Sustainable Habitat
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2019) | Viewed by 75019
Special Issue Editor
Interests: materials and sustainability; circular economy, resources efficiency and wastes valorization; development of new processes and materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to gather contributions on the “Sustainable Habitat” subject, coming in the form of high-quality research or review articles. The “habitat” concept is about the places where we live (buildings, cities, and infrastructure) and it is, today, an important value chain where different agents contribute to its creation, renovation, buildup and maintenance. It is an area where major resources (energy, water and materials) in the world are spent in huge amounts and most of the times in a non-sustainable way. There are already relevant developed solutions or under development in several fields that impacts on the sustainability of our habitat at the level of materials, buildings, cities or other infrastructures, which are interesting to be shown and discussed. This is the scope of this Special Issue is to gather different ideas and concrete examples on how to make sustainable habitats. It will welcome papers that emphasize issues such as sustainable materials, systems and sustainable construction, recycling and reuse, water and energy efficiency solutions, renewable sources, sustainable renovation of buildings and cities, circular economy examples in living spaces, and other relevant matters for the sustainability of our habitats. Papers will be selected for this Special Issue through a meticulous peer-review procedure.
Prof. Victor M. Ferreira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Sustainability
- Construction
- Materials, Habitat, Buildings, Cities, Water and energy efficiency, Circular Economy.
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