*Status Update*
Please note that following the recent events on the Coronavirus pandemic and with the main objective to preserve the well being of our delegates, WIT has decided to postpone the Eco-Architecture 2020 conference until after summer. The conference was due to be held 5-7 May 2020 in A Coruña, Spain and will now be held 7-9 September 2020 in Bilbao, Spain.
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The objective of this Conference is to review the challenges and new opportunities for contemporary architecture. These are a result of advances in design and new building technologies, as well as the development of new materials.
Call for Papers
The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at
Eco-Architecture 2020. Papers on other topics related to the objectives
of the conference are also welcome.
Design
- Design with nature
- Passive systems
- Building information modelling
- Bioclimatic design
- Transformative design
- Contemporary habitat typologies
- Smart houses
- Building flexibility
- Adapted reuse
- Sustainability indices in architecture
- Circular economy
Building Technology
- Innovative materials and products
- Green facades
- Integrated renewable systems
- Advanced building envelope
- Performance assessment
- Regenerative buildings
- Ecological impacts of materials
- Life cycle assessment and durability
- Recycle, reuse, reduce and recovery
- Eco-design and Eco-labelling
Built environment
- Design and construction integration
- Flexible housing
- Floating buildings
- Tall buildings and environment
- Energy performance
Society
- Community participation
- Education and training
- End-use energy efficiency
- Consumer engagement
- Occupants’ behaviour
- Houses as a working environment
- Management and maintenance
- Ecological and cultural sensitivity
- Impact of technology
- Post-occupancy evaluation
- End-use energy efficiency
- Urban landscaping, agriculture and green spaces
Case studies