Call for papers · Johannesburg, South Africa
SURE-Built 2026 — 2nd Global Scholarship for Sustainable Built Environment Research Conference
Built Environment Epistemologies: Crafting Sustainable Knowledge in the GenAI Era
- Dates
- 3–4 September 2026
- Format
- Hybrid
- Submissions close
- January 31, 2026
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Accepted papers are published through these platforms, and the series is endorsed by the bodies below.
Research areas
What the series covers
Conferences and published papers are indexed against these areas, so a reader can move from a subject to the work in it.
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Building Technology
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Built Environment
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Built Environment Methodologies
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Construction Economics
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Construction Management
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Construction Technology
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Digital Built Environment
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Education in the Built Environment
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Engineering
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Finance and Investment
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Housing
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Infrastructure
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Project Management
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Real Estate
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Sustainability
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Urban Development
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Other Related Fields
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Latest accepted abstracts
Recently accepted
001 Other Related Fields
A Non-Invasive Assessment of Thermal Comfort in a University Library Using Infrared Thermography
002 Infrastructure
Performance Evaluation of Crumb Rubber Modified Bituminous Concrete Using Marshall Mix Design: A Sustainable Pavement Engineering Approach
003 Other Related Fields
Assessment of the Pozzolanic Properties of Gliricidia Sepium (Jacq.) Wood- Ash as a Potential Sustainable Supplementary Cementitious Material
004 Construction Management
Key Drivers of Frugal Innovation in the Nigerian Construction Industry
005 Housing
Assessment of Embodied Carbon in the Design Stage: A Case Study of University Hostel Building in Nigeria
006 Sustainability
Integrating Energy and Water Efficiency in Hotel Buildings: A Nexus-Based Assessment from Ghana
Recognition
Awards
Outstanding papers are recognised at the close of each conference.
Best Track Paper Award
Overall Best Paper Award
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Conferences
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Catch up on the sessions
This is a hybrid conference and free to attend. Remote participants join the sessions online; joining details are shared with registered attendees.
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- Starts
- September 3, 2026
- Ends
- September 4, 2026
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Announcements
From the editorial office
August 29, 2026
Programme and book of abstracts published
The draft programme of events and the book of abstracts for SURE-Built 2026 are available to download from the conference page.
August 29, 2026
Six keynote speakers confirmed for SURE-Built 2026
Mr Bongani Dladla (cidb), Prof Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim (UiTM), Prof Timothy Adekunle (University of Utah), Prof Celestine Iwendi (University of Greater Manchester), Prof Alireza Moghayedi (UWE)…
August 28, 2026
Keynote speakers to be announced
Details of the SURE-Built 2026 keynote speakers will be announced in due course.
August 28, 2026
Proceedings to appear in Springer Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Conference proceedings will be published in the Springer-edited book series Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, submitted for indexing in Scopus, EI-Compendex and SpringerLink.