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INTERNATIONAL JOINT-CONFERENCE

SENVAR-iNTA-AVAN 2015
24-26 November 2015|
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Johor, Malaysia

> WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

THEME

> BEST PAPER & BEST PRESENTER AWARDS

> SCOPUS INDEXED JOURNAL
> ACCREDITED CPD POINTS
publication for selected papers

to be certified

>Board of Architect Malaysia (LAM)

>Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP)
>The Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia (ILAM)
>Construction Industry Board Malaysia (CIDB)
>Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia (ISM)

> IMPORTANT DATES

Early Bird Registration Open/ Call for abstract

28 April 2015

Abstract submission deadline

10 July 2015

Notification of acceptance/ Rejection

20 July 2015

Deadline for full paper submission (camera ready)

30 September 2015

Normal Registration begin

24 October 2015

Announcement of Best Paper Awards Online

20 November 2015

SiA conference/Announcement of Best Paper & Presenter Award 24-26 November 2015

> REGISTRATION
Early Bird Rate (before 23 Oct 2015)

RM900.00

Normal Rate (after 23 Oct 2015)

RM1100.00

Early Bird Rate (Student)

RM550.00

Normal Rate (Student)

RM750.00

Technical Visit

RM80.00

> Early bird registration valid from 28TH APRIL 2015 until 23TH OCTOBER 2015
> Registration fee includes conference materials, conference kits & certificate, lunches and refreshments and
Award Dinner.
> For Student Registrations, students must provide proof of student status (i.e.: student ID)

> PUBLICATION
> All accepted papers will be published in SiA2015 Conference Proceeding. After conference, selected papers will
be published as articles in a book series or journal. For this, we are now in progress to contract with several journals.
Moreover, selected papers, particularly those nominated for the Best Paper Awards, will be considered for
publication in the special issue of JURNAL TEKNOLOGI, SCOPUS (Elsevier)-indexed.

>VISIT

www.sia2015.com

>LIKE

https://www.facebook.com/SiA2015

>FOLLOW

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>CONTACT

isi.sia2015@gmail.com

visit our website

I N S T I T U T
S U L T A N
I S K A N D A R

KALAM

> Academic Members

> Architects, Planners,
Surveyors & Engineers
> Public Work Officials
> Researchers & Students

Sustainable & Environment Managers

Government Representatives
Developers
Contractors
Science Media

> SUBTHEME
> SUSTAINABLE
BUILDING DESIGN

> GREEN TECHNOLOGY

& ENERGY

Sustainable Environment Architecture

Climate change and Architectural Science
Energy Efficient Building
Sustainable Low Cost Building
Design with Nature
Smart and Bioclimatic Architecture
Building Envelopes and Innovative Faade Systems
Sustainable Vernacular Architecture
Transformation of Built Environments to
Sustainable Environments
- Sustainable Design and Human Behavior:
Changing Lifestyles
- Sustainable Renovation and Restoration
- Adaptive Re-use
- Green Building/ Passive Architecture Solution
- Housing, Urban and Regional Planning
- Building Rating Systems & Green Building Index (GBI)
- Sustainable Tall Buildings

> SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN

& PLANNING

Solar/ Bio-energy
Wind and Hydro-power Energy
Alternative Clean Energy
Green Advanced
Computations & Communication
- Green Energy Economics, Policy,
Financing & Business Practice
- Building & Indoor Environment Quality
- Energy Resources, Conservation & Efficiency
- Alternative Energy Technology
- Material Flows & Industrial Ecology
- Renewable Energy & Alternative Energy Sources
- Waste & Waste Water Management
for Enhanced Sustainability
- Indoor Environmental Quality & Management
- Innovative Waste Management Concepts
- Water Resources & Hydrology
- Advance Water & Wastewater Technology
- Waste Management
- Sustainability Practices in Engineering/ Science
- Bio-Geo-engineering

- Sustainable Urban Design

- Transport Infrastructure
- Integrating of Renewable Energy Sources
for Urban Development
- Eco-Design and Eco-Friendly Development
- Eco-System and Biodiversity
- Transit-Oriented Development:
Health and Walkability
- Emergent Urban Patterns
- Retrofitting the Existing City
- Green Development and Construction Systems
- Sustainable Housing and Compact
Urban Neighborhoods
- Eco-Mobility: Sustainability in Transport
- Building Automation & Service System
- Landscape Architecture, Productive Urban
Landscape and Urban Farming

> SUSTAINABLE HABITAT &

SOCIO-ECONOMIC

> WISDOM OF THE PAST

> CLIMATE CHANGE

- Vernacular Architecture
- History and Philosophy
- Traditional Neighbourhoods Design/
Neotraditional Design
- Contemporary Environment
- Climate and Vernacular Design
- Settlement Planning and Design
- Models for Cultural Engagement
- Conservation & Preservation of Built Environments

- Impacts of Climate Change

- Climate Change & Reducing Greenhouse
Emissions
- Carbon Footprint
- Impacts of Sustainable Bio-Fuel
- Social Impact & Human Behavior
- Climate Risk Management & Mitigation
- Global Climate Model

Sustainable Ecosystems
Health & Quality of Life
Community Consultation & Development
Sustainable Behavior within the Community
Social Impact & Human Behavior on
Sustainable Development
- Construction Safety, Quality & Improvements
- Cultural & Religious Values
- Toxicology & Ecosystem Health
- Sustainable Entrepreneurship &
Sustainability Innovation
- Ecological, Social and Cultural Sensitivity
- Disaster mitigation, Planning and Design
- Sustainable Management

> CALL FOR ABSTRACT

> Abstract of no more than 300 words should be submitted as an electronic file which
is compatible with Microsoft Word, Arial font-10 point ( no graphs/images to be included)
> Please kindly download the abstract template from www.sia2015.com
> Submission must be made on-line before 11:59pm of 29TH JUNE 2015 as attached file in
the format specified above to submit.sia2015@gmail.com

> Sponsorship of an exhibition at the SiA2015 Conference is a creative answer to specific

corporate marketing objectives. For more information, please email us at
isi.sia2015@gmail.com

>SUPPORTED BY

Graduate School For International

Development & Cooperation,
Hiroshima University

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> SPONSORSHIPS & EXHIBITIONS

>JOINTLY ORGANISED BY

ISI

The international Conference of SENVAR-iNTA-AVAN

(SiA2015 Conference) is a joint conference focusing on
sustainability in built environment, tropical and vernacular
architecture.
SENVAR
(Sustainable
Environmental
Architecture) and iNTA (International Network for Tropical
Architecture) has established since 2000 and 2004, while
AVAN (Asian Vernacular Architecture Network) is much
younger in 2013. In year 2015, SiA2015 Conference will be
jointly organised by Institut Sultan Iskandar (ISI) - Centre For
The Study of Built Environment in The Malay World (KALAM)
of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Graduate School For
International Development & Cooperation (IDEC) of
Hiroshima University - Center for Advanced Studies in
Architecture (CASA) of National University of Singapore, and
supported by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Hiroshima
University (HU) from November 24 to 26, 2015 in Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The theme for
SiA2015 Conference is Wisdom of the Tropics: Past, Present
& Future. SiA2015 conference brings together an
international community of experts to discuss the
state-of-the-art, new research results, perspectives of future
developments, and innovative applications relevant to
sustainable building design, vernacular architecture, tropical
architecture, urban planning, climate change, green
technology, socio-economic and sustainable habitat.

Department of Architecture,
National University of Singapore