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Under the heading "CleanTech for Sustainable Buildings - From Nano to Urban Scale", CISBAT 11 invited building scientists from universities and companies around the world to present their latest research and developments towards a sustainable and sound built environment, in fields ranging from nanostructured materials for renewable energies to studies of urban metabolism.

CISBAT is a biannual conference organised by the Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). The 2011 program featured internationally known keynote speakers, technical sessions, visits as well as networking events for specialists from academic institutions, industry and the public sector.

Full programme download (pdf, 1.3 Mb) - Order proceedings on CD

Technical session topics

1. Nanostructured materials for renewable energies (solar nanotechnologies)
2. Sustainable building envelopes (ecobuildings)
3. Solar active and passive cooling (natural ventilation)
4. Daylighting and electric lighting (green lighting)
5. Indoor environment quality (occupants' comfort, health and behaviour)
6. Advanced building control systems (biomimetic strategies)
7. Urban ecology and metabolism (material and energy flows)
8. Integration of renewable energy in the built environment (electricity, heating and cooling)
9. Building and urban simulation (special session IBPSA-CH)
10. Information technologies and software (computer simulation)

Keynote Lectures

• Prof. Olav HOHMEYER, University of Flensburg, Germany: "Outlook on Climate Change and Renewables - the IPCC Special Report" - download presentation (pdf, 2.5 Mb)
• Rolf HAENER, CleanTech Switzerland: "CleanTech Switzerland - Innovative. Reliable. Precise" - download presentation (pdf, 2.7 Mb)
• Prof. Marc ANGELIL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and agps architecture: "Five Easy Pieces- Towards Zero Emissions Architecture" - download presentation (pdf, 6.2 Mb)
• Prof. Mark REA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Lighting Research Centre, "Sustainable Lighting: Let's Talk about Value" - download presentation (pdf, 5.3 Mb)

Best Poster Award winners (Ex Aequo)

1. Thanachareonkit A., Fernandes L.L., Papamichael K.
Digital camera for continual luminance mapping for daylighting performance assessment

2. Liu N., Jobard J.
Optimization of indoor daylight qualities and thermal comfort:a case study of educational building envelope design under tropical Savanna climate


We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to keynotes, session chairs, the staff of EPFL and of the boat company CGN, the caterers, the visit guides and all the participants who contributed to the scientific quality and the pleasant atmosphere of CISBAT 2011.

Prof. Jean-Louis Scartezzini
Conference Chair

Scientific partners				In association with	With the support of
Cambridge University		MIT		IBPSA Switzerland