ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

DATES & VENUE

Venue: Kuala Lumpur

INTRODUCTION

The regional Sustainable Building Conferences to be held in 2004 (SB04) is part of an international conference series on Sustainable Buildings co-sponsored by the International Council on Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB), The United Nations and the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE). Since launching of the first GBC conference in Vancouver in 1998, the international conference series have become a pre-eminent international forum for mapping the process towards creating a more sustainable built environment. Subsequent events were then held in Maastricht in 2000 and Oslo in 2002. The forthcoming international conference, World Sustainable Building Conference (SB05), will be hosted by Tokyo, Japan, in 2005.

The international events at Maastricht and Oslo highlighted the need to place an increasing focus on regional development and on tropical and developing countries. The organisation of such input from regional needs and developments on to the global level received consensus from organisers of the World Sustainable Building Conference (SB05) in the attempt to reflect an inclusive vision of these agendas into the conclusions of SB05. Given this, the international hosts (CIB, UNEP, iiSBE) decided to launch a series of regional conferences in developing countries to advance sustainable building agendas one year before World Sustainable Building Conference (SB05).

The regional conferences (SB04 conferences) will be held in Latin America, Africa, China, Central/East Europe, Middle East and South East Asia. Details can be found at www.sb04.org

CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS 2004 – SOUTH EAST ASIA (SB04-SEA)

The Construction Technology & Management Centre (CTMC) , Universiti Teknologi Malaysia is the local host to the Conference on Sustainable Buildings 2004 - South-East Asia (SB04-SEA). Previously in 2002, CTMC had corroborated with CIB and UNEP in the development of Agenda 21 for Sustainable Construction in Developing Countries in South Africa.

The SB04-SEA conference will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6-8 December 2004 and hosted under the auspices of the CIB, iiSBE , UNEP to advance sustainable building agendas in South East Asia.

The conference is also a part of the EU Asia–Pro Eco Programme aiming at building capacity and developing an action plan for the implementation of Sustainable Buildings construction practices, technologies and techniques in Asia.

The conference provides an opportunity for professionals, governmental and non-governmental organisations, academics and researchers in these areas, decision makers to present their works and exchange information and eventually participate in a working conference to establish action plans for Sustainable Building and Construction for South-East Asia.

The event will be complimented by (i) a Pre-Conference Training/Course (ii) an award ceremony honouring best practices in SBC and (iii) technology showcase on the state-of-the art exhibition for SBC.

The conference will be a working conference starting with an introductory course on Sustainable buildings and planning facilitated by IHS, the Netherlands. The Course will be held from 29 November - 3 December 2004.

The conference aims to stimulate dialogue therefore authors will participate in panel discussion sessions where they will discuss the main conclusions of their work, rather than presenting their papers. The organiser will distribute accepted papers to all registered delegates for reading prior to the event.

Workshops will be held during the conference to develop research agenda and action plans for Sustainable Buildings and later to be presented at the World Sustainable Building Conference ( SB05), Tokyo.

1. To bring together major stakeholders to enhance the awareness of sustainable building issues within South-East Asia
2. To provide an opportunity for South-East Asian experts to share local and regional knowledge with one another and with the broader international community.
3. To establish a network of South-East Asian experts on sustainable buildings and construction for future co-operation.

To develop an action plan for the implementation of Sustainable Buildings construction practices, technologies and techniques in South-East Asia

CONFERENCE OUTCOMES

1. Agenda 21 for Sustainable Buildings in South East Asia.

This publication will be made available and distributed through United Nations.

2. Research agenda and plan of actions for South-East Asia.

The input from regional to global level ensures that the concerns of developing and tropical countries are given greater prominence and thus reflecting a more inclusive vision of these agendas into the conclusions of the World Sustainable Building Conference, SB05, Tokyo. These input will also be used to gauge responses from international financial institutions for the support of these developments in the region.

DATES & VENUE

Venue: Kuala Lumpur