The FoWSB workshop solicits submissions that clearly orchestrate emerging new value-chain aligning to sustainable development goals within the smart buildings, communities, and cities. By looking deeper into the data from a wide variety of integrated smart solutions deployed in the urban-/built- environment, one can develop unprecedented insights to better manage energy, indoor environmental quality, space utilization, safety, or security. We welcome research articles that strives to provide insights into some or all of the following topics through methods/approaches that are deeply rooted in systems (e.g., interconnected components such as people, devices, networks) and data science (e.g., datasets, AI/ML techniques, data purity). For instance, it can enable identification of new ways to improve human-interaction in the built-environment and in turn develop a new value-chain on social (e.g. personal satisfaction derived out of data-enabled guided autonomy of one’s own space, collaboration and interaction of employees), economic (e.g. AI-driven, XR-enabled remote and proactive maintenance over scheduled periodic maintenance, new business models) and environmental (e.g. cut carbon emissions through energy usage and resource optimization) fronts.

Broadly, we invite submissions including, but not limited to the following topics:

• Innovative applications and use-cases of smart technologies in the built-environment

during COVID

• Case studies on open challenges, barriers, early movers, and accelerators in smart buildings

• Lessons learned from innovative implementations of smart systems/solutions (during COVID)

• Status of digitization of building stocks

• Role of data science orchestrating the connection between digitalization and

• decarbonization of buildings in cities (for strategic foresights)

• Assessing the global readiness and maturity of smart buildings, solutions and markets

• The future of ‘smart’ (in the context of the built-environment), beyond energy efficiency and sustainability

• The future of ‘smart’ beyond buildings and into communities and neighborhoods

• Hybrid workplaces - the future of living and co-working

• The emerging role of certification and regulations to mature the smart buildings marketplace

Submission Guidelines: 

Submitted papers must be unpublished and must not be currently under review for any other publication. Paper submissions must be at most 4 single-spaced US Letter (8.5"x11") pages, including figures, tables, and appendices (excluding references). All submissions must use the LaTeX (preferred) or Word styles found here. Authors must make a good faith effort to anonymize their submissions by (1) using the "anonymous" option for the class and (2) using "anonsuppress" section where appropriate. Papers that do not meet the size, formatting, and anonymization requirements will not be reviewed. Please note that ACM uses 9-pt fonts in all conference proceedings, and the style (both LaTeX and Word) implicitly define the font size to be 9-pt.

All submissions must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) format through the HotCRP: https://FoWSB22.hotcrp.com/

In conjunction with ACM BuildSys2022