Holcim Malaysia - Foundation for Sustainable Construction

The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction promotes innovative approaches to sustainable construction mainly through a range of activities including Holcim Awards competitions, Holcim Forum as well as see funding for building initiatives and grants for research projects. Architectural excellence and enhanced quality of life are integral parts of the Holcim Foundation’s vision of sustainable construction.

It is the mission of the Holcim Foundation to select and support initiatives that combine sustainable construction with architectural excellence and enhanced quality of life beyond technical solutions. The Holcim Foundation therefore encourages sustainable responses to the technological, environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural issues affecting building and construction.

The Holcim Foundation works closely with several of the world’s leading technical universities who have committed themselves to act as partner or associated universities of the Holcim Foundation. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) operates as the global Technical Competence Center (TCC) of the Holcim Foundation. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, USA; Tongji University (TJU) in Shanghai, China; the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) in Mexico City, Mexico; and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg, South Africa are partner universities. The Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil, is an associated university of the Holcim Foundation. The TCC provides academic and technical support by developing, supporting, and implementing the Holcim Foundation’s initiatives at the scientific/technical level.

The Advisory Board of the Holcim Foundation ensures that the activities of the Holcim Foundation are aligned current interpretations of sustainable construction, and inspires the Holcim Foundation’s activities by framing the architectural, scientific, cultural, and policy concerns that should be integrated into its initiatives.

The Holcim Foundation is supported by, but independent of the commercial interests of Holcim, one of the world’s leading suppliers of cement and aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel) as well as downstream activities such as ready-mix concrete and asphalt including services.