Proposed Invited Sessions

An invited session consists of a presentation session of six to 12 or more papers on a specific conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference.

Details of proposed invited sessions are shown below.



IS01: Design, Adaptation, and Management of the Built & Natural Environment for Societal Quality of Life & Safety
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Chair:
Dr. John Littlewood
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
jlittlewood@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Prof. George Karani
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
gkarani@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Mr. Denis Jahic
Leeds College of Building, UK
DJahic@lcb.ac.uk

IS02: Conservation-compatible retrofit solutions in built heritage
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Chair:
Dr. Alessandro Lo Faro
University of Catania, Italy
alessandro.lofaro@unict.it
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Francesco Nocera
University of Catania, Italy
francesco.nocera@unict.it

IS03: Advanced materials integration for energy efficient and sustainable building envelopes
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Chair:
Dr. Stefano Fantucci
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
stefano.fantucci@polito.it
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Akos Lakatos
University of Debrecen, Hungary
alakatos@eng.unideb.hu
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Miroslav Cekon
Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
miroslav.cekon@stuba.sk

IS04: Big Data Analytics in Sustainable and Smart City
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Chair:
Prof. Abdellah Chehri
University of Quebec- UQAC, Canada
achehri@uqac.ca
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Gwanggil Jeon
Incheon National University, Korea
gjeon@inu.ac.kr
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Rachid Saadane
Hassania School of Public Works, Morocco
saadane@ehtp.ac.ma

IS05: The sustainable refurbishment of heritage buildings
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Chair:
Dr. Carolyn Hayles
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
cshayles@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Amber Wismayer
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK


IS06: Sustainable, affordable and smart renovation of existing and historic buildings
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Chair:
Dr. Gianluca Maracchini
Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
g.maracchini@univpm.it
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Elisa Di Giuseppe
Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
e.digiuseppe@univpm.it

IS07: Building integrated photovoltaic solutions towards zero energy buildings
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Chair:
Prof. George E. Georghiou
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
geg@ucy.ac.cy

IS08: Sustainable Solutions for Built Environment Resilience and Safety
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Chair:
Dr. Gabriele Bernardini
Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
g.bernardini@staff.univpm.it
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Alessandro D'Amico
Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy
alessandro.damico@uniroma1.it

IS09: Smart Offsite Manufacturing of Innovative Modern Methods of Construction, for Building New / Retrofitting Existing Dwellings, to Meet Nearly to/Net-Zero Operational Energy and Carbon Targets
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Chair:
Dr. John Littlewood
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
jlittlewood@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Lloyd Scott
Technological University Dublin, Ireland
lloyd.scott@tudublin.ie
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Clara Watkins
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
cwatkins@cardiffmet.ac.uk

IS10: Sustainability management in energy and buildings
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Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Larisa Ivascu
Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania
larisa.ivascu@upt.ro
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Lucian-Ionel Cioca
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania
lucian.cioca@ulbsibiu.ro
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Lakhmi Jain
KES International, UK


IS11: Addressing Energy Poverty in Residential Building
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Chair:
Prof. Sara Wilkinson
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Sara.Wilkinson@uts.edu.au
Co-Chaired by
Dr. Whitney Bevan
Western Sydney University, Australia
W.Bevan@westernsydney.edu.au
Co-Chaired by
Ms. Caroline Porto Valente
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Caroline.PortoValente@uts.edu.au

IS12: Urban climate change adaptation by design of buildings and urban spaces
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Chair:
Dr. Michele Morganti
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
michele.morganti@uniroma1.it

IS13: Positive Energy Districts
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Chair:
Dr. Francesco Reda
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
francesco.reda@vtt.fi
Co-Chaired by
Prof. Dr. Maria Beatrice Andreucci
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy


IS14: Data Analytics Technologies in Building Energy Applications
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Chair:
Assoc. Prof. Donal Finn
University College Dublin, Ireland
donal.finn@ucd.ie
Co-Chaired by
Assoc. Prof. Alfonso Capozzoli
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
alfonso.capozzoli@polito.it