COBEE 2008 technical program consists of
Plenary sessions, each invited speaker has 30 minutes for presentation;
Parallel sessions, each presenter has 15 minutes for presentation, including discussion;
Posters sessions, each presenter has 60 minutes for presentation and discussion in front of                               his/her poster;
Forums, each forum has 120 minutes. The forums are to discuss challenges and opportunities
              in building energy and environment. There is ample time for discussion.
Advanced Technologies from Industry, A forum in which each presenter has 20 minutes for                 presentation.

Plenary Sessions
Several internationally renowned scholars have been invited as the plenary session speakers of COBEE 2008. Their topics of presentations are:

	P-1.1 Understanding Exposure to Air Pollutants in the Built Environment (Su-P1)		P-1.2 Energy and Environment in Chinese Rural Housing: Road to Sustainability (Su-P1)
Prof. William Nazaroff University of California at Berkeley, USA		Prof. Xudong Yang Tsinghua University, China
	P-2.1 Sustainable Building Design (We-P2)		P-2.2 Ventilation and Health in Built Environment (We-P2)
Prof. Koen Steemers Cambridge University,UK		Prof. Yuguo Li University of HongKong, China

Forums
Several workshops and forums are being organized to discuss ad hoc topics that fall within the general scope of COBEE. The workshops are to initiate research collaborations or to report the progress of collaborated research. The workshops will have presentations (with or without papers) that summarize state-of-the-art research or current research progress. There will be ample time to discuss the results and plan for future collaboration or next phase research. The forums are to discuss challenges and opportunities in building energy and environment. Each forum has several presentations (with or without papers) and ample time for discussion.

The topics of the workshops and forums proposed are:
F-1 A Commentary on the Residential Energy Consumption in China: Data Secured and Required (We-F1)
       Chair: Hiroshi Yoshino
       Tohoku University, Japan
F-2 Multifunctional Facades and Building Structures-performance Prediction and
       Validation (Mo-F2)
       Chair:Marja Todorovic
       University of Belgrade, Serbia
F-3 Inverse Tracking of Indoor Pollutant (Tu-F3)
       Chair:Qingyan Chen
       Purdue University, USA
F-4 HVAC Design for High-rise Residential Buildings (Mo-F4)
       Chair:Jianlei Niu
       Hong Kong Polytechnic University,China
F-5 Balance between Energy Use and Indoor Environmental Quality (Mo-F5.1, Mo-F5.2)
       Co-chair: Yuanhui Zhang
       University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,USA
       Co-chair: Jamie Bennett
       National institute for Occupational Safety and Health, USA
F-6 IAQ Problems in China: Current Status and Future Perspective (Tu-F6)
       Co-chair: Guoqiang Zhang
       Hunan University, China
       Co-chair: Guoqiang Zhang
       Hunan University, China
       Co-chair:Qihong Deng
       Central South University, China
F-7 Recent Progress in IAQ and Health Research in China (Mo-F7)
       Co-chair: Yuguo Li
       Hongkong University, China
       Co-chair: Xu Yang
       Huazhong Normal University, China
       Co-chair: Jinliang Zhang
       Peking University,China
F-8 Advances in EnergyPlus Development and Application (Tu-F8)
       Chair: John Zhai
       University of Colorado at Boulder, USA


Advanced Technologies from Industry
Yamatake Environmental Control Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (Tu-FI)
Aldes (Shanghai) Indoor Air Technology Co.,Ltd. (Tu-FI)

Session Codes
All the sessions have been assigned a code, such as “Mo-T1.2”.
The first two letters stand for:
    Su = Sunday
    Mo = Monday
    Tu = Tuesday
    We = Wednesday
The third letter stands for:
    P = Plenary sessions
    T = Technical sessions
    F = Forums
    Po=Poster sessions
    FI= Advanced Technologies from Industry
The number before the period stands for the sequence number of topics/plenaries/forums.
The number after the period is the sequential number of the sessions for the topic/plenaries/forums.
For example: “Mo-T1.2” means the second part of topic one to be presented on
Monday.

