International Programme committee
Proposed Invited Sessions
An invited session consists of a presentation session of six to 12 or more papers on a specific conference topic, organised as half or full day mini-conference.
Details of proposed invited sessions are shown below.
IS01: Forecast, monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis and fault tolerance control of photovoltaic systems
Chair: Prof. Giuseppe Marco Tina
D.I.E.E.I, University of Catania, Italy
giuseppe.tina@dieei.unict.it
Co-Chaired by:
Dr. Abdelhamid Rabhi
MIS, UPJV, France
abdelhamid.rabhi@u-picardie.fr
IS02: Smart strategies for existing and historic building retrofitting
Chair: MSc Eng. Ph.D. Elisa Di Giuseppe
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
e.digiuseppe@univpm.it
IS03: Energy Smart Cities and Communities: from performance indicators to real district-scale examples
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Francesco Causone
Politecnico di Milano, Department of Energy, Italy
francesco.causone@polimi.it
Co-Chaired by:
Prof. Salvatore Carlucci
NTNU, Department of Civil and Transport Engineering
salvatore.carlucci@ntnu.no
IS04: Building integrated photovoltaic technology solutions for future zero energy buildings
Chair: Dr. Wilfried van Sark
Utrecht University, Netherlands
w.g.j.h.m.vansark@uu.nl
Co-Chaired by:
Prof. George Georghiou
University of Cyprus, Cyprus
geg@ucy.ac.cy
Co-Chaired by:
Prof. Hubert Fechner
Fachhochschule Technikum Wien, Austria
hubert.fechner@technikum-wien.at
IS05: Long Term Performance of Super Insulation Materials in Building Components & Systems
Chair: Prof. Daniel Quenard
Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment, France
daniel.quenard@cstb.fr
IS06: Design and Assessment of the Built & Natural Environment for Societal Health & Well-being
Chair: Dr. John Littlewood
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
jlittlewood@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by:
Dr. Boris Ceranic
University of Derby, UK
b.ceranic@derby.ac.uk
Co-Chaired by:
Prof. George Karani
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
gkarani@cardiffmet.ac.uk
IS07: Advances in passive cooling techniques
Chair: Dr. Giacomo Chiesa
Politecnico di Torino, Department of Architecture and Design, Italy
giacomo.chiesa@polito.it
Co-Chaired by:
Dr. Marco Simonetti
Politecnico di Torino, Energy Department, Italy
marco.simonetti@polito.it
IS08: HyRES and BIM for Med Green Energy and Sustainable Buildings
Chair: Prof.Nacer K. M’Sirdi
Aix Marseille University, France
nacer.msirdi@rmei.eu
Co-Chaired by
Aziz Naamane
Polytech Marseille, France
Co-Chaired by:
Aziz Boukara
Architect from ENSAMarseille, France
IS09: Energy efficiency in Commercial and Retail buildings
Chair: Matthias Haase, Dr.
SINTEF Building and Infrastructure
matthias.haase@sintef.no