Sustainable construction projects honoured by Holcim
12/5/2009
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The second cycle of the Holcim Awards competition has reached its pinnacle, with the top sustainable construction projects out of thousands of submissions from all continents having been selected.

The four winning entries are:

Gold - a river remediation scheme in Morocco
Silver - a greenfield university campus in Vietnam
Bronze - a rural planning strategy in China
Innovation - a shelter for day labourers in the United States.

These projects showcase innovative approaches to combining building activities with improving lives, reducing environmental footprints, and leading the way to a more sustainable future.

The competition seeks examples of sustainable construction and presents prizes to projects that demonstrate the latest eco-friendly and sustainable approaches. The global awards are handed out by the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation.

The Holcim Awards provide global prize money of $2 million per three-year competition cycle. The next Holcim Awards competition will open for entries on 1 July 2010.

The Holcim Foundation is funded by cement and aggregates group Holcim, and works closely with leading technical universities including ETH Zurich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Tongji University in Shanghai. The Holcim Foundation received the Award for Global Citizenship at the sustain' Magazine Awards for Sustainability, Business and the Built Environment, 2009 in London.

Holcim is one of the world's leading producers of cement and aggregates and was named "Leader of the Industry" in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the fourth year in succession - and was thus acknowledged as the company with the best sustainability performance in the building materials industry.