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The 12th annual edition of Sustainable Places (SP2024) was a hybrid event,
from 23th to 25th September 2024, with the in-person sessions hosted in Luxembourg.
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Conference Scope
Sustainability targets and climate change objectives cannot be met without addressing buildings and the built environment at the building, district and urban scale to include our transport and energy infrastructures. Renowned for showcasing results coming out of the EU Horizon 2020 and EU Horizon Europe Framework Programme via the participation of cutting-edge research and innovation projects, the scope of Sustainable Places is captured directly in its name. It involves designing, building and retrofitting the places we live and work in a more sustainable way.
Conference Concept
Sustainable Places prides itself on being an ideal platform for the dissemination of research, the conduct of workshops, EU project clustering and networking between stakeholders of all types. SP2024 was hold over three days in a hybrid (digital + in-person) event format. Between opening and closing keynote sessions, parallel technical sessions and project-organized workshops explored the various conference themes. Given world events we encouraged submissions on technology transfer, renewable energy implementations and energy security with the aim of facilitating actions that increase the rate of renovation and renewable energy implementations.
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Conference Themes
Each year, Sustainable Places features topics that are shaping how we think about cities and the built environment. Across all editions, Sustainable Places is open to all topics related to building sustainability and most often reflect priorities described in the European Commission Societal Challenges and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
This year we proposed the following list of themes. These themes are non-exhaustive and proposals received on other topics related to sustainability were included:
- Energy Communities, Smart Cities and Urban Transition
- Renewable Energy Technologies
- Sustainable Construction & Renovation
- Decarbonization & Circularity
- Climate Change mitigation and adaptation
- Facilitating the energy transition: Policy, Finance, Training
- Sustainable Urban Renewal & Cultural Transformation
- Digital twins, Smartness & Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability
- Resilience and Energy Security
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Built4People Stakeholder Forum & Sustainable Places in one place
We are delighted to announce that the 3rd Built4People Stakeholder Forum was co-located and back-to-back with SP2024 on Monday 23 September in Luxembourg.
Hosted in the European Convention Centre Luxembourg, and in close collaboration with Sustainable Places 2024, this event kicked-off a week of research and innovation. The stakeholder forum featured B4P program updates from the B4P Leadership Team and collective workshops between B4P running projects.
The B4P Stakeholders Forum is a platform to allow the participation of a large community of built environment experts which is not limited to Built4People Partners and their members. The Forum gives advice on the priorities to be addressed by the Partnership Board, in line with the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and the Horizon Europe strategic planning.
Publication Opportunity: ORE
Exciting news! Sustainable Places partners with Open Research Europe (ORE), the open access publishing platform for publication of research funded by Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe. ORE streamlines compliance with open access terms, providing a swift publishing outlet for researchers to share their results and insights. Peer-reviewed articles are optional, open to SP2024 contributors associated with EU-funded projects. Published in a dedicated collection, formats include:
Research Articles, Reviews, Brief Reports, Data Notes, Method Articles, Software Tool, ArticlesReviews, Case Studies, Open Letters, Method Articles, Software Tool, Articles, Reviews, Case Studies, Open Letters.
Check out ORE’s Article Guidelines for submission details. Articles must meet the following eligibility criteria: (i) At least one author must be involved in a running or finished Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe project from the European Commission, and the article must be a result of that project. (ii) The article must be an original work (see section on Originality). More information can be found on ORE Policies.
Submission deadline: 31 October 2024
Registration
| Type of ticket |
Early bird Deadline: 15 June 2024 |
Standard Deadline: 31 july 2024 |
Late |
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On-site attendance (presenters or non-presenters) |
550€ |
650€ |
750€ |
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Online attendance (non-presenter) |
NA |
50€ |
NA |
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Online attendance (presenter) |
NA |
150€ |
NA |
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Workshop boost (50 online non-presenters, full access) |
NA |
500€ |
NA |
*VAT excluded in the price list.
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Venue
SP2024 was located at the European Convention Center Luxembourg, in the heart of the Place d-Europe business district in Luxembourg and will serve as an excellent venue for Sustainable Places plenary forums, clustering workshops and networking
Since 29 February 2020, public transport has been free for everybody, residents as well as tourists. This is the case for trains, trams and buses (RGTR, TICE, AVL). In other words, you don’t need to buy a ticket anymore. The only exception are tickets and subscriptions for the 1st class, which still have to be paid for. A fee will be charged at the applicable rates. However, all passengers must be able to show a personal identity document at any time if requested by the conductors.
