The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Modeling for Sustainable Buildings & Smart Cities (MSBC 2021)

Call for Papers

Consumption patterns of the urban communities have been identified as one of the most serious environmental threats. Therefore, experimentation and research to draw conclusions and support better sustainable designs forbuildings and smart cities are becoming a very pressing need. However, with the substantial interference of humanfactors (e.g. physical and social factors), the volume of data collected, and the high density and activity of urban life,applying real-life experiments that mimic reality is a complex, costly, risky and nearly impossible process. In such cases,modeling becomes an essential replacement or at the least complementary solution for conducting experiments todraw results and support decision making for designing and developing sustainable buildings and smart cities. With thisin mind, it is paramount to discuss possibilities of improving software practices for modeling buildings and smart cities for the goal of developing sustainable socioeconomic communities. We, therefore, come forward with this proposal todiscuss the possibilities of refining domain- specific modeling aspects, tools, and standards for the goal of developing sustainable socioeconomic urban communities.

MSBC workshop is an interdisciplinary arena where model-based engineering intersects with the paradigm of design sustainable smart buildings and cities. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Standards and best practices for software modeling in the area of modeling buildings and urban development
• Tools for modeling buildings and urban development
• Human factors in modeling, and the effect of that on improving design for sustainability
• The role of modeling in supporting design decisions for developing sustainable socioeconomic systems
• Domain-specific modeling tools for building designs and urban development
• Data analytics for building design and urban development

This workshop also seeks to:

• To initiate a working group engaged in developing standards and best practices for software modeling in thearea of designing buildings and smart cities
• To discuss new ideas, methodologies, and tools for modeling buildings and smart cities
• To discuss research related to incorporating human factors in modeling, and the effect of that on improving design for sustainability
• Stimulating and presenting new ideas in the field of building designs and urban community development
• Identifying challenges and gaps in the the use of modeling for designing smart cities to improve the quality of life while reducing energy consumption