Item 1: BSO-V 2020 Updates! Online conference dates and call for industrial presentations
BSO-V 2020, IBPSA-England’s First Virtual conference, will be taking place on 21-22 September 2020. We received over 50 full paper submissions despite the impact of COVID-19. These submissions comes from institutions as far away as Brazil and Australia, indicating the broad reach the virtual format has been able to facilitate.
We look forward to the conversations around topics submitted, such as: redefining activities in occupancy modelling, Bayesian calibration techniques, machine learning techniques for control and modelling, evaluation of climate and daylighting sensitivities, the use of genetic algorithms for building design, smart-meter calibrated urban building stock models, characterisation of hygrothermal properties of building materials, methods for assessing heat vulnerability, impacts and integration of photovoltaic, heat pump, and thermal storage technologies, incorporating uncertainty in the evaluation and delivery of energy flexibility and many more!
We aim to offer meaningful discussion moments within the conference programme, and we are keen to involve experts from both academia and industry. We are currently advertising for presentation-only sessions from industry practitioners to contribute to the conversation around building simulation and optimization. The submission portal is available through the conference website and industry-track abstracts describing the main aspects of the presentation are due 15 July 2020.
We hope all can virtually join us for a great conference. For news and updates, please check the conference website, bso2020.org, and follow us on Twitter @BsOconference.
From the BSO-V 2020 Conference and Scientific Chairs,
Dr. Bianca Howard
Dr. Eleonora Brembilla
Dr. Argyris Oraiopoulos