Climate-Responsive Architectural and Urban Design
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 88
Special Issue Editor
Interests: passive solar design; daylighting in architecture; indoor environmental quality; built environment; low-energy buildings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The European Union's commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is a critical initiative aimed at mitigating climate change. Since the building sector is responsible for one-third of the global energy consumption and a significant portion of carbon emissions, its transformation is essential for reaching this ambitious target of the EU. Architectural design is pivotal in this context, as it fundamentally influences the energy efficiency and carbon emissions of buildings throughout their life cycle. This Special Issue aims to compile cutting-edge research and technologies that address climate-responsive design, showcasing innovative solutions that can help the building sector to meet net zero carbon emissions. All kinds of integrated approaches and research, both experimental and theoretical, dealing with climate-responsive design at both urban and building scales are welcome: innovative passive systems, net zero carbon emissions, energy efficient buildings, indoor environmental quality, environmental analysis of vernacular architecture, retrofitting of existing buildings, numerical modeling and simulation techniques, environmental measurements and monitoring, and case studies. Innovation and scientific soundness are the basic criteria for the admission of original research papers.
Prof. Dr. Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- climate-responsive design
- net zero carbon emissions
- building energy efficiency
- passive design
- architectural simulation
- monitoring
- vernacular architecture
- thermal comfort
