The design of buildings is of great importance for the well-being of patients, staff and visitors. And the design also largely determines the environmental impacts. This special conference for architects, planners, contractors and other interested persons addresses concepts and principles of ecological construction in the healthcare area, building materials, indoor environment, and energy-saving construction techniques.

09:00 – 09:15 Opening
Josef Kastl, Vienna Hospital Association
09:15 – 10:40 Green by Design: Architecture – Concepts, Design Principles, Case Studies
Chair: Norbert Erlach, architect, Vienna
     Robin Guenther, AIA, Guenther 5 Architects, New York "Green by Design"
     Kate Trant, CABE Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, London "Radical Improvement in Hospital Design Necessary for Healthy Hospitals"
10:45 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:30 Green by Design: Best practice examples and success stories
Chair: Gudrun Stöger, EcoBuildingCluster Lower Austria
     Bernhard Lipp, IBO - Austrian Institute for Construction Biology and Ecology, Vienna "Criteria for Healthy and Environmentally Sound Hospitals – Best Practise Case Studies"
     Bruno Klausbruckner, Vienna Hospital Association (KAV), Vienna, Austria, "The KAV Strategy for Green and Healthy Buildings"
12:30 – 14:00 Break
14:00 - 15:00 Building Ecology, Healthy Indoor Environment
  Chair: Johannes Fechner, 17&4 Consulting
     Thomas Belazzi, bauXund, Vienna: "Building PVC- and Solvent Free for a Healthy Indoor Environment"
      Markus Treichler  und Rhoda Born, Filderklinik, Stuttgart , Germany “Effect of Anthroposophic Clinic Design on Patients and Staff by the Example of the Filderklinik”
15:00 – 15:20 Break
15:20 – 16:45 Energy efficiency: Low Energy Buildings
  Chair: Energy efficiency
     Patrick Jung, Jung Ingenieure, Cologne, Germany "Examples for Successful Energy Efficiency Concepts in German Clinics"
     Olav Bruun Jørgensen, Esbensen Consulting Engineers A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark "Energy - Efficient European Hospital and Health Care Buildings - Case Studies from Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Poland"
     Günther Pfeifer, Freiburg, Germnay „A “Passive-House” Energy Standard for a New Building at the "Klinikum Freiburg"
16:45 – 17:00 Closing remarks