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The latest achievements of research into human induced climate change have led specialists to the conclusion that the World needs a fundamental reboot. Major measures are needed in all sectors to avoid global catastrophies.

Although much has been done already to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment in the last twenty years, there is still a huge scope and a great need for further improvement in this field. Newly emerging technologies such as nanotechnologies, as well as a deeper insight into the metabolism of buildings and urban settlements are the keys to a wider use of renewable energies and a drastic reduction of buildings' dependence on fossil fuels.

In this context, the international conference CISBAT 2009 invited specialists from academic institutions, industry and public institutions to meet, present and discuss the latest research and development in advanced sustainable technologies for the built environment. The 2009 edition focused on the following topics:

1. 1.  Nanotechnology for solar energy conversion (solar nanotechnologies)

2. 2.  Sustainable building envelopes (ecobuildings)

3. 3.  Hybrid and passive cooling (natural ventilation)

4. 4.  Daylighting and electric lighting (green lighting)

5. 5.  Indoor environment quality and health (global comfort)

6. 6.  Advanced building control systems (biomimetic strategies)

7. 7.  Urban ecology and metabolism (material and energy flows)

8. 8.  Building and urban integration of renewables (electricity, heating and cooling)

9. 9.  Decentralised energy production and interactive distribution (polygeneration)

10. 10. Information technologies and software (computer simulation)

CISBAT 2009 keynote presentation files: Goswami | Fisk | Ritz

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The Conference Proceedings can be ordered by email to cisbat@epfl.ch.

A Solar Energy Journal Special Issue with extended CISBAT Best Papers will be published after the Conference.

CISBAT is a biannual international conference, which aims to be at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation in favour of sustainability of the built environment.

	Scientific partners				With the support of
	Cambridge University		MIT