In July 2024 CIB announced the winner of the CIB Sebestyén Future Leaders Award 2024 as Politecnico di Milano student chapter.
The winning project aimed to enhance knowledge and skills through hosting workshops on ‘Digital Tools for Circular Economy in the Construction Sector‘.
CIB Sebestyén Future Leaders award is named after the late Prof. Gyula Sebestyén, former CIB President (1971-74) and Secretary General (1980-1993), and was launched as the CIB Gyula Sebestyén Award in 2002.
Following the successful completion of the project, the team at Politecnico di Milano has provided the final report, highlighting how the funding supported their research and the final outcomes.

The team, led by Prof. Andrea Giovanni Mainini, comprises three active PhD candidates engaged in research on the Circular Economy and Digital Tools in the built environment, affiliated with the Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering (DABC) at Politecnico di Milano: Alireza Fereydooni Eftekhari, Elena Casolari, and Mina Sadat Orooje.
The Circular Futures workshops were all recorded and are available to view through the links below:
- Session 1 – Digital Tools for Circular Economy in the Construction Sector
- Session 2 – Digital Tools for Circular Economy in the Construction Sector
- Session 3 – Digital Tools for Circular Economy in the Construction Sector
CIB congratulates the team on their research and being good ambassadors of the Award.