Seminar n°1

Wednesday, March 19th, the BATir department hosted the first Doctoral Seminar on Sustainability Research in the Built Environment (DS²BE). On this try-out in a series of three, host professors Philippe Bouillard and Ahmed Khan welcomed over 20 researchers from 7 different Belgian Universities. At this seminar, the following topics were presented and discussed:

12:00	Welcome and introduction		Philippe Bouillard	ULB
12:05	Model for the environmental impact assessment of neighbourhoods		Damien Trigaux	KUL
12:25	Environmental Performances of Bricks made from Stainless Steel Slag: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach		Andrea Di Maria	KUL
12:45	Development of a methodology for architects for the assessment and integration of sustainable material use from the early design phase		Elke Meex	UHasselt
13:05	Feed-back & Discussion Experts comments, Presenter’s response, including questions from participants		Ahmed Z. Khan (moderator)	ULB
13:55	Closing