Fit for 2050 – Redesigning Spaces for Wellbeing, Inclusivity, and Sustainable Performance
The CIBSE Technical Symposium focuses on creating healthy, inclusive, and high-performance building environments that address the needs of both occupants and the planet. The event will highlight emerging technologies, strategies, and frameworks that drive the next generation of building design and performance. Topics will range from inclusive design—creating spaces that cater to diverse needs such as neurodiversity and sensory inclusion—to indoor air quality (IAQ), and address the broader implications of climate resilience, retrofit and technological advances in building services design.
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Paper submissions for the 2026 CIBSE Technical Symposium are now closed.
You can still get involved in the 2026 CIBSE Technical Symposium by becoming a reviewer or sponsoring the symposium.
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2026 Submission Topics
Paper submission for the 2026 CIBSE Technical Symposium is now closed. We invited submissions on the following topics.
Designing healthy, inclusive, and active environments that support mental, physical, and emotional health.
Creating spaces that are accessible to all, addressing neurodiversity, sensory inclusion, and diverse user needs.
Exploring emerging technologies, innovative materials, and design approaches that enable low-carbon, energy-efficient cooling in response to global climate challenges.
Exploring how next-generation cooling solutions can be designed to respond to current and future climate challenges, enhancing resilience, occupant comfort, and operational efficiency.
Innovation in reducing embodied carbon and advancing circular design in building services.
Exchanging knowledge on how health and well-being standards can meet the unique environmental, social, and economic needs of diverse regions and communities.
Strategies for improving IAQ and sustaining momentum in ventilation and air quality
Approaches to energy-efficient heating solutions that support the transition to net zero.
Frameworks, tools, and models for cross-sector collaboration - between academia, industry, and government - in building design and delivery.
Using data and benchmarking to optimise building systems and improve long-term performance.
Leveraging artificial intelligence to optimise design, performance, and sustainability.
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ASHRAE
ASHRAE is an international society of more than 50,000 heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning professionals from over 132 nations dedicated to serving humanity and promoting a sustainable world. Founded in 1894, ASHRAE is an industry leader in research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing education. ASHRAE members are dedicated to promoting a healthy and sustainable built environment for all, through strategic partnerships with organizations in the HVAC&R community and across related industries. The Society is showcasing integrated building solutions and sustainability in action through the opening of the ASHRAE Global Headquarters building in metro-Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit ashrae.org.
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IBPSA - England
IBPSA-England is an affiliate of International Building Performance Simulation Association, a non-profit international society of building performance simulation researchers, developers and practitioners, dedicated to improving the built environment. IBPSA-England is founded to advance and promote the science of building performance simulation in order to improve the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of new and existing buildings. Any individual with an interest in the field of building simulation can become an individual member of IBPSA-England.
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