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Preface to the Proceedings of IEB’19 Mohammed Bakkali a a University College London, UK The 1st International Workshop on Intelligent Environments and Buildings (IEB'19) will be held within the 15th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE'19) in Rabat (Morocco) on 24th June 2019. Smart infrastructure is a key element for developing and managing smart cities, buildings, materials, industrial processes and so on. Smart approaches help to seal economical competitiveness and environmental sustainability. Intelligent environments require cross disciplinary approaches that encompass a multitude of disciplines including architecture, design, engineering, urban planning and other different aspects standing from decision making to local economical fabric. Continuous processes and complete cycles are required from core sciences to innovation, products’ business plans and their management. Integrated design for cities, buildings and technologies with multifaceted and tailored solutions and options related to the specifications of territories. Issues such as enhancing building energy efficiency, aiming for lower CO2 emissions, higher air quality, higher indoor and outdoor life quality and comfort, health, efficient emergency management are very relevant challenges nowadays. The workshop will cover topics such as building information modelling, spatial data capture, storage and analysis, urban and building simulation, digital visualization, agent- based modelling for spatial systems, system dynamics, parametric architecture, smart materials, smart city, smart industry, sustainable buildings, smart building envelopes, light-weight structures The event will provide an overview of current research, developments and ongoing work on smart cities, building science and technology, and will offer a platform for discussions about future expectations. During the event, renowned researchers and innovators on smart approaches will give oral presentations and discuss their new achievements. Intelligent Environments 2019 A. Muñoz et al. (Eds.) © 2019 The authors and IOS Press. This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0). doi:10.3233/AISE190023 55