ScienceDirect Preface The Seventh International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2015 (SEB15) was a major international conference organised by a partnership made up of KES International and the UNINOVA research institute at the Universidade Nova de Lisbon (the New University of Lisbon) SEB-15 invited participation and paper submissions across a broad range of sustainability and energy related topics relevant to the main theme of Sustainability in Energy and Buildings.

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... able areas including sustainable design and of buildings, neighbourhoods and cities (built and natural environment); modelling, monitoring and optimisation techniques; smart energy systems for smart cities; energy and resource efficiency in industry; and well as a broad range of solar, wind, wave and other renewable energy topics. The aim of the conference was to bring together researchers and government and industry professionals to discuss the future of energy in buildings, neighbourhoods and cities from a theoretical, practical, implementation and simulation perspective. The conference formed an exciting chance to present, interact, and learn about the latest research in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings. In addition to presentations of full and short papers in general tracks and invited session tracks, SEB-15 also included expert keynote talks and doctoral student poster sessions. KES International SEB-15 is a part of the Sustainability in Energy and Buildings conference series run by KES International.