli.com/). The building, which combines housing and working labs, offers an unconventional construction, mostly made out of wood from Austria.