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PLEA 2016 Conference in Los Angeles

  • 1.  PLEA 2016 Conference in Los Angeles

    Posted 11-02-2015 09:25 PM

    PLEA 2016 Conference – Los Angeles

    Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments

    Deadline for Abstracts is Nov 8

    A reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions to The Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2016 Conference in Los Angeles California, from the 11th to the 13th of July 2016 is coming soon.

    Since 1982 PLEA has organized international conferences and events across the globe. PLEA annual conferences are highly ranked attracting academia and practicing architects in equal numbers. Past conferences have taken place in Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. This is the first time since its inauguration in 1981 that the United States hosts a PLEA conference, and it is jointly organized by Cal Poly Pomona, the University of Southern California and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

    The theme of PLEA 2016 is Cities, Buildings, People: Towards Regenerative Environments. Given that we at PLEA value both research and practice, each track will strive to combine exemplary case-studies and research papers. All papers will be considered with special consideration to papers addressing the following tracks:

    • Strategies, Tools and Simulation Methods
    • Passive Strategies for Resilient Cities
    • Carbon Neutral Design
    • Sustainable Design Education
    • Regenerative Design

    Abstracts should be a maximum of 500 words. Selected abstracts will be invited to submit a final paper which will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

    Further details on the conference themes, templates and submission at PLEA2016.org or go directly to http://plea2016.uscarch.com/index.php/plea2016/plea2016papers

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    Pablo La Roche PhD Assoc. AIA
    Cal Poly Pomona University / CallisonRTKL
    USA
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