ISO Focus - December 2005

Sustainable building

ISO Focus, December 2005

Online version

A complete and comprehensive issue on the contribution of standards for the international building/construction industry has just been published.

This issue examines this complex and vast industry and how important it is to incorporate sustainable building principles from the initial planning and designing stages that will last well beyond the end of the process – together with concrete examples illustrating the benefits of International Standards.

In an exclusive interview, Skanska Senior Vice-President (Sustainability) gives his personal viewpoint on where and how International Standards add value towards achieving sustainable building and environmental protection.

Comment

Age Olav Hallquist,Chair of ISO/TC 59
Constructive dialogue and actions for the building industry

Guest View

Noel Morrin
Senior Vice-President, Sustainability, SKANSKA

“Sustainable business means sustainable profits generated whilst being socially and environmentally responsible.”
Read the full interview (PDF, 321 KB)

Main Focus

Sustainable building

Supporting sustainable ways of living
Social and economic aspects of building construction
Built to last – Service life planning
Safe fibre cement and no asbestos
Built for strength – Protection from earthquake damage
Urbanization fuels boom in building construction standards
Building sustainability under fire
Heating up, holding down costs
Fire safety engineering and the reconstruction of the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers
Building environment design : energy conservation and efficiency
For buildings as solid as a rock