With the topic "Creating incentives for a climate-friendly construction industry" we open the discussion with various discussion partners from industry, politics and business.

 

The program includes a series of exciting presentations by industry experts, followed by interactive break-out sessions where you can exchange ideas with other participants on how to create incentives to promote sustainable and climate-friendly construction.

 

At the subsequent panel discussion, you will have the opportunity to discuss the creation of incentives with Government Councillor Martin Neukom and other representatives from the construction industry.

 

The program looks like this:

 

From 13:30
Admission and registration

14:00 - 14:45
Welcome and series of presentations
"Creating incentives for a sustainable future"
Christoph Duijts, Head of Building Materials, KIBAG Management AG

Speech series
Moderation: Karin Frei, Commonground GmbH

Beyond Sustainability
"How can CO₂ storage gradually contribute to the long-term climate target?"
Dr. Roger Ramer, Deputy Head of Section, Climate Policy Division, FOEN

Construction industry in the field of tension
"The field of tension of sustainability between producers, consumers (builders) and politics"
Prof. Dr. Susanne Kytzia, Head of Institute for Construction and Environment, Eastern Switzerland Technical College (OST)

Decision for sustainable building
"What is the decision-making process like?"
Beat Pahud, Head of Office and Cantonal Master Builder, Canton of Zurich Building Department

Creating incentives
"A potential incentive: CO₂ certificates - how does the trade work in practice?"
Michael Brogle, Neustark

14:45 - 15:30
Break-out sessions
Participants will be divided into three parallel sessions and are invited to discuss predefined questions in a small setting with a moderator.

Session 1 - Policy: Standards and laws
Where are the limits and opportunities to make the construction industry more climate-friendly?

Session 2 - Consumers: Needs of the construction industry
What needs are central to making the construction industry more climate-friendly?

Session 3 - Producers: Creating incentives
What incentives need to be created to make the construction industry climate-friendly?

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee

16:00 - 16:15
Conclusion of the sessions
The moderators of the individual sessions will give a brief summary.

16:15 - 17:00
Panel discussion
"What incentives are needed to build in a sustainable and climate-friendly way?"
Moderation: Karin Frei, Commonground GmbH

We welcome to the podium:
Government Councillor Dr. Martin Neukom, Head of the Canton of Zurich Building Department
Prof. Dr. Susanne Kytzia, Ostschweizer Fachschule
Dr. Andreas Galmarini, Partner, Managing Director WaltGalmarini AG
Urs Rieder, Co-President a.I SIA

From 17:00
Networking aperitif

 

You can download the presentations here: