PLEA Association is an organization engaged in a worldwide discourse on sustainable architecture and urban design through annual international conferences, workshops and publications. It has created a community of several thousand professionals, academics and students from over 40 countries. Participation in PLEA activities is open to all whose work deals with architecture and the built environment, who share our objectives and who attend PLEA events. 

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PLEA stands for “Passive and Low Energy Architecture”, a commitment to the development, documentation and diffusion of the principles of bioclimatic design and the application of natural and innovative techniques for sustainable architecture and urban design. 

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PLEA serves as an open, international, interdisciplinary forum to promote high quality research, practice and education in environmentally sustainable design.

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PLEA is an autonomous, non-profit association of individuals sharing the art, science, planning and design of the built environment.

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PLEA pursues its objectives through international conferences and workshops; expert group meetings and consultancies; scientific and technical publications; and architectural competitions and exhibitions.

Since 1982 PLEA has organized international conferences across the globe at regular intervals. PLEA annual conferences are highly ranked conference attracting academia and practicing architects in equal numbers. Past conferences have taken place in United States, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia. 

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This is the first time since 1991 that a PLEA conference is held in Spain. PLEA 2020 is organized by the University of A Coruña. The theme of PLEA 2020 is Planning Post Carbon Cities and will explore the interplay between research, technology and design in defining and planning future cities. It is the aim of the conference to bring together designers, academics, researchers, students, and professionals in the pursuit of better and more sustainable environments.