Holger Wallbaum holds the Chair in Sustainable Construction, sponsored by Holcim at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland. He was appointed to this position, as Assistant Professor in Sustainable Construction, in August 2006.
His work focuses on sustainable enterprises; water- and building-related material flows; energy and resource efficiency; life cycle analysis; and new technologies.
Wallbaum studied safety engineering and environmental management at the University of Wuppertal, Germany; safety engineering and risk management at the University of Mulhouse, France; and completed a PhD in architecture at the University of Hannover, Germany in 2002.
He gained professional experience in the fields of sustainability indicator systems and management tools for decision support and communication.
Wallbaum is a member of diverse international boards, official delegate at the World Summit 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa and a partner of the CSR Values Alliance.
He has been an advisor at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy since 1995; a co-founder and managing partner of triple innova, Germany, specializing in sustainable business models, since 2002. He became executive manager of mipsHAUS-Institute for Sustainable Construction, Germany in 2004.