Zero-Emission Buildings and the Sustainable Built Environment
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 2236
Special Issue Editors
Interests: zero-emission buildings; sustainable development in civil engineering; life cycle assessment; life cycle costing/whole life cycle costing; and social life cycle assessment methodologies; natural environment; built environment; sustainable cities; energy efficient buildings; hygrothermal design of building components; numerical modelling of hygrothermal behaviour; traditional building materials; composite materials
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Interests: high-performance buildings design; numerical modelling and simulation of hygrothermal behaviour; energy auditing of buildings; development of specialized software; construction materials; environmental impact of buildings and green technologies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is common knowledge that fulfilling the primary dimensions of sustainability is considered to be the most important challenge for humankind at the beginning of the 21st century. Among all economic activities, the construction sector is considered to have one of the most consequential influences over the Earth’s ecosystem, having a negative effect on global warming phenomena due to the tremendous volumes of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere during the entire life cycle of a structure. At the same time, the built environment exerts significant pressure on natural resources due to the considerable quantities of materials that are consumed across all applications of the civil engineering sector. Moreover, by taking into consideration the levels of non-renewable energy that are consumed during the manufacturing stages of construction materials as well as during the operation stages of buildings, and factoring in that this industry has a significant economic and social impact, it is justified to view the construction sector as a key player in sustainability globally.
The main purpose of the present Special Issue is to assist and support the publication of papers tackling the setbacks encountered while working to achieve the complete sustainable development of the built environment with respect to zero-emission buildings. The Editors will look for manuscripts that showcase innovative ideas and products and analytical, numerical, and experimental analyses with the goal of furthering solutions that significantly reduce the negative impact of the built environment by taking into consideration greenhouse gase emissions.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome and research topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Zero-emission buildings;
- Life cycle assessment;
- optimising the consumption of traditional building materials;
- new ways of reducing the environmental impact of traditional building materials;
- using waste from different industries in the construction sector;
- new construction materials;
- construction solutions and materials with a reduced impact on the natural environment;
- sustainable building design;
- green roofs;
- green walls;
- indoor comfort;
- urban comfort;
- digital fabrication techniques;
- urban heat island;
- energy efficient buildings;
- reducing the influence of thermal bridges;
- heat and mass transfer analysis;
- passive heating and cooling;
- renewable energy;
- recycling of construction materials;
- solutions for strengthening and reusing the existing building stock with respect to its environmental impact.
We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Sebastian George Maxineasa
Dr. Ligia Mihaela Moga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- zero-emission buildings
- sustainable development
- natural environment
- built environment
- environmental impact
- energy efficient buildings
- sustainability assessment
- green infrastructure
- building materials
- greenhouse gases emissions
- recycling and reusing
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