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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Buildings Best Paper Awards. Four articles were selected by the Evaluation Committee according to their originality and significance as well as citation and download rates in 2019 (Web of Science). The award recipients will each receive a certificate and an invitation to publish a paper in Buildings free of charge, after the normal peer review procedure. Each paper will additionally receive a bonus based on the award class. The winners are listed as follows:
First Award (one paper), 300 CHF; Bland, A.; Khzouz, M.; Statheros, T.; Gkanas, E.I. PCMs for Residential Building Applications: A Short Review Focused on Disadvantages and Proposals for Future Development. Buildings2017, 7, 78. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/3/78
Second Award (two papers), 200 CHF each; Della Spina, L.; Lorè, I.; Scrivo, R.; Viglianisi, A. An Integrated Assessment Approach as a Decision Support System for Urban Planning and Urban Regeneration Policies. Buildings2017, 7, 85. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/4/85
Casapulla, C.; Giresini, L.; Lourenço, P.B. Rocking and Kinematic Approaches for Rigid Block Analysis of Masonry Walls: State of the Art and Recent Developments. Buildings2017, 7, 69. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/3/69
Third Award (one paper), 100 CHF. Saaty, T.L.; De Paola, P. Rethinking Design and Urban Planning for the Cities of the Future. Buildings2017, 7, 76. https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/7/3/76
We wish to congratulate all the authors and thank them for having chosen Buildings to publish their work.
Buildings 2017 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Buildings will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
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
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