"Target Issues"

“Target issues” for sustainable construction – Introduction

“Foregrounding an extremely important challenge for contemporary and future society” – Hydropuncture, a publicly-accessible water retention and treatment complex in Mexico City, focusses on the role of water as a resource in urban contexts. The Global LafargeHolcim Awards Gold winning project led by Loreta Castro and Manuel Perló contributes to sustainable development across the five “target issues” defined by the LafargeHolcim Foundation.

Sustainability drivers for the built environment

The LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction is committed to the underlying principles of sustainability, which assert that long-term development of the built environment requires a balanced interplay of responsible economic, ecological, and social agendas.

To achieve this objective, the LafargeHolcim Foundation and its associated universities have identified five “target issues” that aim to clarify principles for sustaining the human habitat for future generations. These “target issues” serve as criteria for projects submitted for the LafargeHolcim Awards and as a road map for all other related activities of the Foundation.

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