ABSTRACT GUIDELINES

Notification of abstract acceptance has been sent to selected contributions on March 23rd – please, check your SPAM folder too.

Choose the topic that best fits your interest in the online submission module.

Fill the title and abstract fields in.

The title must be in English and a maximum on 90 characters are allowed.

The abstract must be written in English and a maximum length of 300 words is allowed.

Please consider that despite your preferences, the Organizing Committee might move you in the most fitting topic according to the scientific committee’s advice.

Abstracts must be coherent with the topic call and are expected to highlight:

Objectives
Approach and methodology
Originality and level of innovativeness
Value of contents against the state of the art
Achievements and limitations

please write your abstract in a concise and clear style following the listed points.

Conditions

By submitting an abstract, the author(s) agrees that in case of acceptance, the contribute will be presented at NEXTBUILT roundtables.
Authors must ensure that the submitted contribute is their original work.
Abstract must be submitted via the dedicated web format.
All submissions – both abstracts and contributes – must follow the provided formats.
The inclusion of trade names/brand names is not allowed in the abstract.

By submitting their abstracts and contributes the authors give the organisers all rights under copyright that may exist in and to the work, including the rights to use, distribute, publish, record, broadcast, reproduce and archive the work.

TOPIC 1

Shaping
climate resilient cities
of tomorrow

Adapting building design, construction, and operation to climate goals
Improving resilience of the built environment
Regenerative design strategies for tomorrow cities
Coping with extreme climate conditions
Outdoor microclimate

TOPIC 2

Energy, buildings, users: pathways for effective integration

Efficient use of resources and passive strategies
Net-zero energy and carbon-neutrality in new and existing buildings
Monitoring devices and end-user energy feedback
Indoor comfort standards and perception
User-building interaction capacity

TOPIC 3

Adapting systems and components to the next generation needs

Embodied Energy vs Operational Energy
Environmental Impact Assessment in buildings and cities
Life cycle assessment tools and procedures
Environmental impact assessment systems
Service life of building components and systems

TOPIC 4

Towards circular systems: prediction, simulation, assessment tools

Integrative design process
Embedding circular principles into building design process
Strategies, decision-support tools and assessment methods
Predictive models and support strategies
Simulation tools and scenario modelling

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