About SUJS 2021

Sino-UK Joint Symposium on Post Covid-19 Pandemic: A Reconsideration for the Built Environment (SUJS 2021) is funded by NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) and BC (British Council). This symposium aims to help cities in China and the UK to establish a healthier living environment. It will convene outstanding young scholars from the China and UK to exchange ideas and discuss the possible solutions for building a healthy city in the post-pandemic era.  This symposium will provide a platform for knowledge sharing, generate collaborative possibilities and networking between young interdisciplinary scholars in China and the UK.

Symposium Theme

Through multidisciplinary sharing from various departments such as Architecture, Building Engineering, Urban Planning, Material Science, Environment Engineering, Computer Science, Energy Simulation and Public Health. Scholars will gain a comprehensive understanding of designing and building indoor and outdoor healthy environments, considering requirements in terms of health, comfort, safety and energy consumption. 

This joint symposium will discuss design methods, evaluation models and case studies example of healthy urban areas including healthy neighborhoods and buildings. The key objective of the workshop will be to reduce the risk of pandemic breakout in urban areas, whereas possible, incorporating sustainable solutions. 

List of Topics

This symposium will discuss the below contributing factors (but is not limited to) in a post-pandemic built environment:

• Energy in Buildings
• Environment in Buildings
• Outdoor Microclimate
• Healthy City
• Healthy Buildings

Submission Guidelines

The proceedings will be published in Springer as part of the DigitalFUTURES collection https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789813343993. Suitable abstracts will also be invited to submit a paper for publication in special issues of "Energy and Buildings" and "Building Simulation" (Springer).

Kindly submit a title and a short abstract via Easychair by 4th June 2021, 23:59 (GMT+1), so that the committee can prepare for the proceeding and special issues.  All papers should be original and should not be submitted to another journal or conference simultaneously. Plagiarism (including self-plagiarism) is prohibited. All submissions will be reviewed for quality, originality, and relevance by the committee and reviewers.

• Language: English
• Abstract: 150 - 300 words
• Full Conference Paper: 6 - 10 pages (including references, table/chart and keywords)
• Key words: 3-5 words.
• Each Figure should above 300dpi.
• Format: PDF and MS Word-compatible file.

Dates

• Paper Abstract Due: 4 June 2021
• Notification of the Peer Review Results: 20 June 2021
• Paper Revised Submission Due: 4 July 2021
• Notification of the Paper Acceptance: 18 July 2021
• Symposium: 28 August -30 August 2021

Committees

Program Committee

• Prof. Saffa Riffat, University of Nottingham, UK
• Prof. Yupeng Wu, University of Nottingham, UK
• Prof Philip F. Yuan, Tongji University, China
• Prof Lan Wang, Tongji University, China
• Prof. Jian Hang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
• Dr. Jiawei Yao, Tongji University, China
• Dr. John Calautit, University of Nottingham, UK

Organizing committee

• College of Architecutre and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China
• Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham, UK

Invited Speakers

• Prof. Saffa Riffat, University of Nottingham, UK
• Prof. Yupeng Wu, University of Nottingham, UK
• TBC

Venue

The conference will be held in person in Tongji University, Shanghai, China and online for international participants.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Ling.Yong@nottingham.ac.uk or Jiawei.Yao@tongji.edu.cn

Sponsors

 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) & British Council (BC)