Sustainability in Construction
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2021) | Viewed by 4925
Special Issue Editors
Interests: construction IT convergence; scan to BIM; scan vs BIM; construction big data analysis
Interests: sensor-based remote intelligent monitoring of construction jobsites; computer vision; information modeling in civil and infrastructure engineering; data-mining in construction management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The effects of construction activities can generate significant environmental issues. For example, soil, water, and air quality are affected by the production and transportation of construction materials; the huge amounts of energy used during construction emit a great deal of carbon, noise, and air pollution; and toxic materials are discharged into landfills. The need to mitigate the negative effects of construction activity calls for the incorporation of sustainable construction practices and sound management principles. However, the potential for sustainability contributions and knowledge of stakeholders participating in construction have too often been neglected, and there were tendencies to look at them only as passive agents in terms of delivering sustainability.
The industry is now more aware of the effects of construction on the environment and society. Numerous efforts have been made to investigate sustainability in construction in various ways, but there are more studies to consider. Thus, this Special Issue aims to bring construction sustainability experts together to provide perspectives on research in this field as well as collect original and review papers that could shed light on how and to what extent construction participants contribute to achieving sustainability. Topics of interest include sustainable construction material issues, sustainable construction techniques and processes, process models and life-cycle analysis for sustainability, project management for sustainable construction, and government policies for sustainable construction.
We look forward to your valuable contributions to this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Changwan Kim
Dr. Hyojoo Son
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable construction materials
- sustainable construction techniques and processes
- process models and life-cycle analysis for sustainability
- project management for sustainable construction
- government policy for sustainable construction
