BUILDINGS AS MATERIAL BANKS
A PATHWAY FOR A CIRCULAR FUTURE
RESEARCH DAYS
6-7 February 2019, Brussels, Belgium
Time: 6 February 2019 Wednesday halfday (afternoon) and 7 February 2019 Thursday all day
The BAMB Consortium is pleased to invite you to participate in BAMB’s final event “Buildings As Materials Banks – a pathway for a circular future” (SBE19 Brussels – BAMB-CIRCPATH) – Research Days that will be hold in Brussels on 06 to 07 of February 2019. The Consortium of the H2020 BAMB Project is proud to inform that the BAMB final event Research Days is part of the worldwide prestigious SBE19 Conference Series.
The research Days is an important step on the pathways towards a circular economy in the building/construction sector. This international conference intends to bring together researchers and industry experts from the entire world to exchange their ideas and research and showcase advanced innovative technologies and methodologies for the built environment.
All accepted papers will be published in collaboration with IOP Publishers as open access papers in electronic proceedings within IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science (EES, http://conferenceseries.iop.org) and submitted for indexing by ISI (Web of Science) and Scopus. A book of abstracts will be made available to delegates in electronic form.
The participation in the scientific part of the event is subject to a registration fee. Participants and attendees can process to their registrations through the following link: https://www.congressospco.abreu.pt/SBE19-36323.aspx
Travel and accommodation costs for the participation in the SBE19 Brussels – BAMB-CIRCPATH event are to be covered by participants.
Conference Topics
- Strategies and tools for the design of reversible and transformable buildings and systems;
- Design for high reuse potential of buildings and building elements;
- Design for adaptability;
- Digitalization in the construction sector to support circular economy;
- Design for reconfiguration of buildings and systems;
- Design for reuse of existing buildings, products and equipment;
- Environmental assessment and measurement tools for circular buildings and products;
- Environmental and economic impacts of reversible and transformable buildings and products;
- Efficient waste, resource and facilities management in the building sector;
- Management tools / mechanisms that support system, component and material reuse;
- Cradle to cradle strategies and materials health;
- Barriers and opportunities for a dynamic and a circular built environment;
- BIM to support greater reuse and recovery from demolition/deconstruction;
- Design for high reuse potential and BIM;
- BIM for existing buildings;
- Innovative business models around circularity of resources in the construction sector;
- Policies and standards for a circular built environment;
- Case studies.
Venue
The conference will be held at: Brussels Environment (IBGE-BIM) Site de Tour & Taxis Avenue du Port 86C/3000 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Important Dates
01 June 2018: Opening of abstract submission
15 July 2018: Second deadline for abstract submission
16 July 2018: Notification of the acceptance of abstracts by the Scientific Committee and launch of the third call for abstract submission
- 09 August 2018: Third deadline for abstract submission 10 August 2018: Third call for abstracts – Notification of the acceptance of abstracts by the Scientific Committee 07 October 2018: Deadline for paper submission 12 November 2018: Notification of the acceptance of papers by the Scientific Committee 05 December 2018: Deadline for submission of final paper 21 January 2019: Announcement of the Final Programme of the Conference
Registration fees
| Before 5th December 2018 | After 5th December 2018 | |
| Standard registration fee | 250€ | 350€ |
| Student registration fee | 125€ | 225€ |
| Publication fee | 100€ | 200€ |
Contact
University of Minho, Campus Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, PORTUGAL Tel: +351 253 510 242 Email: bamb2020@civil.uminho.pt
Conference Coordinator
Prof. Luís Bragança Civil Engineering Department School of Engineering University of Minho 4800-058 Guimarães PORTUGAL Tel.: + 351 253 510 241 Mobile: + 351 966 042 447 Email: braganca@civil.uminho.pt Web: http://civil.uminho.pt
More activities
There is more activities going on that you might wish to register for:
BAMB Industry Day 5 February 2019
This Industry Day is dedicated to share the BAMB tools and results with all innovation enthusiasts, stakeholders and industry players.
BAMB Site Visit 6 February 2019
Visit the BAMB pilot Circular Retrofit Lab, that investigates and demonstrates how Reversible Building Design can prevent demolition waste when refurbishing existing buildings.
BAMB Final event 5-7 February 2019
The BAMB Consortium is pleased to invite you to participate in BAMB’s final event “Buildings As Materials Banks – a pathway for a circular future” (SBE19 Brussels – BAMB-CIRCPATH), with three seperate activities
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