Melbourne, Australia

September, 2008

Melbourne, Australia

September, 2008

The World Sustainable Building Conference is part of a continuing series of international green building conferences that began in London (1994) and Vancouver (1998) - two very successful conferences organized by the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) and the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE), respectively.

CIB and iiSBE, organiser of the international Green Building Challenge, joined together to co-sponsor the sustainable buildings (SB) world conferences in Maastricht (2000) and Oslo (2002). The Division of Technology, Industry and Economics of the United Nations Environment Programme became a third co-sponsor of the SB series, supporting the SB05 World Conference in Tokyo.

SB08 Melbourne engaged a wide range of stakeholders in industry and government while ontinuing the traditional technical, research and academic streams. It provided an opportunity for technical professionals, academics, industry and government players to meet and interact with each other, and with those who are at the forefront of dvances in knowledge and practice.

• Plenary 1B: Understanding the Global SB Landscape more

• Special Forum 1: Climate Change Adaptation for Buildings & Cities more

• Special Forum 3: The Role of Government- Evaluating Policy Effectiveness more

• Special Forum 9: Valuing Sustainability - Measuring the Financial Performance of Sustainable Buildings more

• Plenary 3: Climate Change and the Asia-Pacific Parnership (APP) more

• Special Forum 13: The Challenges of Hyper-Urbanisation in Emerging Economies: Sustainable and Equitable Development more

• Special Forum 18: Education, Skills and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Communities more

• Special Forum 19: The Future of Sustainable Building more