SASBE2009 will be the biggest event in the European region on sustainable building and development before 2011. With our motto we aim at a positive, proactive approach to sustainability in the built environment, via different disciplines and on different scales.
We invite everyone — academics as well as private and public parties from the market — to join us in presenting solutions rather than problems at SASBE2009.
23 march 2010
PROCEEDINGS ONLINE
The SASBE2009 proceedings are available online both here (on the menu on the top right or at results.sasbe2009.com) and at our CIB parent organisation site CIBworld.nl. Also included here are the posters, presentations and conference photos. Visit daily.sasbe2009.com if you've missed our conference newspapers (including the final november edition).
16 july 2009
SASBE2009 REPORT AVAILABLE
For CIB we wrote an evaluating report on SASBE2009, as it was held in June. Its contains an account of the events, our findings and acknowledgements. You can download it here.
SASBE2009 AWARDS
It was both fun and worthwhile to have four simultaneous competitions running during SASBE2009, giving all the honour to participants who performed extraordinarily. There were many good contributions but only one could win in each area. The winners of the awards given during the closing sessions can be found here.
18 june 2009
SASBE DAILY NEWSPAPER AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
On every day of the congress a newspaper was made and spread; these newspapers are now available at daily.sasbe2009.com.
5 june 2009
SINGLE DAY TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE 16TH OF JUNE
For the Tuesday 16th of June, during which the official opening session will take place (including keynotes by Dirk Sijmons and Ken Yeang, and the opening speech by Crown Prince Willem-Alexander), special single day tickets can be purchased. The price is 250 euro. Please register on our website: registration.sasbe2009.com.
SPECIAL SREX SESSION ON LOW-EX PLANNING
On Thursday morning, 18th of June, Commission Room 3 will host a special session moderated by the SREX research team.
SREX stands for Synergy of Regional Planning & Exergy. Guest expert Sven Erik Jörgensen will deliver an invited speech, followed by lectures covering topics as exergy, energy potential mapping, energy landscapes, urban agriculture, energy cascading, underground and potentials.
You can find the exact programme here.
3 june 2009
NEW SPONSORS DRI ENVIRONMENT AND SUA
We are very happy to announce that SASBE2009 has found a main sponsor: the Delft Research Initiative (DRI) Environment, the interdisciplinary organisation for research on issues concerning the (built) environment, based at TU Delft. In addition, the Delft Centre for Sustainable Urban Areas (SUA) has become an official sponsor.
LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TOURISTIC DELFT EXCURSION
There are only 12 places left for the touristic excursion in Delft, on Tuesday evening 16th of June. The tour includes a boat trip and guided tour through the old centre of Delft.
Register for this tour on the registration page.
INTERNATIONAL PRESS PRESENT AT SASBE2009
Facilitated by EVD, on the morning of 16 June, a delegation of international journalists will be attending SASBE2009. They will cover stories on the event and have interviews with speakers and the audience.
2 June 2009
FULL WEEK SCHEDULE AVAILABLE
The full week schedule SASBE2009, including all oral presentations is now ready and downloadable from the events page. A one-page oral schedule is available as well, and individual presentation details have been sent to each author.
For the full week schedule, click here.
For the schedule of orals, click here.
29 May 2009
NEWSLETTER
The final SASBE2009 May newsletter 
is now available!
For hardcopies please contact info@sasbe2009.com.
ROOM FOR FIVE EXTRA PARTICIPANTS IN THE PHD WORKSHOP
For SASBE2009 a special PhD program is being arranged for PhD candidates. This program consists on a two-day workshop prior to the conference week and some special activities during the conference days. The workshop starts on Sunday 14th of June afternoon with a session on methodology for study and research and on Monday 15th a visit to Rotterdam inspirational projects is being arranged.
For more information on the PhD workshop, click here.
27 May 2009
SMART BUILDING IN A CHANGING CLIMATE IN PRINT!
After a thorough process of selecting from the best SASBE2009 papers, adding special contributions by e.g. Ken Yeang, and editing the manuscript, the Techne Press book Smart Building in a Changing Climate is now ready and in print. It will be launched and sold for a reduced price during SASBE2009. Contributors to the book will of course receive a free copy.
The final table of contents with the selected papers can be found here.
COMBINED TICKET SID - PROVADA
Registrants for the Sustainable Industry Day (SID, 17th of June) will receive a free ticket for PROVADA, our latest partner. This also applies to delegates who already registered for the SID. PROVADA is the Dutch real estate fair, taking place in the RAI Conference Centre in Amsterdam from 16 to 18 June. With this collaboration, SID delegates who attend SASBE2009 on Wednesday 17th can pay a visit to PROVADA on Tuesday or Thursday, an interesting combination.