General Timetable

Technical and Social Programs by Day

Sunday, July 13 2008

Sessions	Titles	Hall No.
17:00-18:00
Su-P1	Plenary Session I	1

Monday, July 14 2008

Sessions	Titles	Hall No.
08:00-10:00
Mo-T1.1	Energy Performance in Buildings	3
Mo-T3.1	Indoor Environment Analyses	4
Mo-T8.1	Heat Pumps (1)	5
Mo-T9.1	Advanced Building Envelopes	2
Mo-F4, Mo-F5.1	Forum 4: HVAC Design for High-rise Residential Buildings (08:00-09:00)	6
	Forum 5: Balance between Energy Use and Indoor Environmental Quality (1) (09:10-10:00)
10:30-12:30
Mo-T2.1	Solar and Geothermal systems	3
Mo-T6.1	Airflow and Ventilation (1)	4
Mo-T10	Building Control and Operations	5
Mo-T11	Integrated Building Simulation	2
Mo-F7	Forum 7: Recent Progress in IAQ and Health Research in China	6
13:30-15:30
Mo-T1.2	Case Studies of Energy Performance in Buildings	3
Mo-T3.2	Outdoor Environment	4
Mo-T13.1	Policies Related to Building Energy and Environment	5
Mo-T8.2	HVAC Systems and Their Applications	2
Mo-F5.2	Forum 5: Balance between Energy Use and Indoor Environmental Quality (2)	6
16:00-17:00
Mo-T2.2	Energy Conservation in Buildings	3
Mo-T6.2	Particle Deposition, Dispersion and Filtration (1)	4
Mo-T13.2	Smoke and Fire Studies	5
Mo-T8.3	Advanced Refrigeration Systems	2
Mo-F2	Forum 2: Multifunctional Facades and Building Structures-performance Prediction and Validation	6
17:00-18:00
Mo-Po1	Poster Session I: All Topics	Furama Ballroom Foyer

Tuesday, July 15 2008

Sessions	Titles	Hall No.
08:00-10:00
Tu-T2.3	Impact of Solar Radiation and Ice Storage on Building Energy Performance	3
Tu-T6.3	Airflow and Ventilation (2)	4
Tu-T8.4	Heat Pump (2)	5
Tu-T1.3	Advanced Building Energy Simulations	2
Tu-FI	Advanced Technologies from Industry	6
10:30-12:30
Tu-T4,T5	Lighting and Vibration	3
Tu-T3.3	Thermal Comfort (1)	4
Tu-T7	Sustainable Building Assessments	5
Tu-T6.4	Particle Deposition, Dispersion and Filtration (2)	2
Tu-F6	Forum 6: IAQ Problems in China: Current Status and Future Perspective	6
13:30-15:30
Tu-T9.2	Impact of Material on Building Energy Performance	3
Tu-T2.4	Wind Effect on Building Performance	4
Tu-T3.4	VOC Impact on Indoor Air Quality	5
Tu-T8.5	Heat and Mass Transfer in HVAC Systems	2
Tu-F8, Tu-F3	Forum 8: Advances in EnergyPlus Development and Application (13:30-14:30)	6
	Forum 3: Inverse Tracking of Indoor Pollutant (14:30-15:30)

Wednesday, July 16 2008

Sessions	Titles	Hall No.
08:00-09:00
We-P2	Plenary Session II	6
09:00-10:00
We-Po2	Poster Session II: All Topics	Furama Ballroom Foyer
10:30-12:30
We-T1.4		3
We-T3.5	Thermal Comfort (2)	4
We-T6.5	Airflow and Building Ventilation (3)	5
We-T9.3	Advanced Building Envelopes	2
We-F1	Forum 1: A Commentary on the Residential Energy Consumption in China: Data Secured and Required	6