NSB2020 conference was held on 7-9 September at TalTech Mektory and virtually on the event platform WORKSUP.
Please go to www.worksup.com to follow the conference. Every conference day has separate event ID:
07.09
Event ID: NSB0709
Direct link to 07.09 conference: https://worksup.com/app#id=NSB0709
08.09
Event ID: NSB0809
Direct link to 08.09 conference: https://worksup.com/app#id=NSB0809
09.09
Event ID: NSB0909
Direct link to 09.09 conference: https://worksup.com/app#id=NSB0909
jarek.kurnitski@taltech.ee
targo.kalamees@taltech.ee
nsb2020@taltech.ee
nsb2020@taltech.ee
Arranged every third year since 1987, this conference is the biggest and longest international conference in Building Physics. Organised in Nordic countries, the conference is not limited to cold climate and has grown to attract participants from all over the world so that over half of participants are from other countries. NSB 2020 Tallinn team works hard to make this event attractive both for scientists, practitioners, PhD students and other building professionals.
This building physics conference focuses on the heat, air and moisture transfer in buildings, and on aspects in microbiology, building services and energy performance linked or strongly interacting with building physics.
Two types of conference papers are welcomed:
Both types of papers will undergo the review process by the scientific committee, however with different criteria.
Scientific papers will be published in E3S Web of Conferences and indexed in Scopus and other databases including attribution of DOI Names and indexation to CrossRef®.
RISE, Lund University, Sweden
Moisture safety control methods for design and construction of buildings
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Multiscale zoom into moisture sorption and fluid transport: a step towards design of new porous materials?
Instructions for short virtual presentations
For information: we will not have a separate conference proceedings on the conference webpage.
Registration fees | Early bird fee | Standard fee |
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Until June 28, 2020 | From June 29, 2020 | |
Virtual presenting author | 200€ | 250€
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Virtual regular participant | 150€ | 200€ |
Registration fees | Early bird fee | Standard fee |
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Until June 28, 2020 | From June 29, 2020 | |
MAIN PACKAGE | ||
Live regular participant | 540€ | 576€ |
Live PhD student | 300€ | 336€ |
Live one day package | 240€ | 300€ |
ADDITIONAL EVENTS | ||
Gala Dinner | 66€ | 66€ |
The registration fee for the live NSB2020 covers admission to all sessions, coffee breaks and lunches. Please note that VAT 20% is included in the registration fee.
To attend the full conference with minimum stay, we recommend to arrive to Tallinn on Sunday, September 6 evening and to leave on Wednesday, September 9 evening.
Time | Session I Room: Videal ScreenX Hall | Session II Room: Chinese Garden | Session III Room: Samsung Digital Academy | Session IV |
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8.30 | Registration | |||
9.00 – 9.30 | Opening and welcome | |||
9.30 – 10.30 | Plenary I | |||
10.30 – 11.00 | Tea & coffee break | |||
11.00 – 12.30 | Interior insulation | Climate change and buildings | Cooling and overheating | – |
12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch | |||
13.30 – 15.00 | Moisture modelling | Air leakage | Indoor climate | – |
15.00 – 15.30 | Tea & coffee break | |||
15.30 – 17.00 | Moisture performance of structures | Multidimensional modelling, Thermal bridges | Ventilation performance | – |
17.00 – 20.00 | Free time | |||
20.00 – 23.00 | Conference dinner at Tallinn Teacher’s House (Raekoja plats 14, Tallinn) |
Time | Session I Room: Videal ScreenX Hall | Session II Room: Chinese Garden | Session III Room: Samsung Digital Academy | Session IV Room: Officebytes |
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8.30 | Registration | |||
9.00 – 10.30 | Plenary II | |||
10.30 – 11.00 | Tea & coffee break | |||
11.00 – 12.30 | Moisture safety and CLT | Hygrothermal boundary conditions | Heating, DHW | NERO workshop |
12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch | |||
13.30 – 15.00 | Material properties measurement | Historical buildings | Passive, active and nZEB buildings | Hygrothermal and Airtightness of lightweight metal constructions workshop |
15.00 – 15.30 | Tea & coffee break | |||
15.30 – 17.00 | Moisture measurements | Renovation of buildings | Architectural aspects | – |
Time | Session I Room: Videal ScreenX Hall | Session II Room: Chinese Garden | Session III Room: Samsung Digital Academy | Session IV Room: Officebytes |
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8.30 | Registration | |||
9.00 – 10.30 | Plenary III | |||
10.30 – 11.00 | Tea & coffee break | |||
11.00 – 12.30 | Microbial damage | Advanced building envelope | Building energy performance assessment based on in situ measurements (including IEA Annex 71) | What is needed to optimize energy in housing |
12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch | |||
13.30 – 15.00 | Moisture damage and durability | Facade and window design | Energy performance of buildings | – |
15.00 – 15.30 | Tea & coffee break | |||
15.30 – 16.30 | Closing sessions | |||
Conference dinner at Tallinn Teacher’s House
Address: Raekoja plats 14, Tallinn
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The conference venue is Innovation and Business Center Mektory (Raja 15, Tallinn) in Tallinn University of Technology.
