BSO2022 is continuing the successful BSO conference series, held every two years since 2012, on the subject of building simulation and optimisation.

Programme

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Full Papers can be accessed from here

Day 1 Sessions

Session 1: Energy

Chair: Dr. Rokia Raslan

Session 2: Urban Studies

Chair: Dr. Tristan Kershaw

Session 3: Case Studies

Chair: Dr Jacques Laubscher

Day 2 Sessions

Session 4: Modelling and Simulation Studies

Chair: Prof. Ana Paula Melo

Session 5: IEQ

Chair: Dr. Rajasekar Elangovan

Session 6: Machine Learning & Optimisation

Chair: Prof Pieter De Wilde

Key dates

• 16 September 2022 Full Paper Submission deadline
• 25 October 2022 Registrations
• 13 - 14 December 2022 Conference

BSO conference topics

• Building simulation software and models
• Fitness for purpose of models/tools, accessibility of models/tools
• Progress in optimising building design and operation
• Advances in model calibration, uncertainty analysis, and model validation
• Building archetypes and validated models
• Analysis of performance data: buildings and systems
• Occupancy modelling and assumptions
• Whole-life carbon models
• Indoor environmental quality
• Urban and district scale simulation of climate and energy use
• Innovative applications of simulation in practice

The Global South

This year, we have aligned the conference with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), which focus on gathering all countries in a global partnership to develop a sustainable future for people and the planet. The Global South alone is expected to nearly double current global built floor space by 2050, driven primarily by growth in urbanisation. A typical building lasts 60 years and we spend about 90% of our lives in them. This means that buildings built now will have an impact on carbon, energy and health well into the 2080s.

We need to design buildings in the Global South to be carbon, energy and health optimised from the get-go. But first there are significant challenges to overcome around equity, access, localisation, fitness-to-purpose, cultural sensitivity and cost. This conference will provoke thought and gather knowledge on how we can address these challenges at scale and with speed.

As well as accepting papers on the traditional BSO themes above, the conference will also have a special focus on building simulation and optimisation in the Global South. This special focus explores the specific challenges faced by this neglected part of the world and includes:

• Affordable simulations
• Simulations in informal cities
• Simulations to reduce inequalities in access to energy and other natural resources
• Simulations of natural ventilation in hostile outdoor environments (mosquitoes, unsafe streets, pollution, noise)
• Unaffordable comfort
• Simulation in context of energy poverty
• Solar energy in informal and overcrowded settlements

Paper format

Papers can be in one of two formats:

• full length papers (8 pages)
• short papers (4 pages). These can include adventurous or early stage academic work or industrial applications and case studies.

Download full and short paper templates.

New: fast-track submissions

Abstract submission is now closed. However, as we received a lot of requests for submissions after the abstract dates we are now accepting papers across all the above topics without needing to go through an abstract stage . You can submit full papers at Easychair Smart CFP. You will need to register or sign in to do so.

Conference format

Happening in a post-COVID world, this conference will be completely virtual, attempting to be more inclusive for colleagues who might struggle to get funding to travel.

Features

What's in store for #BSO2022?

In the run up to our conference, view our introductory videos:

• What's in store for #BSO2022? by Sukumar Natarajan
• #BSO2022 trailer 1 by David Coley
• #BSO2022 trailer 2 by Professor Ana Paula Melo
• #BSO2022 trailer 3 by Dr Jacques Laubscher

Debate

Prof Sukumar Natarajan will moderate an Oxford-style debate where speakers will argue for and against the motion 'Building energy modellers are not literate.' Using audience polling, we'll measure audience sentiment before and after the debate to judge which side moved the most people and won the debate.

Networking

We want our delegates to have plenty of opportunities to engage with each other and the speakers at the conference. We are working on making sure the online experience supports networking to foster new research collaborations across the globe.

Research showcase

We plan to showcase key outputs from a series of high-profile research grants awarded under the Newton Fund between researchers in the UK and India. This will show what is achievable using effective collaboration between the Global North and the Global South.

Conference mission

We want to encourage more research-active academics and research students from the Global South to take part in our conference. We're achieving this through:

• reduced rates for participants from the Global South to enable the widest possible access
• a fully virtual conference to eliminate travel, visa and accommodation costs as barriers to entry
• a speaker line-up that reflects global diversity

Our committees

Organisational committee

• Chair: Prof. Sukumar Natarajan, University of Bath
• Prof Pieter De Wilde, University of Strathclyde
• Prof Clarice Bleil De Souza, Cardiff University
• Dr Anna Mavrogianni, University College London
• Prof Ruchi Chaudhary, University of Cambridge
• Dr Rokia Raslan, University College London
• Dr Neveen Hamza, Newcastle University
• Prof Dejan Mumovic, University College London
• Dr Steven Firth, Loughborough University
• Dr Renjith Jaypalan Nair, Design Builder software
• Isha Rathore, Doctoral researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Scientific executive committee

• Dr Tristan Kershaw, University of Bath
• Prof Clarice Bleil De Souza, Cardiff University
• Prof Pieter De Wilde, University of Strathclyde
• Prof Sukumar Natarajan, University of Bath

Scientific Review Committee

• Dr Tristan Kershaw, University of Bath
• Prof David Coley, University of Bath
• Dr Parag Wate, The University of Sheffield
• Prof Rajan Rawal, CEPT University
• Dr Jacques Laubscher, Tshwane University of Technology
• Prof Ana Paula Melo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina: Florianopolis
• Prof Rajat Gupta, Oxford Brookes University
• Dr David Jenkins, Heriot-Watt University
• Dr Kathryn Janda, University College London
• Dr Nick McCullen, University of Bath
• Dr Rajasekar Elangovan, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee