Monday, November 29, 2010
Call for Papers Building Enclosure Sustainability Symposium (BESS 2011)
Paper submission deadline extended to 17 January 2011!
Building Enclosure Sustainability Symposium (BESS) 2011: Integrating Design & Building Practices29 - 30 April 2011
Pomona, CA
The Cal Poly Pomona Department of Architecture and Simpson Gumpertz & Heger are pleased to announce the second annual Building Enclosure Sustainability Symposium (BESS) 2011: Integrating Design & Building
Practices. This is a two-day, peer-reviewed technical symposium to explore the state-of-the-art in professional and academic approaches and experiences related to integrating design and building practices for sustainable building enclosures.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Architects, engineers, contractors, industry members, and related professionals are invited to submit papers for presentation and publication in the symposium proceedings. Please note that all accepted paper authors will be expected to register to attend the symposium, as well as give a short presentation of their paper at the symposium.
Submitted papers should address one or more of the following topics:
* First Principles
* Integrated Design Process
* Tools & Validation
* Innovative Enclosures & Emerging Technologies
* Building Systems: Optimization & Integration
* Rehabilitation & Preservation
COMPLETE PAPERS DUE 17 January 2011
Complete Details [Link]
For any questions about paper submissions, please e-mail submissions@bessymposium.org.
REGISTRATION
Symposium registration is now open.