Sustainable Design for Zero Carbon Buildings
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 4129
Special Issue Editor
Interests: zero carbon design and retrofit of buildings; embodied and operational emissions; life cycle analysis; bio-sourced materials; renewable energy; climate emergency; policy development support; advanced control of building heating and cooling and resultant savings; nature-inspired design; aligning interests of housing developers and end users; alternative economics for sustainability paradigm
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Dear Colleagues,
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has established that global warming is likely to reach 1.5 oC or higher, above the pre-industrial levels, between years 2030 and 2052, due to greenhouse gas emissions. Impacts of such global temperature rise will be the increase in land and ocean temperatures, hot extremes, excessive rainfall and excessive droughts, and many other large scale events that can threaten our wellbeing and the sustainability of our planet. As nearly 30% of global emissions come from buildings, making zero emissions buildings is of paramount importance. Due to the building lifetime extending over several decades and the need to get emissions under control before year 2050, construction of any other buildings than zero carbon buildings would be seen as irresponsible.
This Special Issue is about consolidating state-of-the-art findings and plotting a trajectory for the future of sustainable design for zero carbon buildings. It is about stimulating a transition from the exception of a few zero carbon projects to a new norm of zero carbon design and retrofit of all buildings. Original manuscripts are invited under the following topics:
- New and retrofit zero carbon buildings
- Zero carbon villages and communities
- Nature-inspired zero carbon designs
- Off-grid developments
- Design methods and design tools
- Machine learning for zero carbon design and control
- New materials, construction methods and embodied energy
- Design for zero carbon lifecycle
- Advances in renewable energy systems and storage
- Zero carbon projects and climate change
- Post occupancy evaluation of zero carbon projects
- New business and economic models
- Challenges for legislation and policy
- Social aspects and culture change
- Case studies and future projects
Researchers, designers, developers and policy makers have significant opportunities and responsibilities to make a difference for our planet and our wellbeing, and we invite you to take part in helping materialise these opportunities and responsibilities.
Prof. Dr. Ljubomir Jankovic
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Zero carbon building design and retrofit
- Design methods and tools for zero carbon
- Renewable energy
- Off-grid developments
- Climate change
- Nature-inspired designs
- Sustainable materials
- Embodied and operational emissions
- Sustainable economics for zero carbon
- One planet living
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