IBPSA-Scotland and IBPSA-England are pleased to announce their first joint conference, BSO-uSIM 2026. The conference theme is simulating retrofit at scale, addressing how building simulation is helping to upgrade the energy performance of our communities and urban areas to net zero.

 

BSO-uSIM will be hosted by the University of Strathclyde, Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 November, 2026.

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We welcome research papers that align with the following broad topics:

 

• AI, BIM, and new digital tools for urban retrofit
• Archetypes and stock modelling at the urban scale
• Calibration, validation and uncertainty in urban scale models
• Data acquisition for urban scale retrofit modelling and simulation
• Heat and multi-vector networks
• Modelling green energy sources and technologies for retrofit
• Modelling for retrofit policy support
• Optimisation at the urban scale
• People, place and retrofit
• Urban retrofit – case studies in modelling and simulation

 

Papers in areas related to, or spanning these themes are also welcome. 

All successfully reviewed papers will be published in the proceedings, which appear on the IBPSA website.

The deadline for abstract submissions is Friday 3 April, 2026

Visit the conference website to find out more and submit your abstract: https://BSO-uSIM2026.org