Third NZAAR Event Series · 2017

NZAAR July 2017

The Third NZAAR International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering.

15 July 2017GTower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia18 papers

Proceedings Full Volume PDF

Programme

Conferences in This Event Series

18 papers across 4 themed conferences, all held on 15 July 2017 at the GTower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Code	Conference	Papers
Keynotes	Keynote papers	3	Papers
ALI	International Conference on Architecture, Landscape and Interior Design (ALI 2017)	4	Papers
UDCP	International Conference on Urban Design and Cities Planning (UDCP 2017)	6	Papers
SGER	International Conference on Sustainability, Green Buildings, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy (SGER 2017)	2	Papers
CCS	International Conference on Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Structural Design (CCS 2017)	3	Papers

Plenary

Plenary Speakers

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norhaslina HassanUniversity of Malaya, Malaysia

Prof. Dr. Karl WagnerUniversiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Prof. Robert PowellTaylor’s University, Malaysia

Engr. Masoud MoinfarFenestra Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Mr Abbas Bahrami-JoveinLondon Ecohomes, UK

Dr Amirhosein GhaffarianhoseiniRyerson University, Canada

Dr Nasrin AghamohammadiUniversity of Malaya, Malaysia

Dr Nur Dalilah DahlanUniversiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Source: Plenary speakers as announced on the official event poster. Keynote papers published in the proceedings are listed below.

NZAAR-KN-17-43King Abdullah City for Atomic and Nuclear Energy: Designing a City for the Post-Petroleum EraRobert Powell
pp. 1 to 4PDF
NZAAR-KN-17-44Red-Yellow-Green-Greenest Building-The Tropical Adaptation of the Passive House Approach in the Light of Green CertificationKarl Wagner
p. 5PDF
NZAAR-KN-17-45Cooling KL City and Way ForwardNasrin Aghamohammadi
p. 6PDF

Committee

Scientific Committee

As printed in the proceedings.

Arto KiviniemiUniversity of Liverpool, UK

Khairul Anuar KassimUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Nicos KomninosAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Sybil DerribleUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Pablo La RocheCallisonRTKL, USA

Partners

Partners and Sponsor

Institutional partner

Malaysia Green Building Confederation (MGBC)

Formed in 2007 and registered in 2009, the Malaysia Green Building Confederation, now the Malaysia Green Building Council, is a non-profit organisation devoted to sustainable buildings in Malaysia, with the stated ambition of leading green building in Southeast Asia. Its programmes include the Leadership in Sustainability Awards and CarbonScore. MGBC partnered with all four NZAAR events, and its President delivered the official opening of the first, in Putrajaya in June 2016.

Institutional partner

Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA)

The Continental Automated Buildings Association, which now operates as the Association for Smarter Homes and Buildings, is an international not-for-profit industry organisation that has promoted advanced technologies in homes and buildings since 1988 through collaborative research, white papers and industry councils. Its partnership with all four NZAAR events connected the series to the intelligent and connected buildings industry.

Science Publications

Institutional partner and sponsor

Science Publications

Established in 2004, Science Publications is a publisher of peer-reviewed, open access journals in science, technology and medicine, with some thirty titles including the American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the American Journal of Environmental Sciences. It served as institutional partner and sponsor of all four NZAAR events.

Institutional partner

CrowdReviews

CrowdReviews is a review platform that ranks software and services on the basis of client reviews, across more than 600 software categories that include construction management software. It partnered with the third and fourth NZAAR events in Kuala Lumpur.

Responsive Green Urban Built Environment

Supporting partner

Responsive Green Urban Built Environment (RGUBE)

The Responsive, Green Urban Built Environment Research Lab, led by Dr Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini and Dr Ali GhaffarianHoseini, works on building intelligence and performance, sustainable urban planning, digital twins, urban microclimate and thermal comfort, and the resilience of infrastructure. It supported the third NZAAR event in July 2017, and its research agenda prefigures the green, digital and intelligent focus that GDI later adopted.

Venue

GTower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

GTower Hotel occupies the GTower building in the KLCC and embassy precinct of Kuala Lumpur.

GTower HotelGTower, 199 Jalan Tun Razak, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia