• We are in the pleasant position to announce the forthcoming conference SBE16 Thessaloniki “Sustainable Synergies from Buildings to the Urban Scale”, which will be held in Thessaloniki, 17-19 October 2016, and to invite you to participate in it.

    SBE16 Thessaloniki is an International, peer-reviewed conference with focus on different aspects of sustainability in the built environment. The conference is organized by the Laboratory of Building Construction and Building Physics of the Department of Civil Engineering, A.U.Th. with the suport of iiSBE (International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), cib (International Council for research & Innovation in Building & construction) and FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineers)”

    In overall, SBE16 in Thessaloniki, dealing with a broad range of topics related to sustainability, all of which are of great concern regardless of the geographical location, will provide an international forum, where researchers from various countries will meet to discuss the different aspects of sustainability in the building sector and the synergies among them.

    The topics of the conference refer to both technical and socio-economic issues, range from the building materials scale to the urban scale and explore the synergies among the main axes of sustainability in the building sector. In this context, not only will parameters of each issue be addressed, but also the interrelations among the various dimensions examined are expected to be investigated. Specifically, the topics of the conference are the following:

    HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS AND SYSTEMS
    SUSTAINABLE UPGRADING OF EXISTING AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS
    BUILDING PHYSICS AND LIFETIME ENGINEERING
    METHODS AND TOOLS
    SUSTAINABILITY APPROACHES IN THE URBAN CONTEXT
    POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
    SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES
    CONSIDERING THE CLIMATE CHANGE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS
    COST AND FINANCING BURDENS
    RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND TRAINING THE TECHNICAL WORLD

    Important dates:
    – Deadline for Abstract submission: December 15, 2015
    – Notification of Abstract acceptance: January 30, 2016
    – Deadline for submission of Full Paper: March 30, 2016
    – Notification of Full Paper acceptance: June 15, 2016

    For information about registration, conference venue and other related issues, please visit the conference’s website: http://sbe16-thessaloniki.gr/ or contact us at info@sbe16-thessaloniki.gr

 

web page: http://sbe16-thessaloniki.gr/

E-mail:info@sbe16-thessaloniki.gr