Thinkspace Conference 2025
Towards a Sustainable Built Environment through Green and Smart Innovations
12 November 2025 | Virtual Conference
This conference addresses the urgent need to rethink how we plan, design, and manage the built environment in response to climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality. It brings into focus integrated strategies that combine ecological responsibility with digital technologies and community-centered approaches. Key areas of exploration include urban renewal through circular economy models and smart city planning; green construction methods and intelligent project delivery systems that enhance infrastructure resilience; performance-driven and regenerative architectural design practices; and the preservation of heritage and culture to support social sustainability and community resilience.
Together, these areas of study reflect a multidimensional understanding of sustainability—one that moves beyond efficiency to embrace adaptability, inclusivity, and long-term regeneration in the built environment. The discussion calls for collaborative efforts across disciplines to foster built environments that are not only sustainable, but also smart, culturally grounded, and responsive to both environmental and human needs. Smart innovations, whether technological, ecological, or social, are central to driving this transformation and redefining the future of the built environment.
Towards a Sustainable Built Environment through Green and Smart Innovations
Sub Themes:
01
Urban Renewal, Smart City and Circular Economy
This sub-category emphasises the incorporation of smart technologies and sustainable innovations in the urban planning and design. It encourages the investigation on the digital tools such as BIM and digital twins in creating a sustainable and resilient infrastructure and urban environment. Suitable implementation of studies in this field will eventually lead to minimise negative impacts of the built environment on the natural environment for a more sustainable future.
Scope:
• Urban regeneration and adaptive reuse
• Smart grids and renewable energy
• Circular economy in urban planning
• Smart cities and digital twin applications
• Inclusive and equitable urban development
02
Green Construction, Smart Project Delivery and Resilient Infrastructure
This sub-category emphasises innovative project management and procurement processes. It encourages the use of smart digital project delivery methods for an increased efficiency and performance in the construction and management of the built environment. The implementation of green technologies and the use of green materials will ensure a more resilient built environment.
Scope:
• Sustainable construction practices and materials
• Digital technologies for project management
• Lifecycle and performance-based project delivery
• Infrastructure resilience
• Procurement, governance, and supply chain sustainability
03
Building Performance Evaluation and Regenerative Architecture
This sub-category emphasises the development of new design concepts and ideas focusing on environmental responsive and regenerative architecture. The investigations on the building performance will increase our understanding on the impact of suitable design, technologies and materials in creating a more energy and carbon balanced built environment.
Scope:
• Building performance analysis and evaluation
• Net zero and net positive energy buildings
• Net zero carbon buildings
• Regenerative and climatic responsive design
• Smart home system
• Building materials innovation
04
Heritage, Culture and Social Sustainability for Community Resilience
This sub-category emphasises the holistic sustainability of community living. It encourages the investigations of heritage conservation, cultural appreciation and social inclusivity in the built environment. Innovations in planning and design from the early stage of a deveplopment project can ensure community engagement and empowerment for a more resilient community.
Scope:
• Sustainable heritage conservation
• Cultural landscape sustainability
• Social innovation in the built environment
• Affordable and inclusive housing