Buildings 2021, 11(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11010019 - 04 Jan 2021
Best Paper Award
Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the 2022 Best Paper Award has been postponed to 30 April 2024.
The editorial office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce the “Buildings 2022 Best Paper Award” for papers published in Buildings from 1 January to 31 December in 2022. The papers will be selected from five sections after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee, led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. David Arditi.
Each section will select a paper for the award. The five sections are as follows:
– Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate;
– Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems;
– Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation;
– Building Structures;
– Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization.
Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Buildings from 1 January to 31 December in 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.
Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
The Prize:
– Five paper awards: CHF 500 each.
Additionally, each winner (corresponding author) will receive an online certificate and an offer to submit a paper as a corresponding author to Buildings before 30 December 2024. If accepted, the paper will be published free of charge.
The winners will be announced on the journal website on 30 April 2024.
Kind regards,
Buildings Editorial Office
Buildings 2022 Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 April 2024
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Buildings will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Positioning Positive Energy Districts in European Cities
Practical Implementation of Structural Health Monitoring in Multi-Story Buildings
Buildings 2021, 11(6), 263; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11060263 - 20 Jun 2021
The Role of Blockchain Technology in Augmenting Supply Chain Resilience to Cybercrime
Buildings 2021, 11(7), 283; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070283 - 30 Jun 2021
Application of Portable Air Purifiers for Mitigating COVID-19 in Large Public Spaces
Buildings 2021, 11(8), 329; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11080329 - 29 Jul 2021
Construction Waste Audit in the Framework of Sustainable Waste Management in Construction Projects—Case Study
Buildings 2021, 11(2), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11020061 - 11 Feb 2021
Facial Expression-Based Experimental Analysis of Human Reactions and Psychological Comfort on Glass Structures in Buildings
Buildings 2021, 11(5), 204; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11050204 - 14 May 2021
Winner
Clayton Miller
Building and Urban Data Science (BUDS) Lab, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 117566, Singapore
Jouri Kanters
Division of Energy & Building Design, Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
Mario Fargnoli
Department of Chemical Engineering Materials Environment (DICMA), Sapienza-University of Rome, via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Rome, Italy
Krzysztof Zima
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Krakow, Poland
Michael A. Lacasse
National Research Council Canada, Construction Research Centre, 1200 Montreal Road, Building M24, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada
Pedro Mêda
CONSTRUCT/GEQUALTEC, Construction Institute, Faculty of Engineering, Porto University, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Winner
Ziwen Liu
Digitalization Department of Built Environment Research and Innovation Institute (BERII), Building and Construction Authority, 200 Braddell Road, Singapore 579700, Singapore
Vojtěch Biolek
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Kamyar Kabirifar
Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales; Sydney 2052, Australia
Winner
Kheir Al-Kodmany
Department of Urban Planning and Policy, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Antonella Petrillo
Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Isola C4, Centro Direzionale Naples (NA) 80143, Italy
Aryan Rezaei Rad
Laboratory of Timber Construction (IBOIS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. David Arditi
Chairman
Illinois Institute of Technology
Winner
Evangelos I. Gkanas
"Hydrogen for Mobility Lab, Centre for Mobility and Transport, School of
Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, Coventry University,
Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK"
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/3/78
Lucia Della Spina
Department of Heritage, Architecture, Urban Planning, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria 89124, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/4/85
Pierfrancesco De Paola
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Vincenzo Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/3/76
Linda Giresini
Department of Energy Systems, Territory and Constructions Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 1, 56100 Pisa, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/3/69
