Emerging Digital Technologies for Sustainable Construction

Dear Colleagues,

Recent years have witnessed two major trends in the global construction industry. First, the growing awareness of the importance of sustainability motivates the construction sector to deliver projects in a green, sustainable manner. The other pertains to the increasing adoption of digital technologies in project deliveries, including building information modeling (BIM), internet of things (IoT), edge computing, big data, and digital twins, to name a few. This makes such an ideal vision as smart construction possible.

Previous studies have showed the utilization of digital technologies to achieve sustainability at some or all of the design, construction, and operation stages of construction projects, indicating meaningful connections between the two specified above. The theoretical basis underlying these connections is lacking conspicuously, and the potential for and empirical evidence regarding the use of digital technologies to achieve sustainable construction have yet to be fully explored. It hence is imperative to carry out in-depth investigations on both the theoretical and empirical aspects relating to assimilating emerging digital technologies in sustainable construction.

The aim of this Special Issue is to contribute to the literature by presenting theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and empirical studies about how advanced digital technologies facilitate or realize sustainability at different stages of construction projects. Review papers that systematically analyze the most up-to-date and future developments of this domain are also welcome.

Dr. Ke Chen
Dr. Zhao Xu
Dr. Ling Ma
Guest Editors

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• digital technology
• innovations
• sustainble construction
• construction industry