TalTech is the only campus-type university in the Baltic countries and one of the most compact university campuses in Europe.
Mektory is located in Raja 15, Tallinn. Free public transport will be provided between Tallinn City Centre and conference venue.
We have reserved a limited amount of rooms for the NSB 2020 participants in the following hotels. Please book your stay at a special rate directly with the hotel using the promotional code.
Tallinn University of Technology
Center of Excellence in Zero Energy and Resource Efficient Smart Buildings and Districts (ZEBE)
NSB has been arranged every third year since 1987, making this conference the biggest and longest international conference in Building Physics. Organised in Nordic countries, the conference is not limited to cold climate and has grown to attract participants from all over the world so that more than half of participants have been typically from other countries.
Lund 1987
Trondheim 1990
Copenhagen 1993
Espoo 1996
Gothenburg 1999
Trondheim 2002
Reykjavik 2005
Copenhagen 2008
Tampere 2011
Lund 2014
https://www.nsb2014.se/
Trondheim 2017
https://www.ntnu.edu/web/nsb2017/home
NSB 2020 TALLINN, @Tallinn University of Technology, nsb2020@taltech.ee
Vahanen
Finland
Miia Pitkäranta is microbiologist and Works as senior specialist at Vahanen Building Physics ltd. She obtained her PhD degree in 2012 on “Molecular profiling of indoor microbial communities in moisture damaged and non-damaged buildings”. Her current job covers project management (various types of IAQ and moisture problem related condition investigations and surveys), condition investigations (field investigations, sampling, measurements, analyses and reporting in projects on problem and nonproblem buidings in ca. 60 case buildings), internal and external consulting in ca. 110 buildings (building microbiology, IAQ and building health related counselling in various projects, e.g. building condition investigation, renovation design, building and renovation surveillance projects; giving specialist statements; acting as expert witness in judicial proceedings), lecturing, teaching, and committee work.
The keynote presentation slides
Sadama 11a, Tallinn Estonia
Distance from the conference venue: 8 km
Standard room for one person 81 EUR
Standard room for two persons 86 EUR
Rates includes:
· Buffet Breakfast
· WiFi
· Taxes (VAT 9%)
· Aqua Spa access
Conditions and cancellation terms:
• Accommodation with special rates is available until 06.08.2020 (after which, everything is subject to availability)
• Bookings can be cancelled free of charge until 72h prior to arrival day
• Credit card guarantee is required
• Payment on spot (at the hotel)
Bookings can be made:
Please send as a letter, hotelbooking@tallink.ee and please use password NSB 2020
Sadama 9, Tallinn Estonia
Distance from the conference venue: 8 km
Standard room for one person 49 EUR
Standard room for two persons 54 EUR
Rates includes:
· Buffet Breakfast
· WiFi
· Taxes (VAT 9%)
Conditions and cancellation terms:
• Accommodation with special rates is available until 06.08.2020 (after which, everything is subject to availability)
• Bookings can be cancelled free of charge until 72h prior to arrival day
• Credit card guarantee is required
• Payment on spot (at the hotel)
Bookings can be made by:
Please send as a letter, hotelbooking@tallink.ee and please use password NSB 2020
Toompuiestee 27, Tallinn 10149, Estonia
Distance from the conference venue: 6 km
Standard class single room 75 EUR
Standard class double room 85 EUR
Superior class single room 85 EUR
Superior class double room 95 EUR
Rate includes:
Buffee style breakfast, Access to our Aqua & sauna centre and gym area.
