Holger Wallbaum

Deputy Head of Department, Architecture & Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Holger Wallbaum

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    6th LafargeHolcim Forum for Sustainable Construction – Cairo, April 2019.

    Holger Wallbaum, Professor in Sustainable Building and Vice Dean for Utilisation, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden at the 6th LafargeHolcim Forum held at AUC, Egypt.

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    Holcim Forum 2013 workshop – Moderator Holger Wallbaum, Professor in Sustainable Building at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden and a former member of the Technical Competence Center of the Holcim Foundation.

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    Holcim Foundation Partner Universities meeting

    Representatives of the Partner Universities of the Holcim Foundation met in Lausanne, Switzerland as part of the Global Holcim Awards 2012 handover ceremony and synergy meetings.

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    Holcim Awards 2011 - Jury for Middle East Africa - Casablanca, Morocco

    The Holcim Awards jury for region Africa Middle East met in Casablanca, Morocco in June 2011 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Javier de Benito, Hashim Sarkis (Head of Jury), Joe Osae-Addo, Abderrafih Lahbabi, Amer Moustafa, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Mphethi Morojele, Chrisna du Plessis and Holger Wallbaum.

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    Introduction to orange workshop "Stimulate stakeholder - With incentives to implementation" by Holger Wallbaum, Member of the Technical Competence Center of the Holcim Foundation

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    Holger Wallbaum announces the winners of the "Next Generation" 2008 prizes for Africa Middle East.

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    (l-r): Jury member Holger Wallbaum congratulates Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 2008 1st prize winner Akinlabi A. Afolayan

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    Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 2008 prize winners (l-r): Maranga Njoroge, Akinlabi A. Afolayan, Magnus Larsson and presenting the prizes, jury member Holger Wallbaum

Holger Wallbaum is Professor in Sustainable Building and Vice Dean for Utilisation in the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

Last updated: April 10, 2024 Gothenburg, Sweden

Holger Wallbaum was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for Africa Middle East in 2008 and 2011, and the Holcim Awards 2014 jury for Europe. He moderated the workshop “Stimulate stakeholders – With incentives to implementation” at the 3rd Holcim Forum 2010 and led the workshop “Overall value: Harnessing all benefits from sustainable construction” at the 4th Holcim Forum 2013.

His main research interests are related to ecological and economic life cycle assessment of construction materials, buildings and infrastructures, sustainability assessment tools for buildings, social-cultural and climate adapted design concepts, the refurbishment of the building stock as well as dynamic building stock modeling and its visualization.

He holds active positions at the International Council for Research & Innovation in Building & Construction (CIB), is an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and co-founder of two startup companies, one on housing renovation concepts as well as one on healthy and productive offices.

He was formerly the Chair for Sustainable Construction, initiated by Holcim, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland. He was appointed to this position, as Assistant Professor for Sustainable Construction (2006-12). He was also a member of the Academic Committee (AC), of the Holcim Foundation (2006-13).

Holger Wallbaum was appointed Professor in Sustainable Building, Chalmers University of Technology in 2012 and was appointed Vice Dean for Utilisation, Chalmers University of Technology in 2020. He 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.