PLGBC Green Building Summit 2024 — Think about ReGeneration

14th PLGBC Green Building Summit on October 3-4 in Warsaw

PLGBC Green Building Summit is an international conference on sustainable construction in Poland, which allows sharing best practices and inspirations, learning and improvement. The 14th edition of the event, under the slogan “Think about Regeneration*”, will take place on October 3-4 this year in the certified space of the Sound Garden Hotel in the Business Garden complex in Warsaw and online. The organizer is the Polish Association of Ecological Construction (PLGBC).

PLGBC Green Building Summit is one of the most recognizable and opinion-forming international events dedicated to people who are shaping the future of sustainable construction, architecture and real estate in Poland. It is a place where participants share best practices, inspirations and improve their skills.

The conference is an excellent opportunity to establish contacts and cooperation between various entities operating in the field of green building. The event is attended by outstanding keynote speakers and speakers from Poland and abroad, including industry experts, scientists, representatives of companies and NGOs and public administration. This event is rich in additional activities, meetings and insightful conversations.

The event is organized in a hybrid format and includes two days full of activities. The program includes lectures, discussion panels and dynamic presentations of case studies. Once again, the show featured popular speed networking, which received huge interest last year.

During the first day of the PLGBC Green Building Summit, there will be four thematic sessions:
- Rising to the Challenge: Climate Change Solutions
- Building Biodiversity
- Giant Revolution
- Exploring Health, Wellbeing, and Life Satisfaction

The first day will be the closing ceremony of the PLGBC Green Building Awards 2024.

The second day of the conference, entitled “Free of Carbon Architecture”, will be devoted to the presentation of an educational and computational platform for estimating the carbon footprint of buildings in the A1-A3 life cycle of buildings. These activities are organized within the framework of the international project FoCA.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers include:
- Anita Cieślicka, City Program Director, Energy Forum, one of 25 climate and environmental leaders 2024 in Poland according to Forbes Women,
- Kamil Domachowski, Architect, IfaGroup, Laureate of Europe 40under40®, Architecture and Design Award 2024,
- Maciej Franta, Architect, Frantagroup Architects,
- Cristina Gamboa, CEO, World Green Building Council
- Piotr Krzyżowski, Himalayan, GOPR rescuer and lawyer, winner of seven eight-thousandths,
- Nadia Sahmi, Architect, founder and director of the Cogito Ergo Sum agency.

The event attracts everyone interested in sustainable construction, climate protection and SDGs, including: investors, developers, tenants, property managers, architects, designers, engineers, contractors, manufacturers, financial institutions, local governments, top management, urban activists, NGOs, students, university lecturers and the media.

PLGBC Green Building Summit is much more than a conference. As part of the event, additional engaging activities were also prepared, such as: Virtual Exhibition — Grand Press Photo 2024, the online edition of the exhibition “Póki Pą Pnie” prepared by Łódź Design Festival, book recommendations by Marcin Żebrowski from Urbcast.pl and the musical playlist of Anna Wojtkowiak from the RMF FM Group.

PLGBC Green Building Summit 2024 is supported by numerous recognized Partners and Patrons:

Honorary Patronage:
Chamber of Architects of the Republic of Poland (IARP), Association of Polish Architects (SARP), Society of Polish Urbanists (TUP), World Green Building Council.

Supporting Patrons:
Sustainable Investment Forum Poland (POLSIF), National Energy Conservation Agency (KAPE), Landscape Architecture Association (SAK), Polish Council of Shopping Centres (PRCH), BuildingSmart Polska, Institute of Construction Technology (ITB), UNEP/GRID-Warsaw, Polish Chamber of Commercial Real Estate (PINK), British Polish Chamber of Commerce (BPCC), Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce (SPCC)), Business Finland, Integration Foundation, IFMA Poland, Investment Compass, Proptech Foundation, ESG Academy, Łódź Design Festival, BRDA Foundation, Energy Efficient Homes Association Done (EDG), Reincarnate, FoCA, BUILDING LIFE, GREEN HOUSE, TOP CleVer, Nebula.

Partner — Circular Design:
GIANT.

Social Patronage:
Foundation On Site.

Media Patrons:
Architecture & Business, ARCHITECTURE Murator, BUILDER, BuildVent, ESGtrends.pl, EurobuildCEE, Civil Engineer, Leading Architecture, Sztuka-architektury.pl, Sztuka-razu.pl, Świat Aluminum, Terazko.pl, UrbCast.pl.

Strategic Partner:
HOLCIM.

Supporting Partners:
Aluprof, GEBERIT, Helvar, Horizone Studio, Strabag.

Partners:
Assa Abloy, CBRE, Goldbeck Solar, JWA, midoripro, Panattoni, Prologis, Łukasiewicz Research Network — Warsaw Institute of Technology, Steligence, Wicona Poland.

The organization of the event is based on sustainable ideas, the carbon footprint is calculated and compensated.


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The organizer is the Polish Green Building Council (PLGBC), an NGO that since 2008 has been implementing activities for the transformation of buildings, cities and their surroundings in the direction of sustainable development.

More information: https://summit2024.plgbc.org.pl

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