Sustainable Building Design and Operation

Dear Colleagues,

Buildings play a significant role in the achievement of a decarbonized and sustainable society. Over the years, tremendous efforts have been made in sustainable building design, with the key objectives of minimizing resource consumption and creating a healthy and productive built environment for the occupants. Meanwhile, keeping the sustainable operation of buildings is also important, with requirements that include performance monitoring and tracking, preventative maintenance, and fault detection and diagnosis. Therefore, the successful practice of sustainable buildings must consider the entire building life cycle, covering the stages starting from the design, construction, and operation of the building to its termination. Sustainable buildings require a collective effort from urban planners, architects, building system deisgners, building operators and mangers, energy service providers, and occupants.

This Special Issue aims to create a platform for researchers and practioners to share the advanced developments, current good practices, and lessons learned in the pursuit of sustainable building design and operation. Studies related to the interaction and integration between building design and operation for sustainable development are especially welcome. This Special Issue is inviting papers that cover, but are not limited to, the following:

• Passive building design;
• Vernacular arichtecture;
• Sustainable building materials;
• Energy efficiency in buildings;
• Water efficiency in buildings;
• Healthy and productive indoor environments;
• Building integrated renewable energy systems;
• Approaches and tehnologies for sustainable building operation management;
• Sustainble communities;
• Building life-cycle assessment.

Dr. Weimin Wang
Dr. Atefe Makhmalbaf
Guest Editors

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