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Building on the tradition established in past ZEMCH conferences, ZEMCH2021 will be looking into the interplay between research and practice, providing a forum from perspectives focusing on the delivery of socially, economically, environmentally and humanly sustainable built environments, which accommodate people with different socio-economic backgrounds in developed and developing countries.

You are cordially invited to take part in this conference, and we welcome your submission of abstracts with special attention to the below topics and sub-topics as well as any emergent related ones.

Abstracts and papers will undergo a rigorous double blind review. The accepted papers may be assigned to either oral or poster presentation. For both forms of presentation, full paper submission will be requested for inclusion in the ZEMCH2021 Proceedings. 

• All accepted and registered papers will be published in the Scopus indeed Proceedings (ISSN 2652-2926).

• Extended papers, after journal review, will be published in SCOPUS indexed ZEMCH special issues of 

  • Sustainability MDPI's Open Access Journal (SCIE & SSCI indexed, IF: 2.592 - 2018)

  • Energies  MDPI's Open Access Journal (SCIE & SSCI indexed, IF: 2.707 -2018 ) - TBC

  • Buildings MDPI's Open Access Journal (Cite Score 2.8 Scopus)

  • Additional journals to be added soon

Conference Themes and Topics

1. SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

• Urban Resilience and Climate Change
• Smart Cities
• Sustainable Urban Forms
• Sustainable Real Estate and Development
• Urban Regeneration
• Sustainable Transportation
• Smart City Modelling
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• 3D Geographic Information Systems
• Green Economy and Policies

2. BUILDINGS  AND ARCHITECTURE

• Sustainable Design and Codes
• Building Resilience and Adaptability
• Prefabrication and Mass Customization
• Sustainable Construction Management
• Inclusive/Personalized  Design
• Energy Efficient Building Materials
• Sustainability in Education

3. BUILDING ENERGY, PERFORMANCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Value Analysis and Visualization
• Energy Efficient Technology Integration
• Building Performance Simulation, Analysis and Verification
• Building Technology and Digital Fabrication
• Building Technology
• Digital Fabrication & IT
• Collaborative Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality Environments
• Building Information Management and Modeling
• Renewable Energy, performance, simulation and verification 
• AI Analysis Tools, IoT and Big Data

4. USER EXPERIENCE AND BEHAVIOR

• Humanitarian Design
• Environmental Experience Design
• User Behavior and Engagement
• Post Occupancy Evaluation
• Social Impact Assessment
• Participatory and Evidence-Based Strategies for Sustainable Design
• Eco-Community Development
• Community Health and Wellbeing
• Social Sustainability and Community Resilience
• Resilient Community Planning, Housing and Design

Submission General Guidelines

All abstracts must be submitted through the Online Submission System of the ZEMCH 2021 conference website. Fax or Email submissions are not possible.

• Registration through the Submission portal is needed prior to Abstract submission
• All abstracts & papers MUST be in English.
• Title of the abstracts must be concise and indicative of the content of the abstract and avoid using abbreviations in the title.
• Abstract may NOT exceed 450 words (text only)
• Template for Full Paper will be provided