Conditions and cancellation terms:
Accomodation with special rates is available until 03.08.2020 (after which hotel rooms are subject to availability)
Booking instructions for special rates:
Via booking link
Via email reservations.meriton.tallinn@parkinn.com , password NSB2020
By phone +372 66 77 139
Akadeemia tee 11/1, 12611 Tallinn
Distance from the conference venue: 500 meters
Twin room 30 EUR/night per room (15 EUR/night per person)
Every 2 rooms share a kitchenette, a shower and toilet.
It is also possible to order a breakfast (sandwich, yoghurt, tea, coffee, fruit) 4€ per person.
NB! Breakfast must be pre-ordered 2 days before arrival.
Rate includes:
Conditions and cancellation terms:
Accommodation with special rates is available until 31. July 2020 (after which, everything is subject to availability)
Payment on spot (at the hostel)
Bookings can be made by:
e-mail: info@academichostel.com
phone: +372 620 2275
website: www.academichostel.com/en/
For all booking please use promotional code: NSB2020
Toompuiestee 19, 10137 Tallinn, Estonia
Distance from the conference venue: 6 km
Standard single room – 80 EUR
Standard double/twin room – 84 EUR
Rates include:
· buffet breakfast
· WIFI
· Taxes (VAT 9%)
Conditions and cancellation terms:
• Accommodation with special rates is available until 01.08.2020 (after which hotel rooms are subject to availability)
• Bookings can be cancelled free of charge until 24h prior to arrival day
• Credit card gurantee is required
• Payment on spot (at the hotel)
Booking instructions for special rates:
• Via email reservations@lermitagehotel.ee, password NSB2020
• By phone +372 6996 400
Duration: 1 hour
Language: English
Mektory is Tallinn University of Technology Innovation and Business Centre. We offer Mektory tour to the accompanying persons after conference lunch (12.30-13.30) on 16.06.2020.
We begin our tour at 13:30 from the Tallinn University of Technology foyer at 13.30.
During one hour Mektory house tour you will:
Transport: No bus transfers. Please use public transport from centre of Tallinn.
Duration: 2 hours
Language: English
Additional information: casual outfit that suits the weather
We begin our tour at 10:00 from the Sokos Hotel Viru.
Just a 15-minute drive from the centre of Tallinn, you will find a wonderful place – the Estonian Open Air Museum, showcasing the country’s rural architecture and way of life.
The 14 farms in the museum provide an overview of how families from different strata of society lived in the 18–20th centuries. As you might expect to find in any proper village, there is a church, an inn, a school house, mills, a fire station, a shop, and fishing sheds by the sea.
Transport: Bus transfer from Sokos Hotel Viru and back to the centre of Tallinn
Duration: 2 hours
Language: English
Additional information: casual outfit that suits the weather
Tallinn Sightseeing Tour takes you on an exciting bus tour and introduces various interesting city districts, such as the modern business district, Kadriorg, filled with greenery, and Pirita. We will visit a beautiful baroque park, the locals’ favourite beach in Pirita, and the romantic ruins of Pirita Convent.
We begin our tour at 15:00 from the Sokos Hotel Viru.
The price includes transport from the pick-up point and back to the centre of Tallinn, and guide services.
Duration: 2 hours
Language: English
Additional information: casual outfit that suits the weather
We begin our journey at the Viru gates and take a stroll along the narrow cobblestone streets of the Old Town, which was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site already in 1997. During the walk in the Old Town, you will see Toompea and the sub-city district. We will also pass by the Town Hall Square and Pharmacy (Raeapteek), Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Toompea Castle and the St. Mary’s Cathedral (Toomkirik). Two observation platforms will offer a memorable view of the sea and the sub-city.
The price includes a visit to St. Mary’s Cathedral and guide service.
Duration: 4 hours
Language: English
Additional information: casual outfit that suits the weather.
A day tour to discover the hidden treasures of the biggest national park in Estonia. The Lahemaa National Park is renowned for its natural diversity. We begin our day tour at 12:00 from the Sokos Hotel Viru and head for the Viru bog, one of the most accessible bogs in Estonia. It passes through the forest and bog landscapes characteristic of Lahemaa National Park. The trail is 3.5 km and the lap is 6 km long. The study trail introduces the bog’s flora, former sand dunes, eskers, and heath forest. There is a boardwalk with an observation tower in the middle of it. The trail is marked and there are signposts.
The price includes transport from the pick-up point and back to the centre of Tallinn, and guide services.
