Urban and Buildings Regeneration Strategy to Climatic Change Mitigation, Energy, and Social Poverty after a World Health and Economic Global Crisis: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

In recent months, we have suffered the effects of an unexpected global health crisis that has led to an even worse global economic crisis, with GDPs plummeting to unprecedented levels. While our health workers struggled to find a vaccine to protect our health, we were forced to live through situations hitherto unimagined, and we spent even more time in our homes while our streets remained empty; this has brought to light the weaknesses and strengths of our system and our way of building and designing.

The aim of this Special Issue is to publish research projects and papers that contribute to reactivating the Construction Sector from within, in the context of this world economic crisis. Such an effort will particularly focus on solutions that improve the quality of indoor air in buildings, thus strengthening the circular economy in an eco-efficient way in order to rehabilitate the buildings and neighborhoods of our cities.

Determining how artificial intelligence or controlling the cost of construction could aid in achieving the sustainability of our planet is another critical aim of this Special Issue.

I/We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Pilar Mercader-Moyano
Guest Editor

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• economic crisis
• circular economy
• decarbonization of the construction sector
• refurbishment of buildings
• neighborhood regeneration
• eco-efficient construction solutions
• construction and waste management
• indoor environmental quality
• resource efficiency
• artificial intelligence
• building and urbanism cost control
• nanoparticles applied to the construction industry