The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the University of Minho and CircularB COST Action are organising a conference on ReShaping the Built Environment through Sustainability and Circularity.

ReSBE 2026 aims to redefine how the built environment is designed, constructed, operated and renewed. It will bring together researchers, practitioners, innovators and policymakers to explore transformative solutions for a regenerative future. Participants will gain insights across circular design and construction, digitalisation and innovation, lifecycle assessment and metrics, climate adaptation and resilience, policy and governance, market transformation, and society and education.

The conference itself will take in Thessaloniki on 20–23 October 2026 – but the call for abstracts is open right now – the deadline is 30 November 2025! Accepted papers will be published by Springer Nature in Tracts in Civil Engineering (indexed in Scopus).

Conference topics include:

• Circular Design & Construction: design for adaptability, reuse, and disassembly; material passports; modularity and standardisation.
• Sustainable Buildings, Infrastructures & Cities: sustainability assessment frameworks, sustainable design, construction, operation and management; synergies across scales.
• Lifecycle Assessment, Metrics & Monitoring: whole-life carbon, embodied energy, circularity indicators, benchmarking frameworks, multi-criteria decision-support methods and AI/IoT-enabled lifecycle monitoring.
• Digitalisation & Automation: BIM-based approaches, digital twins, digital passports, AI-powered tools and decision-support systems.
• Climate Adaptation & Resilience: climate-responsive design, resilient infrastructure, and nature-based solutions.
• Energy & Performance: net-zero energy, carbon-neutral buildings, renewable energy integration and smart grids.
• Materials & Innovation: bio-based and regenerative materials, advanced composites and secondary raw materials through industrial symbiosis.
• Urban & Regional Perspectives: circular cities, heritage regeneration and urban mining.
• Financing & Market Transformation: circular business models, green financing and innovative procurement strategies.
• Policy & Governance: regulatory frameworks, certification systems and leadership for circularity.
• Stakeholders & Collaboration Models: roles, interactions and governance mechanisms for systemic change.
• Societal & Educational Dimensions: awareness, equity, skills and capacity-building for sustainable transitions.

See their website for more information!