SOLARIS2018: The 9th edition of the international SOLARIS conference Chengdu Xanadu Hotel, 69 Kehua N Rd, JiuYan Qiao, Wuhou Qu Chengdu, China, August 30-31, 2018 |
| Conference website | http://www.solaris2018.com |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=solaris2018 |
| Abstract registration deadline | March 10, 2018 |
| Submission deadline | May 31, 2018 |
| Early Bird Fee Deadline | June 30, 2018 |
Welcome to SOLARIS 2018
The Solaris network was created at Edinburgh Napier University after consultation amongst members from Canada, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Spain, UK and USA. Senior colleagues who participated in the discussions during a Specialist Conference held at Edinburgh were Emeritus Professors J L Monteith, John Page, Professors A Kudish, R Perez, T Muneer and Drs H Kambezidis, C Gueymard and staff from NREL, Colorado, USA. Immediately following the Edinburgh event a de facto Solaris governing board was established.
The Solaris conference network provides a platform for meetings for professionals researching into the areas of solar radiation and daylighting to meet, solar energy conversion systems and efficient energy use in the built environment. It has a long tradition of organizing such meetings (Edinburgh 2003, Athens 2005, Delhi 2007, Hong Kong 2008, Brno 2011, Granada 2013, Maribor 2015 and London 2017).
The Local Organizing Committee of SOLARIS 2018 warmly invites you to attend the 9th edition of the international SOLARIS conference during August 30-31, 2018, in Chengdu, China. The main aim of the conference is presentation of state of the art in the solar energy and building energy research, to establish close contact amongst researchers for dissemination of their research outcomes and facilitate professional collaboration. As the conference chairmen, it is a great honour for us to make an invitation for all of you to this exciting event, with the cordial hospitality and the warm welcome of Chengdu City.
SOLARIS 2018 will include keynote and invited speeches, plenary sessions, oral presentations, and poster sessions on different topics:
- Solar radiation measurement and modelling
- Daylighting modelling and measurement
- Solar thermal energy conversion
- Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation
- Solar energy materials
- Solar technologies for buildings
- Energy storage
- Near zero energy buildings and efficient energy use in the built environment
- District heating/cooling
- Solar energy markets and Political aspects of solar development
We are looking forward to seeing you in Chengdu.
Conference Chairs
Professor Lingzhi Xie and Dr Yupeng Jack Wu
Submission Guidelines
You are encouraged to submit abstracts of papers on main conference themes (but not limited to):
- Solar radiation measurement and modelling
- Daylighting modelling and measurement
- Solar thermal energy conversion
- Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation
- Solar energy materials
- Solar technologies for buildings
- Energy storage
- Near zero energy buildings and efficient energy use in the built environment
- District heating/cooling
- Solar energy markets and Political aspects of solar development
For abstract submission you are asked to write:
(1) Objectives of your paper (up to 100 words)
(2) Methods & Key Outcomes (up to 100 words), and
(3) Novelty (up to 50 words)
Abstracts will be evaluated based on significance of the work in the targeting context, technical merit of investigated method(s), and novelty of the work.
List of Topics
- Solar radiation measurement and modelling
- Daylighting modelling and measurement
- Solar thermal energy conversion
- Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation
- Solar energy materials
- Solar technologies for buildings
- Energy storage
- Near zero energy buildings and efficient energy use in the built environment
- District heating/cooling
- Solar energy markets and Political aspects of solar development
Committees
Organizing committee
- Lingzhi Xie – Sichuan University, China (Chair)
- Yupeng Jack Wu – University of Nottingham, UK (Chair)
- Wei Zhang, Sichuan University, China
- Xia Hao, Sichuan University, China
- John Calautit, University of Nottingham, UK
- Robin Wilson, University of Nottingham, UK
- Yanyi Sun, University of Nottingham, UK
- Jing Li, University of Nottingham, UK
- Tapas Mallick, University of Exeter, UK
- Senthilarasu Sundaram, University of Exeter, UK
- Miaoyi Qi, Sichuan University, China (Secretary)
- Hao Gao, University of Nottingham, UK(Secretary)
SOLARIS Board Members
- Professor G N Tiwari, Jamia Millia University, Delhi, India
- Associate Professor E Jadraque Gago, Granada University, Granada, Spain
- Professor Tariq Muneer, Napier University, UK
- Dr Harjit Singh, Brunel University London, UK
- Dr H Kambezidis, NOA, Athens, Greece
- Dr Danny Li, City University, Hong Kong
- Professor J Mohlenikova, Brno University, Czech
- Dr M Knez, Maribor University, Slovenia
- Professor A Kudish, Ben Gurion University, Israel
International Scientific Committee
- Hao Liu, University of Nottingham, UK
- Peter Rutherford, University of Nottingham, UK
- Mervyn Smyth, University of Ulster, UK
- Tariq Muneer, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
- Ing-Liang Wong, University of Glasgow Caledonian, UK
- Yaodong Wang, University of Newcastle, UK
- Ben Hughes, University of Sheffield, UK
- Gianfranco Claudio, Loughborough University, UK
- Harjit Singh, Brunel University London, UK
- Yuan Tian, University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Xingxing Zhang, Dalarna University, Sweden
- Veronica Soebarto, University of Adelaide, Australia
- Mohamed M Sabry, Umm Al Qura University, Saudi Arabia
- Enshen Long, Sichuan University, China
- Jingquan Zhang, Sichuan University, China
- Liangheng Feng, Sichuan University, China
- Hassam Chaudhry, Heriot Watt University, UAE
- Hasim Altan, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Masa Nagouchi, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Zheming Tong, Harvard University, US
- Maria Wall, Lund University, Sweden
- Filippo Calcerano, Italian National Research Council, Italy
- Suresh Sivan , National Institute of Technology Trichy, India
- Francis Agyenim, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Ghana
- Francis Momade, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Invited Speakers
- Professor Jinyue Yan, Editor-in-Chief Applied Energy, Chair professor of Energy Engineering, Mälardalen University, Sweden
- Professor Philip Eames, Lead for Loughborough’s Global Energy Challenge, University of Loughborough, UK
- Professor Brian Norton, Editor of Solar Energy, President of Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
- Professor Deo Karan Prasad, Director of the University of New South Wales Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment, Australia
- Professor Jie Ji, Director of the Research Center of Solar Thermal Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Professor Soteris Kalogirou, Editor-in-Chief, Renewable Energy, Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
- Professor Tariq Muneer, Professor of Energy Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Publication
SOLARIS2018 proceedings will be published in the IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (MSE).
High quality papers which contribute significantly to the state of the art and report final results of research, with proper literature review, will be thoroughly reviewed and will be candidates for publication consideration in special issues of Renewable Energy (Impact Factor: 4.357), etc (more will be avaliable here shortly). High quality papers which address designing, understanding, and promoting environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities will be candidates for the journal of Sustainable Cities and Society (Impact Factor 1.777).
Venue
The conference will be held in Shangri-La Hotel, Chengdu, China
Address: 9 Binjiang Dong Road, Chengdu, 610021, China
Phone: +86 28 8888 9999
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to
John.Calautit1@nottingham.ac.uk;
xskin821@163.com (Dr Wei Zhang, Sichuan University);
qimiaoyi@scu.edu.cn (Miss Miaoyi Qi, Sichuan University).