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http://www.tvfa.tugraz.at/ag-nhb—Institute of Technology and Testing of Building Materials/Working Group Sustainability Assessment
http://www.aee-intec.at—Institute for Sustainable Technologies
See http://www.sb13.org for abstracts and slideshows of many presentations
http://dx.medra.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-301-6
Bewertungssystem Nachhaltiges Bauen (BNB): http://www.nachhaltigesbauen.de
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
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We would like to thank all the different sponsors for their financial support of the conference: the institutional partners such as the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, the Austrian Ministry of Life, the Austrian Research Promotion Agency and the City of Graz and the international co-organizers (CIB, iiSBE, FIDIC, UNEP-SBCI) as well as the main private companies and sponsors (see www.sb13.org for further details). We also thank all the people who participated in this conference (the keynote speakers, the international scientific committee, the presenters, the invited speakers and the different experts from the round tables). We want to thank the organizing committee Johannes Wall, Doris Marchler, Julia Maydl, Christina Pree, Rosa Stranzl, Simone Pfeifer and Manuela Eberl. Special thank goes also to Christina Fraueneder and Thomas Schöberl for supporting us with the corporate design and layout of the conference materials and Milena Stavric for her great idea for our best paper award trophy—the “Graz Clock Tower”. We thank Nils Larsson (iiSBE) for providing help and feedback anytime as well as giving feedback to this article. We also thank Thomas Lützkendorf for his support, patience and perseverance for SB13 Graz.
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Passer, A., Wall, J., Kreiner, H. et al. Sustainable buildings, construction products and technologies: linking research and construction practice. Int J Life Cycle Assess 20, 1–8 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-014-0820-4
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