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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear ESP-r group<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">sorry for any cross-postings, however, I would like to point you to the upcoming CISBAT Conference in case you haven't been aware of it. The conference will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland shortly after the IBPSA
Conference. Lausanne, Switzerland is not so far away from the IBPSA Conference location. Combining the two may be a possibility for those who come from afar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">There will be a simulation-focused IBPSA-CH session during the conference, with special focus planned on practical simulation problems and their solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Achim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cisbat.org/"><b><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="640" height="131" id="Grafik_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDF57F.54713750" alt="Beschreibung: bandeau_06.jpg"></span></b></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CALL FOR PAPERS – Submission deadline 31 January 2013<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#262626;font-weight:normal">CISBAT 2013 International Scientific Conference
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D">CLEANTECH FOR SMART CITIES AND BUILDINGS</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#17365D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D">From Nano to Urban Scale</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">4-6 September 2013</span></strong><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">,
</span></b><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://cisbat.epfl.ch"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none">www.cisbat.org</span></strong></a></span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sustainability in the built environment</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> is one of key issues for research and
political action today. The biannual CISBAT Conference offers a platform for the presentation of the
<b>latest scientific research</b> in the field, across a wide range of disciplines.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We are delighted to announce the 12<sup>th</sup> CISBAT Conference to take place at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland from 4<sup>th</sup> to 6<sup>th</sup>
September 2013 and to issue a call for scientific papers in the following domains:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nanostructured materials for renewable energies (solar nanotechnologies)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sustainable building envelopes (ecobuildings)
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Solar active and passive cooling (natural ventilation)
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Daylighting and electric lighting (green lighting)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Indoor environment quality (occupants comfort, health and behaviour)
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Advanced building control systems (biomimetic strategies)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Urban ecology and metabolism (material and energy flows)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Integration of renewable<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>energy in the built environment (electricity, heating and cooling)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Building and urban simulation (smart cities and buildings)
<span style="color:#1F497D">– </span>IBPSA CH Session<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Information technologies and software (computer simulation)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Conference will feature high-level keynotes as well as technical oral and poster sessions and opportunities to show software developments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Extended abstracts should be submitted by
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">31 January 2013</span></strong> through the
<b><a href="http://cisbat.epfl.ch/callfp_submissionform.php"><span style="text-decoration:none">online submission form</span></a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Format</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">:<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>one page A4, minimum 320 words (plus optionally one page with figures and/or references)<span style="color:#1F497D">,
</span>with title, full details of corresponding author + relevant domain among those above.
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For details -- scope of the conference, venue, registration, scientific committee and soon also keynote speakers --, please refer to</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.cisbat.org"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">www.cisbat.org</span></b></a></span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Conference host:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Scientific Partners:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Cambridge University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<span style="color:#1F497D">,
</span>IBPSA Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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