CIBSE Technical Symposium 2026
March 2026 at Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of the CIBSE Technical Symposium 2026. Please select a date or location to show only sessions on that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view. For more information and to register your place please visit, https://www.cibse.org/symposium
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Session Overview | |
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Location: EHB001 This space will host parralel sessions. |
| Date: Thursday, 26/Mar/2026 | |
| 10:00am - 11:15am |
1.3: Session 3: Retrofit for Real Homes: Energy Use, Comfort and Community Energy Location: EHB001 Transforming 1920-1940s housing to minimise energy use and optimise comfort More than technical: towards people-centric practices in historic building retrofits Rural Renewable Energy Towns for sustainable performance fit for 2050 |
| 11:45am - 1:00pm |
1.6: Session 6: Circularity in Practice: Barriers, Enablers and Solutions Location: EHB001 Navigating Complexity to Unlock Sustainable Building Reuse The circularity potential of the Stadium building: existing reuse versus newbuild design for disassembly explored through recent case studies and interviews with their designers Unlocking Circularity in MEP and HVAC Systems: The Relevance of Digital Construction Sustainable workplace: Enhancing Health & Wellbeing through Circular Design |
| 2:15pm - 3:15pm |
1.9: Session 9:Measuring Thermal Behaviour and Envelope Performance Location: EHB001 Chair: Jaydeep Bhadra Empirical Methods for Measuring Thermal Responsiveness in Buildings: Impacts of Monitoring Design on Short-Term Flexibility Assessment Characterisation of dynamic building physics during overheating tests under controlled conditions MEZeroE Open Innovation Test Bed for building envelope products: fostering the collaboration between industry and research |
| 3:35pm - 4:35pm |
1.12: Session 12:Transforming Building Services with AI and Machine Learning Location: EHB001 Chair: Divya Chavda A High-fidelity Multi-Building Simulation Platform for Reinforcement Learning-based Coordinated Control Strategies Training and Benchmarking Integrating Surrogate Modeling and LLMs for Data-Driven Life-Cycle Carbon Assessment in Building Retrofitsarning Approaches An AI-Powered Feedback Ecosystem for Circular and Carbon-Conscious Building Design |
| Date: Friday, 27/Mar/2026 | |
| 9:20am - 10:35am |
2.17: Session 17: Digital Twins in Practice: Connecting BIM, BEM, and Building Controls for Real Performance Location: EHB001 The impact of Level of Detail on the interoperability between Building Information Modelling and Building Energy Modelling. A validated approach using real-world data Demonstration of an Active Control Methodology in a Rehabilitation Building in Estonia using Optimisation Techniques and Physics-Based Simulations Making the sensors make sense |
| 11:00am - 12:15pm |
2.20: Session 20: Delivering Heat Networks in Practice: Costs, Integration and System Optimisation Location: EHB001 Towards Net-Zero: A Comprehensive Cost Estimation Model for Building Connections to District Heating Systems Decarbonising Heat in Social Housing: A Retrofit Pilot Integrating Low-Temperature Heat Networks Optimising Anchor load buildings on District Heat Networks Decarbonisation of UK Leisure Centre Using District Heat Networks: Understanding Existing Occupancy Heating Demand |
| 1:15pm - 2:30pm |
2.23: Session 23: Smart Resource Systems for 2050: Technology, Policy & User Behaviour Location: EHB001 Optimising the Integration of PV in CHP-Operated Hospitals: Overcoming Conflicts on the Road to Net Zero Data Centres, Heat Recovery and the Route to Net Zero Advantages of vacuum drainage is water-scarce areas and healthcare environment From Transparency to Trust: Why Complex Tariffs Create ‘Sustainability Fatigue’ and Undermine Occupant-Driven Decarbonisation |
| 2:40pm - 3:55pm |
2.26: Session 26: Data Driven Insights for High-Performing Buildings Location: EHB001 From Controlled Experiments to Real-World Insights: A “Test bed Building” framework for Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Building Envelope Systems Leveraging High-Granularity Operational Data to Inform Building Control Strategies, Indoor Air Quality and Performance Gap Considerations From Compliance to Performance: Embedding Indoor Air Quality in Sustainable Workplaces for Occupant Wellbeing within a B Corp Framework Data-Driven Optimisation of Electrified Heating Systems: A Case Study on the University of Warwick Campus. |