Transport connections can easily be looked up via the Mobiliteit.lu app (App Store or Google Play Store) or via the Mobilitéitszentral‘s website (Mobility Centre).
Gala Dinner at Medusina - 24 September 2024, 19:30
The location is a well-known place in Luxembourg because it is named after the legendary statue of Melusina, the woman the legend claims to be the Luxembourg City’s founder.
The dinner was served as a buffet and offer a range of different foods for any taste and necessity, from vegan to classical food.
See you at the Melusina Restaurant at 19:30!
MELUSINA, 145 rue de la Tour Jacob, L-1831 LUXEMBOURG19:30
Organising Committee
| Name | Surname | Organisation |
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Sylvain |
KUBICKI |
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Thomas |
MESSERVEY |
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Régis |
DECORME |
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Bahija |
SEBANE |
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Michela |
ZABAGLIA |
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Zia |
LENNARD |
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Céline |
GONCALVES |
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Tatiana |
LOUREIRO |
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Anaïs |
GANDELIN |
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Chrystel |
PETITEVILLE |
Scientific Committee
| Affiliation | Name and Surname | Country |
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Affiliation Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) |
Name and Surname Dr. Annie Guerriero |
Country LU |
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Affiliation Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) |
Name and Surname Dr. Sylvain Kubicki |
Country LU |
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Affiliation European Construction & sustainable built environment Technology Platform (ECTP) |
Name and Surname Dr. Alain Zarli |
Country BE |
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Affiliation Cardiff University |
Name and Surname Prof. Yacine Rezgui |
Country UK |
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Affiliation University of Cagliari |
Name and Surname Prof. Diego Reforgiato |
Country IT |
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Affiliation VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
Name and Surname Dr. Mia Ala-Juusela |
Country FI |
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Affiliation Teesside University |
Name and Surname Prof. Tracey Crosbie |
Country UK |
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Affiliation Université Côte d'Azur |
Name and Surname Prof. Nadine Tournois |
Country FR |
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Affiliation École de Technologie Supérieure |
Name and Surname Prof. Ivanka Iordanova |
Country CA |
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Affiliation Frederick University, Cyprus |
Name and Surname Prof. Paris Fokaides |
Country CY |
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Affiliation University of Luxembourg |
Name and Surname Dr. Bradley Ladewig |
Country LU |
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Affiliation Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) |
Name and Surname Carole Blond-Hanten |
Country LU |
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Affiliation National Research Council of Italy (CNR) |
Name and Surname Dr. Benedetto Rugani |
Country IT |
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Affiliation EU Laboratory for Green Transformable Buildings, GTB Lab |
Name and Surname Dr. Elma Durmisevic |
Country NL |
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Affiliation Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) |
Name and Surname Assoc. Prof. Natalia Romero Herrera |
Country NL |
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Affiliation National Institute of Solar Energy (INES) |
Name and Surname Dr. Etienne Wurtz |
Country FR |
Submissions to SP2024: Call for Proposals (CfP)
The CfP closed on 31 May
All sessions offered fully online or fully in-person; hybrid arrangements are not permitted. For any questions, please consult the AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS document, which details the suggested procedures.
If you still can’t find the answer to a question, please don’t hesitate to email: sustainableplaces[@]r2msolution.com.
Sponsorship Opportunities
SP2024 sponsors had the opportunity to position their brand in this unique event at the crossroads of European Research and market implementation in the sustainable built environment. This year’s sponsors benefited from increased visibility with conference growth, professional media coverage, profile appearance in the agenda, coverage in the conference newsletter, coverage in social media and allocation of a digital booth during the event on the event platform B2Match. Sponsorships were also possible for the social program and meal events. Sponsorships make it possible to increase event user experience and to invite additional guests or participants to the event that our core audience are trying to reach.
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Supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (RESCOM/2024/SR/18805979)
Exhibitors
Media partnership
Participating Research Projects
More than 200 European projects presented results and/or clustering in workshop sessions at SP2024. Sustainable Places keeps consolidating itself as a benchmark for innovation clustering and networking among EU projects, and the conference’s organising committee is grateful for the trust and participation of all these wonderful projects.
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