Conference

LCUBE held a conference in Vienna, Austria on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th April 2007 entitled 'Strategies for a Low Carbon Built Environment'.

The papers from the Vienna conference have been published in a special edition of the journal 'Indoor and Built Environment'

The Programme and the presentations follow.

Programme
	Welcome and Presentation of C23 Action Phil Jones, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University
	Keynote speaker 1 Bill Dunster, ZEDfactory Ltd. Practice specialising in Zero (fossil) Energy Development (ZED) buildings in the UK.
	Keynote speaker 2 Hermann Kaufmann Institute of building construction and design, Department timber construction, Technical University Munich.
	Keynote speaker 3 Ardeshir Mahdavi Director, Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology Vienna University of Technology.
	Keynote speaker 4 Karl Hoyer Professor and Research Director of the research programme Technology, Design & Environment, TDM.
	Working Group 1 Session - New/existing buildings
	Chair and Introduction: Chris Tweed
	Christian Pöhn Head of laboratory for physics in construction. Mr Pöhn presented software that processes data on CO2 emissions in building construction. This software is available on the website. http://www.wohnbauforschung.at/de/Projekt_Nachhaltigkeit_therm_Sanierung.htm
	Phil Roberts Deputy Chief Executive, Grwp Gwalia. Social Housing provider in Wales, UK.
	Stéphanie Nourricier ‘Implementation of the EBPD in Belgium: Performances of the simplified method for primary energy consumption calculations’
	Eric Dumont ‘Integrated modelling of a dwelling and its heating system’
	Jørgen Munch-Andersen Senior Researcher, Ph.D., Danish Buliding Research Institute (SBi), Aalborg University ‘Improving thermal insulation of concrete sandwich buildings’
	Rossano Albatici Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Trento ‘Elements and strategies for sustainable interventions in the residential building sector: a case study’

The papers from the Vienna conference can be found in the journal 'Indoor and Built Environment'