The Polish Green Building Council (PLGBC) is a non-governmental organization that since 2008 has been carrying out activities for the transformation of buildings, cities and their surroundings in such a direction that the way they are planned, designed, erected, used, modernized, demolished and processed is as sustainable as possible.

Holcim Poland is a manufacturer of innovative and sustainable building solutions from foundation to roof. The company implements technologies and solutions with a reduced carbon footprint, applicable at every stage of a building’s life, from design and construction to repairs and renovations. It offers, among others, low-carbon cements from the ECOPlanet family for construction and prefabrication (with a 30-50% lower carbon footprint than pure Portland CEM cement), ECOPact concrete (with almost 50% lower carbon footprint than standard ready-mix concrete), and ECOSource recycled aggregate. It also offers flooring systems, as well as insulation solutions for comprehensive thermal rehabilitation. The Holcim Group supports the creation of more sustainable and environmentally friendly cities, the emergence of smart infrastructure and improved living standards around the world. With a business model based on the principles of a closed-loop economy, the company is a world leader in using waste as a source of energy and raw materials. Holcim employs some 70,000 people in 70 countries.

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Aluprof SA is part of Grupa Kęty SA Capital Group, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the most modern and fastest-growing manufacturing company in the aluminum industry in Europe. The company has five manufacturing plants in Poland and 10 sales companies in Europe and the USA. It is present in more than 50 countries and is expanding into more global markets. The company provides modern aluminum systems and innovative solutions for energy-efficient and passive construction. In line with its slogan “Let’s build a Better Future,” the company pursues its ESG strategy, promotes the idea of sustainable development in the construction industry and implements responsible measures to reduce its carbon footprint, closed-loop economy and promote green attitudes, among others. Since 2018, it has been a member of PLGBC.

Operating worldwide, the Geberit Group is a European leader in sanitary products and celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2024. The company operates with a strong local presence in most European countries, offering unique added value in sanitary technology and bathroom ceramics. In Poland, Geberit has been present for 29 years, providing modern sanitary engineering solutions. The company’s product range includes plumbing systems, cisterns, sink faucets, siphons, sanitary ceramics, bathroom furniture, cabins, bathtubs and water and sewage systems.

STRABAG has been present on the Polish construction market for more than 35 years. It is part of a European construction concern and the second largest construction company in Poland. STRABAG carries out the most technologically advanced investments in the general, infrastructure and engineering construction segments. It is a general contractor in the field of road, rail, airport infrastructure, cubic construction, hydrotechnical, power, industrial and environmental construction. STRABAG’s laboratories ensure that the highest quality standards are maintained in the work performed and conduct research work in the development of innovative technologies. The company has a well-developed network of asphalt mix plants, its own concrete plants and aggregate mines. STRABAG employs more than 6,800 people, including qualified engineers and specialists in many industries. It has the latest generation of machinery. The value of the company’s orders reaches over PLN 8 billion.

Helvar is an international company specializing in energy-efficient solutions for lighting control systems. It is a leader in the application of intelligent lighting solutions that affect well-being. It creates future-oriented human-centered solutions. It specializes in Human Centric Lighting products and services for offices, hospitals, the education sector, industry, hospitality, retail spaces and others. The company’s mission is to improve the comfort and well-being of occupants in spaces where Helvar’s lighting control system is used. The Helvar team sees this as adding value to customer spaces.

Reuse gives new life to old objects, focusing on reusing an object or its parts and returning already produced materials to circulation in the idea of wasting existing resources as little as possible, and upcycling. Upcycling is a higher form of the well-known recycling, bringing back into circulation things that were intended to be waste. However, upcycling is not based on processing (which is what recycling is characterized by), and is based on minimizing processing as much as possible. Therefore, the main raw materials in the activity are still unprocessed, no longer useful everyday items, in whole or in part, which have been discarded from households (or are destined to be discarded) due to wear and tear, damage or loss of aesthetic value.

During the PLGBC Green Building Summit 2024, the stage and chillout/networking area will be partially equipped with furniture prepared in the spirit of upcycling.

The Foundation in Place creates conditions for people in the city to be together. It works with public administration and business to shape the social dimension of space. It is engaged in space research (including the audit method conducted from the perspective of the group concerned, such as children or seniors, citizen science, action research) working with communities and designing solutions. He designs and implements placemaking processes on a micro and macro scale – from backyards to entire neighborhoods. To his credit, he has implemented nearly 30 projects with local communities, created 17 reports and designed 10 urban spaces.