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Step-by-step guide now available in Hungarian

Zurich/Switzerland, December 14, 2007 – A Step-by-step guide to entering the Holcim Awards competition is now available in Hungarian. Entries in the competition can be submitted until February 29, 2008 at www.holcimawards.org in English only.

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Step-by-step guide now available in Portuguese

Zurich/Switzerland, October 22, 2007 – A Step-by-step guide to entering the Holcim Awards competition is now available in Portuguese. Entries in the competition can be submitted until February 29, 2008 at www.holcimawards.org in English only.

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Step-by-step guide now available in French

Zurich/Switzerland, October 15, 2007 – A Step-by-step guide to entering the Holcim Awards competition is now available in French. Entries in the competition can be submitted until February 29, 2008 at www.holcimawards.org in English only.

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Book announcement – Sustainable urban development in focus

Zurich, Switzerland / Shanghai, China – October 1, 2007: For the first time in history, more people live in cities than in rural settlements. An international symposium with more than 250 professionals from 40 countries examined how cities can fulfill their diverse functions as sustainably as possible – today and also in the future.

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Step-by-step guide now available in Spanish

Zurich/Switzerland, July 10, 2007 – A Step-by-step guide to entering the Holcim Awards competition is now available in Spanish. Entries in the competition can be submitted until February 29, 2008 at www.holcimawards.org in English only.

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Sustainable engagement in India

Zurich/Switzerland, June 2007 - The Swiss Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction and the Indian cement manufacturer ACC Limited are jointly supporting the construction of the exemplary sustainable headquarters of Development Alternatives, an NGO based in New Delhi.

Swiss Eawag Forum Chriesbach – an example for the future

Zurich/Switzerland, 21 June 2007 – Forum Chriesbach, the new research center of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) proves that green buildings can be high-tech, cost effective, highly functional and beautiful. The building has won four Swiss awards for innovation, energy efficiency, daylighting and solar design. A new book, published by the Holcim Foundation, explains the concept and details of this building which aims to set new standards for sustainable construction.

Call for Entries - Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects

Zurich/Switzerland, June 1, 2007 – The second Holcim Awards competition to promote sustainable construction worldwide is now open. Entries in the competition can be submitted until February 29, 2008 at www.holcimawards.org. The prize money for the five regional competitions and the global awards totals USD two million. The Awards are an initiative of the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation to encourage and inspire a built environment that goes beyond convention to address the challenges of sustainability.

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Holcim Foundation: next generation in focus

Support for research, learning and innovation in sustainable construction

Zurich/Switzerland, May 15, 2007. The Holcim Foundation recognizes the critical role of the next generation in promoting innovative approaches to sustainable construction in diverse ways. The Foundation handed over grants for PhD research projects and invited university students to attend an international symposium on urban transformation in Shanghai. A new category for young professionals has been created in the forthcoming Holcim Awards competition.

Urban trans-formation: Many scales, one goal

Holcim Forum for sustainable construction hosted by Tongji University, China

Zurich/Switzerland, April 22, 2007. – What kind of cities do we want? And how do we get them? The Swiss Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction recently offered 250 experts from around the world an opportunity to exchange ideas about such questions in Shanghai – at a Forum on the topic "Urban_Trans_Formation."

International experts meet in Shanghai to discuss “Urban Transformation”

Forum hosted by the Swiss Holcim Foundation and Tongji University

Shanghai, April 18, 2007. – What will the city of Shanghai look like 20 years from now? How will the growing city balance economic, environmental and social needs of its people? More than 250 experts and scholars from over 40 countries are gathering in Shanghai to debate these and other aspects of tomorrow’s approaches to urban development.

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Book announcement - Sustainable construction – Holcim Awards 2005/2006

Holcim Awards 2005/06 retrospective book launched

Zurich / Switzerland, January 11, 2007. – In the first Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects, over 3000 entries were submitted from 120 countries and USD 2.1 million in prize money was awarded to 46 projects. The newly-published book Sustainable construction – Holcim Awards 2005/2006 provides an overview of the competition and the winning projects in a contemporary “snapshot” of the global state of sustainable construction.

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