Call for
Abstracts
Beyond the Sustainable Development Goals:
Who, What and How?
Potential Topics Include
(But are not limited to):
Models and case studies
Whole life carbon simulations and life cycle assessments
Decision support tools, modelling, and the use of AI, digital, and related technologies
Policy, governance, standards, certifications, and regulatory frameworks
The built environment – encompassing buildings, infrastructure, and the spaces between – plays a critical role in addressing the urgent triple planetary crisis. Achieving all Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 appears challenging, and there is an urgent need to plan a post-2030 agenda to ensure continued progress towards planetary and human wellbeing. We invite researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community leaders to explore innovative solutions for a sustainable future, pushing beyond existing frameworks to consider the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. This conference will focus on the pressing need for a decarbonised, resilient, and thriving built environment, and will contribute to the next iteration of the Sustainable Development Goals.
We seek to address the following critical questions related to the built environment:
WHO are the key actors needed to drive change;
WHAT are the most promising approaches for achieving our goals?
HOW can we foster collaboration across disciplines and sectors? And, how can we accelerate the transition to a more sustainable built environment?
We welcome submissions that address opportunities and solutions from a systems-, inter- and cross-disciplinary perspective, across scales from buildings to cities to nations, and cross-cutting themes associated with resource use, mobility, circularity and regeneration. The conference will also address links to education, social issues associated with justice and gender, equity, diversity and social inclusion. Theoretical and empirical research, best practices, tools, modelling, governance and leadership are all welcomed.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED!
FULL PAPER ABSTRACTS - TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER
PRESENTATION ONLY ABSTRACTS - TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER
PROPOSED TRACKS
The conference organisers invite individuals or groups to propose other tracks. The tracks may lead to a published paper/s (for example, special issues for journals) or may lead to white paper or thought piece. Industry collaborators may also propose their own tracks.
All abstract/full paper submissions, will have the option to propose a track, if not aligned to the SDG’s or others on the list.
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We encourage submissions aligned with the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
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Impact of the built environment on physical and mental health.
NOMINATED TRACKS
*The Impact of Diffusion on Temperature Stratification in Buoyancy-Driven Displacement Natural Ventilation - Yeyu Xiang
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Skills and capacity building, educational approaches, community engagement.
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Gender equality, inclusivity, challenges.
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Water management and conservation at building level and beyond, sanitation challenges and solutions.
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Energy efficiency, renewable energy use in buildings and beyond, BIPV, battery storage, energy justice.
NOMINATED TRACKS
*Clean energy technologies in the construction sector: A review of challenges and opportunities - Melissa Chan
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Productivity, skills, jobs, CSR, governance, business models.
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Sustainable asset management, net zero carbon buildings and neighbourhoods, Sustainable and resilient urban development, smart cities, technologies.
NOMINATED TRACKS
Digital Innovation: life cycle assessment, environmentally conscious use of generative AI, automation for sustainability - Frank Boukamp and Ruwini Edirisinghe
*Better Transport Projects: More effective learning of lessons from foreign experience and projects - Matthew Trigg
Emerging digital technology towards intelligent net zero and positive-energy buildings - Melissa Chan
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Carbon storage and accounting, sustainable refurbishment of cultural and industrial heritage, industrial symbiosis, housing, informal settlements, community engagement.
NOMINATED TRACKS
Inclusion and co-creation in scaling up post-carbon housing retrofit - Ralph HorneAffordable low-carbon adaptive reuse of existing buildings into sustainable housing - Karien Dekker
Planning law and property regulation - Rebecca Leshinsky
Culture and SDG - Sayed Ahmed
*Net Zero Building Practices in Taiwan: Case Studies of Carbon Reduction Methods, Labels and Certifications and Green Finance - Sabina Sun
*Benchmarking Residential Typologies: A Life Cycle Assessment to support Urban Planning toward Sustainable Housing - Gerasimos Christoforatos
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Design, circular economy, sufficiency, new materials.
NOMINATED TRACKS
Towards sufficiency in the built environment - Nicola Willand
From Planning to Operation: Integrated Low-Carbon Design for Social Housing - Tran Phuong
From Waste to Value: Driving Construction Circular Economy adoption through Stakeholder Value Creation - Thilini Liyanawatta
*The Circular Pavilion: A Testbed Towards GenAI-BIM Integration in Construction - Guillermo Aranda-Mena
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Climate adaptation and resilience, modelling climate change scenarios, mitigation and adaptation tensions.
NOMINATED TRACKS
Multifunctional Green Networks for Resilient Cities - Maryam Hajizarghani
Climate adaptation and resilience, modelling climate change scenarios, mitigation and adaptation tensions - Akra Parveen
Industry collaboration, special issues - Jharana Bhattarai
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Governance, post disaster conflict, inclusivity.
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Land management, nature positive planning and design of buildings and infrastructure
NOMINATED TRACKS
*Development of a Composite Index for Thermal Comfort and Biodiversity - Yee Ting Wong
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Empirical applications of collaborative challenges, governance, structural challenges.
NOMINATED TRACKS
Planning cooperative villages beyond urban areas - Efrat Aviram Vas
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If your abstract does not align with any of the SDGs, please mark appropriately in the abstract submission form.
Submission Guidelines:
Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and should clearly outline the research question, methodology, key findings, and potential impact. Please include a list of a maximum of 5 keywords.
Abstracts for Full Paper Publication
Submissions will go through a peer review process. If an abstract is accepted, it will be offered a place to present at WSBE 2026 in person and a full paper is to be submitted for publication and should follow the formatting guidelines according to IOP Guidelines. Papers are to be between 4-10 pages.
All authors must sign an Author Declaration Form and Declaration of AI usage. This will be requested at the time of submission of the full paper.
*The maximum number of submissions per author is 4, whether that be author or co-author. For any authors who wish to submit 4+ papers, they will need to provide additional information regarding their role as author in the paper.
Presentation Abstracts Only
Submissions will go through a peer review process and if accepted, will be offered a place to present at WSBE 2026 in person. Full paper submissions are not required.
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Join us at WSBE26 to contribute and collaborate for a more sustainable, thriving, resilient and equitable built environment!