INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE
INNOVATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION
AND SMART BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES
FOR COMFORTABLE, ENERGY EFFICIENT
AND SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE

Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies
Academy of Civil Engineering of Ukraine
Stroitel-P Private Construction and Installation Enterprise
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
State Research Institute of Building Constructions
Dnipro ZBK, LLC
DISTRIBUTED DATA SYSTEMS, LLC
PDABA Energy Innovation Hub
Frederick University, School of Engineering
WATT+VOLT S.A.
DEMO Consultants
Information Technologies Institute of the Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas

20-21 February 2024
Dnipro, Ukraine

Dear Colleagues, we cordially invite you to participate in the International Scientific and Practical Conference “INNOVATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION AND SMART BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMFORTABLE, ENERGY EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE”. The purpose of the event is to disseminate the results of scientific research and practical experience in the field of innovative technologies for ensuring the parameters of comfort, energy efficiency and eco-friendliness in residential buildings based on smart-technologies among representatives of education, science, business and government, in order to use such technologies in the reconstruction of Ukraine. The Conference is planned as a part of the project “A novel decentralized edge-enabled prescriptive and proactive framework for increased energy efficiency and well-being in residential buildings” funded by the European Union under HORIZON2020 Program (grant ID 958284 – PRECEPT). The working languages are English and Ukrainian.

Scientific Committee
Savytskyi M.V., Vice-Rector of Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, Prof., Dr.Sc. (Chair of the Committee)
Sukhyi K.M., Acting Rector of Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, Prof., Dr.Sc. (Co-Chair of the Committee)
Radkevych A.V., First Vice-Rector of Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, Prof., Dr.Sc. (Co-Chair of the Committee)
Danishevskyy V.V., Vice-Rector for Research of Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Prof., Dr.Sc. (Co-Chair of the Committee)
Proidak Y.S., Vice-Rector for Research of Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, Prof., Dr.Sc. (Co-Chair of the Committee)
Nazarenko I.I., President of the Academy of Civil Engineering of Ukraine, Prof., Dr.Sc. (Co-Chair of the Committee)
Savytskyi O.M., Director of Stroitel-P Private Construction and Installation Enterprise, PhD (Co-Chair of the Committee)

Bezus V.O., Advisor to the Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Uktaine
Bordun M.V., PSACEA, PhD
Nikiforova T.D., PSACEA, Prof., Dr.Sc.,
Perehinets I.I., Housing and Сonstruction Сooperative “Affordable Housing of Ukraine”, PhD
Spyrydonenkov V.A., Director of Dnipro ZBK, LLC
Khrenova-Shymkina I., Director of the project of GIZ
Yurchenko Y.L., PSACEA, PhD
Arvanitis K., Business Development Manager of WATT+VOLT S.A. and the PRECEPT EU Project coordinator
Babenko М., Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, PhD
Benko V., Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Prof. Ing., PhD
Bielek B., Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Prof. Ing., PhD
van Delft A., Director DEMO Consultants
Dimara A., Information Technologies Institute of the Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas, PhD
Fokaides P.A., Frederick University, School of Engineering, Dr.-Ing.
Rabenseifer R., Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Dr. Ing. Arch.
Unčík S., Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Prof. Ing., PhD

Conference Thematic Topics
• Threats to humanity and their impact on urban planning
• Green construction and sustainable development
• Safety and life support systems of residential buildings
• Technologies and materials for environmental engineering
• Intelligent building management systems, smart-technologies and smart buildings
• Innovative technologies for ensuring comfort, energy efficiency and eco-friendliness of buildings
• Barriers to the introduction of intelligent building management systems in Ukraine and possible ways to overcome them

Important Dates
February 10 – Deadline for applications and abstract submissions
February 14 – Notification of acceptance/rejection of papers and the registration fee payment details
February 17 – Deadline for the registration fee payment
February 18 – Announcement of the Conference Work Program
February 20-21 – Conference
March 30 – Deadline for manuscript submissions to publish in Ukrainian Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture
April 01 – Deadline for manuscript submissions to publish in E3S Web of Conferences
May 06 – Notification of acceptance/rejection of manuscripts to publish in E3S Web of Conferences and publication fee payment details
May 13 – Deadline for the payment of the publication fee to publish in E3S Web of Conferences

Conference Proceedings Publication
Abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings. If desired, the participants can submit papers for publication in Ukrainian Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture (a professional periodical of the Ministry of Education and Science, category B). After the peer review, selected papers will be published in a separate volume of W3S Web of Conferences (an Open Access publication series indexed in Scopus).

Registration and Publication Fees
The registration fee is UAH 200 per paper, which includes the organizational expenses and costs of ordering the Abstracts Volume (electronic edition with ISBN number and DOI). A preliminary cost to publish a paper in W3S Web of Conferences is about 4000 UAH. It is a subject to change depending on the final number of articles selected for punlication and on the currency exchange rate on the date of payment.

Submissions
To participate in the Conference, you are requested to submit a completed registration form via the link https://forms.gle/YMK7z4FsPL6LpXVM8 and abstracts of up to three full pages of A5 format (see the template attached) to the email mitomdnipro1997@gmail.com.

Preparing papers for W3S Web of Conferences
Only papers written in proper academic English can be considered.

Guidelines for authors: https://www.e3s-conferences.org/for-authors

Manuscripts preparing:
• Topics of the papers should be strickly in the scope of W3S Web of Conferences journal. The literature review should cover publications in internationally recognized sources. The abstract and title should present key information about the subject and include important keywords.
• The papers should come from various international collaborations.
• At least one author of each paper should attend the Conference.
• Maximum two papers from one author can be accepted.
• The number of co-authors cannot exceed 4-5 (unless it is proved by the results of the study).
• The number of pages is unlimited, but not less than 5.
• The papers should be prepared in MS Word, 170 x 250 mm paper size, one column format (see the template attached).

The manuscripts can be accepted for publication following the blind peer review, which is organized by the Scientific Committee. The manuscripts will be checked in a plagiarism tool. W3S Web of Conferences reserves the right to reject any submissions, which don’t meet the requirements presented above.

The manuscripts should be submitted to the email mitomdnipro1997@gmail.com

Contact Persons
Registration and organizational issues
Maryna Liakhovetska-Tokarieva
+380979234773, lyakhovetsky-tokareva@pdaba.edu.ua

Conference proceedings publication
Olena Tymoshenko
+380504524363, mitomdnipro1997@gmail.com

Correspondence address of the Scientific Committee
Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 24a Architect Oleh Petrov (Chernyshevskyi) St., Dnipro 49005.