For more information on PROVADA, click their logo in our banner. For more information on the SID, click here.
SUSTAINABLABLA!?
At SASBE2009 Stylos, the student society of the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture, will organise a workshop on Wednesday 17th of June with this fascinating name. It is especially meant for Bachelor and Master students, with a special 1-day fee, and includes a lecture by Prof. Anke van Hal.
Find more on the here.
18 May 2009
SPECIAL MEETING ‘SUSTAINABILITY IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION’
ISO/TC59/SC17 will hold a special open meeting on Wednesday June 17th from 14:00 to 17:00. The meeting will provide an overview of the ISO activities and products on sustainability in the construction sector, and permit an open debate on a guidance document in progress for helping the sustainability general principles to be practically implemented in a construction project.
More information can be found here.
DELFT SUPPORTS BIKES AT SASBE
We are happy to announce that the municipality of Delft has joined our list of sponsors.
Delft financially supports the use of bikes and bike taxis during SASBE2009. For those who do not know the old city: bikes are the fastest means to travel in Delft, and the most sustainable way too. Bikes will be distributed among full registrants during the welcome drinks on Monday 15th of June and need to be handed in after the closing sessions on Thursday.
Please let us know if you want to make use of this special free offer, through info@sasbe2009.com.
7 May 2009
FINAL CALL FOR EARLY REGISTRATION AND PUBLISHING AGREEMENT
Yesterday the deadline for the cheap early bird fee ended. However, with the conference office we agreed that until tomorrow, 8th of May, 5PM, 
you will have the LAST CHANCE to register for this fee.
Please note: if you want to have your paper published in the conference proceedings (whether awarded an oral or poster presentation, does not matter), you need to have registered and submitted your signed publishing agreement by 15th of May. As notified earlier, some of the best papers will be published in the book Smart Building in a Changing Climate. Your publishing agreement and registration is necessary for selection.
27 April 2009
FINALISTS OF THE CIB STUDENT COMPETITION ANNOUNCED
The CIB Student Competition, on sustainable solutions for energy-producing living areas, has resulted in a wide range of good-quality contributions from all over the world. A Top 5 has been selected with solutions for different scales: from an energy-neutral and food-producing new city to an algae facade that produces hydrogen for electricity, heat and fuel. All finalists will present their plan at SASBE2009.
To see more about the five finalists, click here.
20 April 2009
WINY MAAS AT ROTTERDAM CLIMATE INITIATIVE SESSION
Famous Dutch architect of MVRDV Winy Maas has confirmed to lecture during the special session organised on behalf of the Rotterdam Climate Initiative. This RCI session will address the approach to climate change by big cities. It will be held on the afternoon of the Sustainable Industry Day (17th of June).
17 April 2009
ORALS AND POSTERS
All authors of scientific papers have been notified about the verdict about an oral or poster presentation at SASBE2009.
Oral presentations will be scheduled in the scientific parallel sessions. Posters will be exhibited during the three conference days and presented briefly in a special poster session on Thursday morning 18th of June. All authors will be notified about the exact day and time of presentation.
All papers, either orals or posters, will be published in the conference proceedings. Please keep in mind that posters — in order to be included in the conference proceedings — need to be submitted digitally by 15th of May.
13 April 2009
SECOND PAPER REVIEW ROUND RESULTS
The results of the second paper review round have been sent on Thursday, April 9th. If you haven’t received them, contact us!
9 April 2009
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION PROLONGED UNTIL MAY 6TH
With a little delay, all authors of scientific papers will be notified today about the final decision about their paper acceptance for an oral or poster presentation. In relation to this, the early bird registration can be arranged until the 6th of May.
SID MARKET PRESENTATIONS SELECTED
12 high-quality proposals for the Sustainable Industry Day have been selected for presentation at SASBE2009. They were divided into four categories. ‘Architecture’: UIA Americas, Except and Paul de Ruiter Architects; ‘Engineering’: ARUP, BuildDesk and Movares; ‘Technology’: University of Canberra, Ingreenious and Abolin Co.; and finally ‘Vision’: BBA Indoor Environment, Oranje Demolition Company and Brink Group.
For more information click here.
PROFESSORSHIP FOR SASBE2009 CHAIR
We're happy to announce that SASBE2009 chair Andy van den Dobbelsteen has been appointed professor of Climate Design & Sustainability at the faculty of Architecture!
7 April 2009
WICKED PROBLEMS AND SWARM PLANNING
Climate change is seen as a complex and long-term problem, interconnected with lots of other issues. Such a ‘wicked problem’ is difficult to integrate in planning and design processes. Therefore, climate proof regions require another planning and design approach. SASBE2009 will host a special session on June 16th, afternoon, on wicked problems and the ‘swarm planning’ dealing with them.
For more information click here.
30 March 2009
BEST PAPERS TO BE PUBLISHED IN TECHNE PRESS BOOK
All authors of scientific papers will be notified about the final verdict around the 6th of April.
Techne Press will publish a book containing the best SASBE2009 papers that fit the
title “Smart Building in a Changing Climate”. This book will be launched and sold
during the conference (contributors will receive a free copy).
Authors of the best papers selected for the book will be notified briefly after
the final review verdict and be asked to submit good quality images, when applicable.
If you do not wish to be included in the book, please notify the SASBE2009 chair,
Andy van den Dobbelsteen (andy@sasbe2009.com).
LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT SID PROPOSALS
Today the deadline ended for Sustainable Industry Day (SID) presentation proposals
from the market. We received various interesting, good quality submissions.
Public and private parties have a last chance to submit their proposals until April 6th.
Proposals are to be sent to industryday@sasbe2009.com.
25 March 2009
SIR DAVID KING LECTURES AT SASBE2009
We are proud to announce that Sir David King, former advisor on climate change to the British government, will give a keynote speech on Wednesday 17th of June, during the Sustainable Industry Day (SID) of SASBE2009. Sir David is renowned for his knowledge of climate change and known from provoking publications such as The Hot Issue.
With Sir David, the full line-up for the plenary programme of the SID is known: Michael Braungart, Wubbo Ockels and Sir David King.
For more details of the conference week schedule click here.
CIB STUDENT FINALISTS ANNOUNCED ON THE 7TH OF APRIL
The CIB student competition on energy-producing living environments yielded submissions from all over the world. The preselection jury states that quality of ideas is very high, making the selection of five finalists a challenge. On April 7th these finalists will be announced. They will get the opportunity to present their elaborated plan at SASBE2009.
For more information on the CIB student competition click here.
9 March 2009
SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY DAY PROPOSAL DEADLINE MARCH 30
Wednesday 17th of June will be the Sustainable Industry Day, with keynotes by Wubbo Ockels and Michael Braungart and amongst others a special session on cities and climate change, hosted by the Rotterdam Climate Initiative. Public and private parties from the market are invited to submit a proposal for presentation at SASBE2009. We will honour the best proposals. Deadline March 30th!
For more information visit the sustainable industry day page.
CIB STUDENT COMPETITION SUBMISSION
We received numerous contributions from various countries for the CIB student competition. In general, the quality of these submitted plans is very good, which will make the jury work difficult. The five finalists will be announced on April 6th
For more information visit the student competition page.
FINAL PAPERS NOW SUBMITTED
The 8th of March was the deadline for the second round of scientific papers, which were revised on the basis of the reviewer's comments. In total we have around 160 papers to become an oral or poster presentation, and around 40 posters, which were decided on already in the abstract stage.
NEW SPONSOR
The Dutch Green Building Council is our new sponsor. SASBE2009 will in particular collaborate with the DGBC on the Sustainable Industry Day and the simultaneous DGBC programme at Provada, the Dutch real estate fair in Amsterdam.
For more information on the DGBC and other sponsors, visit our sponsor page.
NEW PARTNERS
SASBE2009 was already co-supported by our partners of PLEA, iiSBE and CABA. Now we have new partners who endorse and support SASBE2009: UrbanOrganism, Techne Press and Arko Publishers.
For more information on the SASBE2009 partners, visit our partners page.
5 January 2009
NEWSLETTER
The SASBE2009 January newsletter is now available. If you'd like to receive these updates please email us at info@sasbe2009.com.
3 January 2009
NEW SPONSORS
We are happy to welcome two new sponsors to the conference: consulting company BuildDesk and the Rotterdam Climate Initiative. Together with the latter we will organise a special session on the approach to climate change in cities throughout the world. For more information on sponsoring please visit sponsors.sasbe2009.com.
21 November 2008
DUTCH CROWN PRINCE TO OPEN SASBE2009
We are very proud that Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, who is personally very much involved with issues of water management, climate adaptation and spatial planning, has notified the SASBE2009 organisation that he intends to open the conference on Tuesday 16 June 2009.