Sustainability and Innovation in Engineering Education and Management

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to cordially invite you to publish your best research findings based on your experience and knowledge in this Special Issue of MDPI’s Sustainability titled “Sustainability and Innovation in Engineering Education and Management”. Sustainability is a broad subject including projects related to housing, infrastructure (roads, bridges, tunnels, ports, airports), factories, shopping centers, offices, warehouses, etc. Both public and private sectors participate in the execution of these projects through the collaboration of architects, engineers, companies, financial entities, etc. The construction industry is complex, establishing the base within the three major sectors in which economic activities are set. Education in those areas is of great importance. Improving the scientific and practical knowledge of students and key projects’ personnel is very important for the efficiency and sustainability of the construction industry. There is a high degree of migration of engineers and construction managers in the construction sector due to the different states of economic development in different countries. For this reason, it is extremely important that construction managers’ qualifications and skills are recognized and researched in the same way all over the world. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide valuable insights into sustainability in education across a broad range of construction-related issues, with a specific interest in didactic methods, empirical evidence and applications, simulations, as well as conceptual frameworks. We are looking for sustainable educational solutions for the construction industry related to each of the five common phases of sustainable construction projects: (1) feasibility, (2) design, (3) execution, (4) commissioning and operation, including maintenance, and (5) demolition.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following aspects of education (methods, methodologies, innovative case studies, etc.):

• Sustainable building design;
• Technological innovations in construction;
• Green project management;
• International certification systems, for example LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, U.S.), BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method, UK), HQE (Haute Qualité d'Environnement, FR), and Valideo (Belgium);
• Quality management;
• Optimization in construction;
• H&S;
• Legal issues;
• Soft skills—social psychology, sociology, mentoring, and coaching in construction;
• Human resource management;
• Green prefabrication;
• Lean manufacturing in the precast concrete industry;
• BIM, digital twins, extended reality (XR), virtual reality (AR), augmented reality, mixed reality (MR), laser scanners, drones, etc.;
• AI-based systems;
• Lowering the carbon footprint;
• Urban mining;
• Construction 4.0;
• Assessment methods, modeling, and simulations for sustainability in construction;
• Performance measurements for sustainability in construction.

Dr. Pawel Nowak
Dr. Jerzy Rosłon
Dr. Mariola Książek-Nowak
Dr. Aleksander Nicał
Dr. Janusz Sobieraj
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• sustainability
• building design
• technological innovation
• green construction
• project management
• optimization
• Industry 4.0
• ICT in construction
• BIM
• soft skills in construction
• educational aspects of sustainable construction