GLOBE members are invited to join us in Lausanne, Switzerland for two half-days of collaborative workshops and presentations on the theme of sustainable construction. January 13-14, 2025.
Update: Registration is now closed.
Agenda (all times CET)
Monday, January 13th
Venue – Starling Hotel Conference Center at EPFL Campus
Rte Cantonale 31, 1025 Saint-Sulpice
12:00 – 12:45 – Arrival and standing lunch
12:45 – 13:00 – Welcome and introductions
13:00 – 13:15 – Workshop goals and overview of the process
13:15 – 15:00 – Inputs and perspectives
• Freja Nygaard Rasmussen (NTNU, Norway) “LCA input data – pitfalls and practices”
• Dario Trabucco (IUAV, Italy) “The responsibility of the structural engineer in the quest for zero carbon buildings”
• Cyrille Dunant (University of Cambridge, UK) “No best material: shape, function and the quest for easy answers”
• Will Arnold (IStructE, UK) “Updates and progress at IStructE”
• Célia Kupfer (EPFL, Switzerland) “Reusing concrete: a new strategy for decarbonising construction”
• Stuart Smith (Arup Berlin, Germany) “From Potential to Practice: Making Material Efficiency a Reality”
15:00 – 15:15 – Break
15:15 – 15:45 – Panel and group discussion
15:45 – 16:45 – Breakout: participant experience; identifying scope, existing guidelines, key focus areas, stakeholder and regional perspectives
16:45 – 17:30 – Summary and plenary discussion
Tuesday, January 14th
Venue – Olympic Museum “Lausanne Room”
Quai d’Ouchy 1, 1006 Lausanne
8:30 – 8:45 – Welcome
8:45 – 9:00 – Recap and reflections on Day 1
9:00 – 10:00 – Breakout: key takeaways; hierarchy of considerations and solutions for sustainable structural design
10:00 – 10:30 – Summary and plenary discussion
10:30 – 10:45 – Break
10:45 – 11:30 – Outlining of guideline document(s); assigning chapter leads and next steps
11:30 – 12:00 – All other GLOBE business and closing remarks
Getting around
Lausanne is well-serviced by rail and public transit:
Website of the Swiss rail service: https://www.sbb.ch
Website of the Lausanne transit service: https://www.t-l.ch
Further information: https://www.lausanne-tourisme.ch/en/access-to-lausanne/
Starling Hotel Conference Center
Rte Cantonale 31, 1025 Saint-Sulpice
Suggested transit from Lausanne Train Station:
– Bus number 1 (direction EPFL/Colladon) to stop Campus des medias
– Walk (5 min.) via Rte Cantonale
OR
– Metro M1 (direction Croisettes) to stop Lausanne, Flon
– Transfer to Metro M2 (direction Renens, gare) to stop EPFL
– Use underpass to cross tracks and walk (11 min.) south through EPFL campus
Suggested transit from Renens Train Station:
– Bus number 31 (direction Venoge sud) to stop Pâqueret
– Walk (8 min.) via Rte Cantonale
OR
– Metro M2 (direction Lausanne, Flon) to stop EPFL
– Use underpass to cross tracks and walk (11 min.) south through EPFL campus
Olympic Museum
Quai d’Ouchy 1, 1006 Lausanne
Note: Entry from the south (lake side) door
Suggested transit from Starling Hotel:
– Bus number 1 (direction Blécherette) to stop Jardin botanique
– Transfer to bus number 25 (direction Pully, gare) to stop Musée Olympique
OR
– Bus number 1 (direction Blécherette) to stop Cour
– Walk (13 min.) via Av. de Cour and Av. de l’Elysée
Suggested transit from Lausanne Train Station:
– Bus number 21 (direction Paudex, Verrière) to stop Musée Olympique
OR
– Metro M2 (direction Ouchy-Olympique) to stop Délices
– Walk (10 min.) via Av. de l’Elysée
OR
– Metro M2 (direction Ouchy-Olympique) to stop Ouchy-Olympique
– Walk (15 min.) via Quai de Belgique (scenic route 🙂 )