Roseni 9, Tallinn
Distance from the conference venue: 8 km
Standard dbl room for sgl use – 129 EUR
Standard dbl or twin – 139 EUR
Rate includes:
· Buffet Breakfast at the restaurant Nomad
· Access to spa and gym
· WiFi
· Taxes (VAT 9%)
Conditions and cancellation terms:
• Accommodation with special rates upon availability
• Bookings can be cancelled free of charge upon arrival day until 12:00
• Credit card guarantee is required
• Payment on spot (at the hotel) or prepayment
Booking instructions for special rates:
e-mail: booking@metropol.ee
phone: +372 667 4669
website: www.metropol.ee, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61jVVjLciRs&feature=youtu.be
For all booking please use promotional code: NSB2020
SINTEF
Norway
Berit Time is a chief scientist in SINTEF Building and Infrastructure. She is a civil engineer and holds a doctoral degree in building physics from NTNU, Norway. Her expertise is in the areas of climate adaptation of buildings, moisture, heat and air transport in building envelopes in general and wooden buildings in particular. She has worked as a municipality planner and has a long career in research in different research positions at former Norwegian Building Research Institute and SINTEF.
Time has participated in several international projects and networks in Europe, she has also been a member of many national and international commitées.
She is the managing director of the National Centre for Research Based Innovation (SFI) Klima 2050 – Risk reduction through climate adaptation of buildings and infrastructure.
University of Leuven
Belgium
Staf Roels is a full professor at the Building Physics Section of KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Belgium. He was educated as master of Architectural Engineering at the University of Leuven, where he also obtained his PhD degree in 2000. He lectures on building physics, building construction, performance based design and applied building physics. His research mainly focuses on moisture transport in porous building materials and the analysis of the hygrothermal behaviour and durability of building components. In his research he often combines refined numerical techniques with advanced experimental methods. At the moment Staf Roels has a lead task in several national and international research projects in the area of heat, air and moisture transfer in building constructions and in the area of integral building performance assessment.
RISE, Lund University
Sweden
Kristina Mjörnell is Business and innovation area manager for Sustainable cities and communities at RISE and Adjunct Professor in Building physics at LTH, Lund University. She has been a project manager R&D coordinating a number of projects related to quality assurance in the retrofitting process, energy efficient buildings and heat and moisture in the building envelope. After her PhD she has 5 years of experience as a consultant in the field of building environment and 12 years of experience from applying for, coordinating and working in a substantial number of national and international R&D projects within the field of moisture safety, energy efficiency, indoor environment and renovation. Kristina is president of ENBRI, member of the Partnership Board of the EeB PPP representing the Private Side of the ” Energy- Efficient Buildings ” PPP in Horizon 2020, Member of the board of National Renovation Centre in Sweden, Member of division III, Built Environment at IVA, member of board of IVA West Sweden and member of the research committee in IQS.
ETH Zürich
Switzerland
Since June 2008, Jan Carmeliet is full professor at the Chair of Building Physics at the department of Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zürich and head of the Laboratory of Multiscale studies in Building Physics of EMPA (until 01.04.2017), Dübendorf (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology), Switzerland.
His research resulted until now in more than 245 scientific journal papers. His research interests concern multiscale behaviour of porous and granular materials and their fluid interactions, heat-air-moisture flow in the urban environment and multi-energy decentralized systems at building and urban scale. Research is based on advanced computational modelling (atomistic, molecular dynamics, discrete elements, lattice Boltzmann, CFD, FEM, energy-hub) and advanced experimental techniques (X-ray and Neutron Tomography, …) and time-resolved imaging in wind and water tunnels (PIV, LIF).
McMaster University
Canada
Mark Bomberg is a Research Prof. at Mechanical Eng., Clarkson U, Potsdam NY, Honorary Member of Building Enclosure Technology and Environment (BETEC) Committee of the National Institute of Building Science (NIBS) in Washington, DC. He lives in Canada but primarily works in the US and Europe. He is a Guest Editor in two Journals: Energies and Sustainability (Switzerland). He received the highest awards in building physics in the US and Canada. His research background includes heat, air and moisture, material science and durability of construction materials.
In his opinion, the next generation of low energy buildings will be dynamically operated and have 40-60 % of windows on the sunny side (a bit less in Alaska). With water source heat pumps, and surface heating and cooling, hybrid ventilation and self-learning control systems (e.g., water management) they will eliminate energy peaks and coordinate electricity use with the smart grid.