Through research and proven practice, the aim of the International Conference of Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) is to foster ideas on how to reduce negative impacts on the environment while providing for the health and well-being of society. The professions and fields of research required to ensure buildings meet user demands and provide healthy enclosures are many and diverse. The SEEDS conference addresses the interdependence of people, the built and natural environments, and recognizes the interdisciplinary and international themes necessary to assemble the knowledge required for positive change.

Presents leading-edge research at the intersection of sustainability, ecology, engineering, and design Energy, building performance, and physics research is examined within the context of health, life quality, and ecology Covers energy efficiency, modeling energy performance, retrofitting, lighting, green materials, low-carbon building design, lean construction, and historical preservation

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Mohammad Dastbaz, PhD, is the Deputy Vice Chancellor at University of Suffolk. Professor Dastbaz's research work over recent years has been focused on the use and impact of emerging technologies in society, particularly learning, training and the development of "eGovernment." Dr. Dastbaz has led EU and UK based funded research projects and has been the Symposium Chair of Multimedia Systems in IEEE's Information Visualisation (IV) conference since 2002. He has over 50 refereed publications, including numerous journal paper articles, conference papers, book chapters and books on e-learning, eGovernment and the design and development of Multimedia Systems. Professor Dastbaz is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and UK's Higher Education Academy as well as the professional member of ACM and IEEE's computer society.
Christopher Gorse, PhD, is Director of Leeds Sustainability Institute, Head of the Centre for the Built Environment and Professor of Construction and Project Management at Leeds Beckett University. He is an Engineering Professors Council Member, Chartered Builder, Vice Chair for the Association of Researchers In Construction Management leading research projects in the energy, sustainability and building performance. Chris is an established author with publications in management, law, construction and refurbishment. While working in the construction industry, he operated as an engineer and project manager working on both building and civil engineering projects and continues to undertake legal and technical consultancy.
Lloyd M. Scott, PhD, is a Professor of Practice in the Construction Science Division at the University of Oklahoma. He is also a practicing academic at the Technological University Dublin (formerly the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)). He attended DIT as a trade apprentice in Carpentry and Joinery and later qualified with a City and Guilds certificate in SiteManagement, where he worked in the industry as site superintendent for some years. Lloyd was a scholarship recipient at the University of Limerick where he earned a B.Tech (Hons) in Wood and Building Technology in 1988. He received a MA in Educational Management at Waterford Institute of Technology and a PhD from The School of the Built Environment at the University of Salford. Dr. Scott worked in construction as a site superintendent for a large contracting company in Dublin for many years. He continues to perform select projects, and provide consulting services with the emphasis on sustainable construction practice. Before becoming associated with the University of Oklahoma in 2009, he had spent the previous nine years in the newly formed Construction Management (CM) Department at DIT where he set up the CM program. He has been recognized for his efforts with students in and out of the classroom, has published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals and has completed various externally funded projects. His research interests revolve around sustainability in construction and educational assessment in built environment. Professor Scott is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Construction Education and Research and also serves on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation and The Mass Timber Journal.

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Sustainability in Construction Management Education: a Case Study of the Students' Attitudes and Beliefs at Two Cm Programmes of Study in Ireland and the United States.- Case Studies of the 2014-15 Floods in Malaysia: the Role of Communities to Manage Natural Hazards.- Stakeholder Management: Proposal for Research; Do Successful Project Managers Employ 'Interest Based Negotiation' to Create Successful Project Outcomes?.- Developing Green Building Optimisation Strategy for Energy Efficient Building Practices.- Sustainable Development of Mankind Through Ecological Services: a Literature Review.- a Community-driven, Nature-based Design Framework for the Regeneration of Neglected Public Urban Spaces.- Sustainable Development and Management of Low Volume Road Networks in Australia.- the Impact of Climate Change on Irish Housing: Developing Adaptation Planning to Deliver Long-term Performance.- Does the Planning System in England Deliver a Sustainable and Resilient Built Environment? A Studyof the Experience of Town Planners.- Are Bananas the New Building Material?.- the Study of Implementing Specific Ecosystem Services in an Urban Environment.- Plyscrapers - What is Driving and Preventing Adoption of Mass Engineered Timber High-rise Construction in the UK?.- Could Retrospective Implementation of BIM in High-rise Social Housing Prevent Another Grenfell Tower Tragedy?.- the Trouble With Clients Like Us: How 'multi-headed Stakeholder' Clients Make Projects Less Valuable.- a Long Walk to Resilient Cities: what Are the Building Blocks?.- Exploring the Impact of Public Charging Infrastructure on the Adoption of Electric Vehicles in London.- Responsible Retrofit Measures for Traditional Listed Dwellings: an Energy Simulation Validation Strategy.- Design, Procurement and Construction (DPC) Protocol for Waste Minimisation.- Varied Knowledge Needs and Learning Pathways for 'middle Actors' in Construction.- Studying Resource Exchange Through Actor Interactions in the Smart CityService Ecosystem, Using the Service Dominant Logic.- Advanced Approaches to Sustainable Usage of Construction Materials in Enhancing the Climatic Performance of the Housing Industry.- Contractor's Readiness for Leed Requirements in Ireland: Factors for Consideration.- Effective Management of Hazardous Asbestos Water-main Removal in a Confined Pipeline Construction Project: Multiple Case Study Review.- the Just Transition as a Catalyst for Increasing the Rate of Renovation in Europe.- "Smart Food City": Relations Between Urban Food Systems and Smart Technologies.- Understanding Factors Influencing Overheating Risk in the Uk's First Large Scale Domestic Passivhaus Retrofit.- a Socio-technical Performance Evaluation of Green Office Buildings in the Composite Climate of India.- Cities and the Built Environment: Exploring How the Built Environment Can Facilitate the Health and Well Being of Urban Residents.- Influence of Integrated Regional Policy on Green Building Operational and Maintenance Achievement.- From Apprentice to Professional.- Are Construction Professionals Equipped With the Knowledge and Tools to Address the Sustainability Dilemma?.- Sustainable Development, Disaster Resilience, and the Changing Roles of a Quantity Surveyor: The Nexus.