On the occasion of the inauguration of the largest and most modern facade test center in Europe, the following spoke:

• Dr. Arab Hoballah , United Nations, UNEP:
  & nbsp; statements including Without improved buildings, almost no country can meet its Kyoto targets. // "We need carrots, sticks and tambourines" to achieve climate-friendly building
• Prof. Samuele Furfari , European Commission, DG TREN, Deputy Head of Regulation and Promotion of Renewable Energies:
  u.a. "Photovoltaics is one of the most expensive, most uneconomical ways to reduce our carbon footprint."
• Prof. Gerd Hauser , TU Munich, head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, founder and head of the Society for Sustainable Building:
  u.a. The seal of approval for sustainable construction coordinated with the federal government is measured according to 63 parameters, each with several indicators and parameters.
• Prof. Anton Maas , University of Kassel, board member of the Center for Environmentally Conscious Building:
  u.a. & nbsp; Possible reference construction and system technology for residential buildings 2012
• Einar Håndlykken , CEO of the environmental organization Zero: & nbsp; “The future buildings in a climate perspective”
• Svein Richard Brandtzæg , President and CEO, Hydro: u.a. How intelligent building system solutions with aluminum enable sustainable, energy-efficient building

Furthermore, Prof. Matthias Schuler , Harvard University and managing director of Transsolar , an undocumented keynote speech. He discussed the basics of sustainable construction and his major project in the United Arab Emirates, Masdar City , which is to become the first self-sufficient city in the world without CO2 emissions or waste.

Examples of sustainable construction were shown by the architecture firm SauerbruchHutton , which is considered a pioneer of sustainable construction (here an interview in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on July 7, 2009) : http://www.sauerbruchhutton.de/